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I have been a Commercial Fisherman since running out of money on a rock climbing
trip in 1979.  I picked up a hitchhiker in Jackson, Wyoming to help pay for
gas.  I told him I was a little broke, and he gave me the number of a guy with a
fishing boat “up in Alaska somewhere” that needed a strong back and a weak mind,
both of which I had at the time.  (I can no longer claim a strong back)  At a
phone booth in Stanley, Idaho I scavenged enough coins from between the  seat
cushions to call the number to “that guy up in Alaska somewhere”.

“When can you be up here?” he asked.

“Anytime after I get back tomorrow afternoon” I told him.

The next night I was on a flight to Dutch Harbor and I have not looked back
since.   I have fished from a wheelhouse in the Bering Sea to a skiff in
Ventura,  and the one constant is that I have loved almost every minute of it.

Currently I have scaled back my fishing to the summer months and the Sockeye
Salmon fishery in Bristol Bay.  I harvest Sockeye aboard by Gillnet boat, the
Kelley J, named after my lovely wife. I raised my two older son’s in the fishing
lifestyle, and they grew up fishing on my vessel as crew members.  They have
taken a huge leap of faith and at the tender ages of 22 and 19, bought a boat
and permit together for the Bristol Bay Gillnet fishery.  I very much look
forward to fishing alongside them as fishing partner’s for many years, and hope
they will do almost as well as their Pops…

 * Sockeye has the reddest flesh of any salmon species, and its rich meaty flesh
   has a high oil content. Sockeye is graded 2-4, 4-6, 6-9, and 9 up. This
   salmon is marketed fresh, frozen, salted, canned. Generally the further
   sockeye are caught from their natal river, the higher the quality. >> read
   more

 * CNN profile on Bristol Bay and the need to protect habitat.  Pebble Mine is a
   divisive project that is highly contentious due to the proximity to salmon
   streams.  A good read for you to get up to speed on the politics of the
   fishery.
   >> read more

 * Randy Hartnell, the Founder/President of Vital Choice, used to be a Bristol
   Bay Fisherman, and is a friend of mine. His company is well-established and
   the information contained within his site is well-researched and accurate. >>
   read more


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