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The Alaska Juris, abandoned on the day of the sinking. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
Lessons learned: NTSB releases Safer Seas Digest 2017
Between 2011 and 2015, one fatal accident and 304 nonfatal injuries on catcher processors and mothership vessels in Alaska. File photo.
Danger below deck: Study investigates at-sea processing accidents
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations photo.
Keeping the Freewheel in motion
The
Wild Wild West takes the final lobster boat race of the season
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations photo.
Maine lobster turf war renewed with civil lawsuit
Part of the 40 boats that came to the line for Randy
Randy's Race: Maine lobstermen race to raise funds for local co-op manager
In a recent NIOSH safety video,
Preventing tragedy: Fishermen share safety stories in NIOSH videos
Sailor
Lobster Boat Races: Gold Digger takes another gold
The Southern Bell moored at an unknown location and date. Phuong Huynh photo.
Unmanned helm puts shrimper on rocks
Tough boats are always in fashion
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