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Bruce Buls

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Bruce Buls is the former technical editor for WorkBoat magazine.

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Catching salmon on Alaska’s Copper River is an unpredictable business, so Cordova-based 60 North added halibut and blackcod to its processing line. 60 North/Sena Sea photos

The Road to 60 North

Getting in and out of Dutch Harbor was never easy, but an October accident plus COVID-19 led to a RavnAir shutdown and bankruptcy filing. Bri Dwyer photo.

Ups and downs: Alaska’s remote fishing hubs grapple with ferry and flight shutdowns

Suits & settlements: How Exxon and the court system failed Alaska fishermen

The America

Loosening the lines: Will America’s Finest set sail or be cut adrift?

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Three fishing vessels attached to one another in the water near Long Island, Alaska, Sept. 10. The Coast Guard and other fishing vessel crews responded after one of the vessels, Emily Rose, struck a rock and began flooding. Screenshot from U.S. Coast Guard video by Gregory Wilcox.
September 13, 2026

Good Samaritan crews, Coast Guard save flooding fishing vessel near Kodiak

The Bristol Bay sockeye season is short and intense; aboard a Northline boat, a four-man crew picks fish and does all it can to preserve quality, bleeding and chilling fish in RSW tanks. Photo courtesy of Asher Molyneaux
September 11, 2026

Getting wild salmon onto the plate

Alaska’s four gubernatorial candidates faced questions on fisheries management during a Sept. 9 debate in Kodiak. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock
September 10, 2026

Alaska governor candidates split on fisheries

The Southern Shrimp Alliance is urging regulators to protect traditional fishing grounds as offshore aquaculture expands. Photo by NF Archive / Carli Clancy
September 10, 2026

Shrimpers urge caution on aquaculture sites

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