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Almost every type of commercial fishing involves long hours of repetitive motion that can lead to musculoskeletal injuries. Jerry Dzugan at AMSEA wants to teach fishermen how to avoid them. Paul Molyneaux photo.

The Right Moves

Paul Molyneaux

With permission from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the crew of the restored Libby 76 briefly put a net in the water made with the waxed wooden corks that were used in the sailboat days. Scott Bartlett photo.

Historic sailboat returns to Bristol Bay, amid record-setting salmon season

Nine boxes of firm-looking pollock were part of a 12,000-pound auction at the Portland Fish Exchange on July 21. Lobstermen are also using the facility to store bait in barrels sealed with plastic wrap. Mike Foster photo.

Portland Fish Exchange looks to next steps

Paul Molyneaux

For the last four years, Ken Coleman and other set net fisherman on the east side of Cook Inlet have faced early shutdowns while other user groups continue fishing. Vicki Coleman photo.

Set net shut down

Paul Molyneaux

Bluefin tuna GMRI photo.

The trouble with tuna

NOTE: OWNER JASON CHANDLER ASKS WE NOT USE THIS AS A GENERIC PHOTO - KM. A Kodiak-based groundfish trawler. Alaska Whitefish Trawlers Association photo.

What science says about the sustainability of trawling

The Libby 76 sailing along Knutson Bay. The proposed road to develop the Pebble Mine would be located directly above the beach in this photo. Bristol Bay advocates seek conservation easements there. Kate Troll photo.

Libby 76 sails into all-time record sockeye harvest

A Bristol Bay fishing vessel in rough seas. Nora Skeele photo.

Wild Abundance: Surviving a record-breaking salmon season in Bristol Bay

Afloat again after a massive rebuild the Western Flyer, once a highline sardine seiner, will become a research and education vessel as part of the Western Flyer Foundation. Port Townsend Shipwrights photo.

Return of the Western Flyer

Paul Molyneaux

Longliners at dock in Iceland. Nations strive to manage fisheries resources sustainably, but most with the exception of the U.S. and Canada still pay more to subsidize capacity than resource management. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Cutting fisheries subsidies

Paul Molyneaux

Fishing: North Atlantic, a PlayStation, Xbox and PC simulation series

Jose Antunes