National Fisherman

Yakutat

YAKUTAT is located at Alaska, Gulf of Alaska in USA

YAKUTAT WEATHER

The Cape Douglas docked in 2022. Alaska Marine Surveyors, Inc. via NTSB.

NTSB cites open watertight doors in Alaska sinking

NF Staff

Trawling vessels in Seattle, WA. Photo by Ian Dewar Photography / Shutterstock

Trawl tensions rise as NPFMC meets in Oregon

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Ivan Basargin Sr.s Top Notch is one of the early aluminum boats built by Basargin Boats. It reflects the Basargin family’s original designs adapted from fiberglass to aluminum and is one of the company’s first jet boats. Credit: Max Basargin

Forged in fire: Basargin Boats reinvents itself

Paul Molyneaux

Southeast Alaska retired commercial troller and artist Stephen Lawrie and his Miniature Schnauzer Harry Potter, in his studio in Sitka, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Stephen Lawrie

Retired Alaska fisherman captures Sitka’s fishing life

Margaret Bauman