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Chuck Bundrant: Built to last

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Chuck Bundrant, founder of Trident Seafoods, with his son Joe aboard the F/V Bountiful in Alaska’s Bristol Bay, 1979. Trident Seafoods photo

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Chuck Bundrant off the coast of Akutan, Alaska, where he and his partner, Kaare Ness, built a processing plant and the Safe Harbor Church. Trident Seafoods photo

Chuck Bundrant: Built to last

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Chuck Bundrant, founder of Trident Seafoods, with his son Joe aboard the F/V Bountiful in Alaska’s Bristol Bay, 1979. Trident Seafoods photo

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