Last week the National Fisherman team was in Seattle for Pacific Marine Expo.  We had a great time checking out the latest gear, attending conferences and catching up with our readers. Here's a slideshow of photos from this year's expo. 

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 Brian Rothschild recommends rewriting the Magnuson-Stevens Act in his keynote address for a packed house at the expo on Wednesday.

 

 

 

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 Tara and Jeremy Gerlitz with their children, Kadence and Kohen. Jeremy works on the Linda Sue out of Garibaldi, Ore.

 

 

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Kevin Bailey signs a copy of his book “Billion-Dollar Fish” at the Author’s Corner and Bookstore.

 

 

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Steve and Roberta Peterson of the F/V Alaskan Dream out of Ketchikan check out the LFS booth.

 

 

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 Frank Foti, president and CEO of Vigor Industrial, talks about the future of West Coast boatbuilding in the Boatyard Day keynote address. 

 

 

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Photographer and fisherman Corey Arnold signs books at the Author’s Corner.

 

 

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Ed and Kecia Stanley of Everett, Wash., visit  day two of the show. They own Ed’s
Salmon Service.

 

 

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Bob Pelkey of Ketchikan checks out the posters at the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute booth.

 

 

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James McCoy, a distributor for Pearl Northwest in Kenmore, Wash., is officially retired, but says business is so-so for the people he knows.

 

 

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Nautican’s coffee bar was a popular stop for show-goers.

 

 

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At the Xtratuf booth, there was a contest awarding a pair of boots to five winners per day. 

 

 

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Bob Duncan (right) and Bob Groff, both of Latitude 98, stand next to a newly designed survival suit at the Stearns booth. Duncan is the inventor of the suit.

 

 

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In the finals of the Fisherman of the Year contest, Reid Ten Kley, left, wins the survival suit competition against Chris Guggenbickler, right, from Wrangell, Alaska.

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