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National Fisherman’s 2021 Highliners (clockwise from top left): Julie Decker, Jerry Dzugan, Benjamin Platt and Jennifer Lincoln.

National Fisherman’s 2021 Highliners

Jessica Hathaway

The receiving end of Blue Ocean Gear’s Farallon smart buoy’s transmissions can save thousands in lost gear. Blue Ocean Gear photo

Northern Lights: Alaska Seafood 2050

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Chuck Bundrant off the coast of Akutan, Alaska, where he and his partner, Kaare Ness, built a processing plant and the Safe Harbor Church. Trident Seafoods photo

Chuck Bundrant: Built to last

Jessica Hathaway

Chuck Bundrant, founder of Trident Seafoods, with his son Joe aboard the F/V Bountiful in Alaska’s Bristol Bay, 1979. Trident Seafoods photo

Telling the story of Chuck Bundrant

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The Lifejackets for Lobstermen program has distributed more than 1,200 PFDs to Northeast lobstermen at half the retail cost.

NTSB panel confirms: Humans like to be heard

Jessica Hathaway

Editor’s Log: Going live

Jessica Hathaway

Editor’s Log: When the wind blows

Jessica Hathaway

The F/V Heidi & Elisabeth heads toward the commercial fishing pier in Portsmouth on a late summer evening to offload her daily catch of groundfish, sold at local farms through the Daily Haul. Eric Gendron @ericgendronphotography photo

Close Quarters: Ocean zoning pushes fisheries to the brink

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Like Buttah: Celebrating Lobster Week with the Lobster Lady

Jessica Hathaway

An aerial image of a collapsed net pen. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife photo.

Letter: Support Keep Finfish Free

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Bad bait: Right whale group gets it wrong

Jessica Hathaway