In 1982, Arctic Alaska accounted for 34 percent of all bottomfish processed by U.S. companies in the North Pacific. Photo by Buls
Fishing Back When
Written by past editor Jim Fullilove from the November 1987 National Fisherman.
Not long ago, I attended a series of publishing workshops in New York City. At one session, several issues of NF were spread out on a table next to trade magazines that played to perhaps 20 different industries.
As publishers and editors from across the country milled around the table, almost without exception they'd pick up NF, stare at its cover and then fan through the pages. The reason is…
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Carli is a Senior Associate Editor for National Fisherman. She comes from a fourth-generation fishing family off the coast of Maine. Her background consists of growing her own business within the marine community. She primarily covers stories that take place in New England.