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Nick Rahaim

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Nick Rahaim is a writer and commercial fisherman based in Monterey, Calif. Check out his website, outside-in.org, and follow him on Twitter and Instagram @nrahaim.

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A great white shark. NOAA photo
A great white shark. NOAA photo.

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Jerry Wetle, holding a prized catch of 10-15 lb sablefish. For the past 31 years, he

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Sockeye salmon. California Department of Fish & Wildlife photo by Andrew Hughan.
Sockeye salmon. California Department of Fish & Wildlife photo by Andrew Hughan.

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