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Brian Hagenbuch

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Brian Hagenbuch is National Fisherman's products editor, a contributing editor to SeafoodSource and a Bristol Bay fisherman. He is based in Seattle.

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Covid hair cut? Bristol Bay base price slashed almost in half

American Seafoods reports 85 new cases of covid-19 aboard Alaska trawler

Evoy's electric outboard is clean, quiet and efficient. Evoy photo.

Electric revolution: Evoy’s electric outboards aim to cut boat emissions

Cordova, Alaska, on winter rest. Cheryl Ess photo

Covid in Cordova: Seafood sector's first positive in Alaska village

The best in 2020 foul-weather boots and gear

The Clipper Seafoods vessel Frontier Spirit. A pending merger of Clipper and Blue North Fisheries will give the combined fleet control over more than a third of the Alaska freezer longline cod quota. Clipper Seafoods photo.

Massive Alaska cod merger is all lined up

Harvesting sockeye in Bristol Bay. Alaska. ADF&G photo — Harvesting sockeye in Bristol Bay. ADF&G photo

In hot water: Ghost fish clog nets in Alaska’s Bristol Bay

Pebble Mine Bristol Bay — Many of Bristol Bay

Feature: Drilling down

Product roundup: Improved catch sensors

Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations photo.

Keep your cool: Bristol Bay touts new ice totes at PME