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The Langley Douglas at a repair facility in Newport News, Virginia, before the accident. Crew photo.

Report: 10,000-pound shark too much for squid boat in 2017 sinking

A fishing boat unloads at Shilshole Marina in Seattle after fishing for chum salmon. Ingrid Taylar photo.

Losing grounds: Self-report or report by force

This trawler was engulfed in flames 12 miles off the Maine coast. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Consequences: An end to an early start

Leadership trainer Al Bolea talks to the 2018 class of Alaska Sea Grant

Producing leaders

Bristol Bay gillnetters — Bristol Bay gillnetters and tenders line up for the annual Southwest Alaska salmon rodeo. NF file photo

Tides turn in Bristol Bay: Another disaster at Clarks Point

Commercial Fishing Apprenticeship Program students on the trawler R/V Cap'n Bert, owned by the University of Rhode Island, as part of their on-sea training. Mitch Hatzipetro/URI Fisheries photo.

Rhode Island program trains motivated fishing apprentices

FisherPoets Gathering 2018. Patrick Dixon photos.

Language alive: FisherPoets celebrates 21 years storytelling

Red snapper. Gulf Wild photo.

Magnuson — act now

Wilburn Hall — Wilburn Hall, with a king crab in the 1980s, and his F/V Provider, one of many. Hall family photos.

My fishing life: Remembering crabbing icon Wilburn Hall

(Clockwise from upper left) Dave Carraro runs the F/V Tuna.com, a 44-foot Calvin Beal with 1,000-hp Cat C18. TJ Ott runs the F/V Hot Tuna, a 48-foot 2002 Dixon, built in Woods Harbor, Nova Scotia, with an 825-hp engine. Tyler McLaughlin runs the F/V Pinw.

Wicked on and off the water: What makes a tuna captain’s motor run?