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▲ Kasilof, AlaskaSetnetters of the Grannum Fish Camp. Back: Cory Topher, Todd McGough, Matt Frazier, Travis Conrad, Adam Thordarson, Kyle Allen and Pat Nicoll. Front: Lea Ann Hansen, Jeff, Celeste, Cecelia, Jack, Natalie and Rob Grannum

▲ Flemish CapJames Zimmerman, Jon Bunce, Tyler Ward and Robert “Shorty” Poidomani, the Boston-based crew of the Iron Lady scored a sword.

▲ Lynn Canal, AlaskaYasha Saldi, 16, spends his summers gillnetting salmon with his father, Mark, on the Elena Marie out of Skagway, Alaska. Yasha always wears his NIOSH-approved floating rain pants.

▲ Southeast AlaskaSally Sears and Mariah Warren fish a king salmon opener (which allows lingcod bycatch) aboard the all-women freezer troller Princess.

▲ Sawmill Bay, Prince William Sound, AlaskaThe crew of the Homer-based seiner Centurion: Maggie Bursch, Jan Spurkland, Katie Miller and Kaya Morelli (with the baby monitor and pistol for taking the baby to the beach!)

▲ Stevensville, Md.Albert Kirby, Ben Byers and Nick Crook haul crab pots on the Gina Marie out of Kent Island, Md. Jay Fleming photo

▲ King Cove, AlaskaThe Equinox seine crew in July, on the eve of their record-breaking salmon season: Katrina Schonberg-Hamar, skipper Peter Schonberg, Diane Hutt, Nathan Dunton, Cary Jones and Jai Jeffries-Hamar.

▲ Marshfield, Mass.Cody Pratt, 6, helped reel in a 975-pound bluefin, making him a fourth-generation tuna fisherman on his father Michael’s boat the Perfect C’s.

Montauk, N.Y.Don Ball, owner

and operator of the Jen Lissa,

fishes for porgies.

▲ Kodiak Island, AlaskaWilliam Roth and Charles Drown on the seiner Sea Grace with a deckload of 68,000 pounds of salmon.

▲ Off Prince Edward IslandRobert Dryswalle, Chris Gregan, Dean Lloyd and Lynn Gregan fought for 75 minutes to land this 694-pound bluefin tuna with a rod and reel on the Sea Princess No.1 out of Escuminac, New Brunswick.

▲ Big Pine Key, FloridaWade Beeman and co-skippers Vicki and Mitch Gale unload lobster from the GaleForce II for the live Chinese market. They also use their traps for stone crab claws.

▲ Prince William Sound, AlaskaSkipper Kristen Smith, Ethan Smith and Laura Schneider perched on the Valdez-based seiner Mass Deception with a backdrop of Glacier Island.

▲ Portsmouth, N.H.Brothers Kirby and Tyler Nichols with an over-the-measure double-pincher-claw male lobster caught aboard the King Eider.

▲ Off Hull, Mass.Eric “Fishboy” Lorentzen gives a helping hand to skipper Peter Mahoney, forking lobster bait out of the barrel into totes for the Windemere.

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▲ Port Moller, AlaskaDavid Holt and Brett Little on the salmon drifter Skal from False Pass and Port Moller, Alaska.

All IDs left to right.

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▲ Port Moller, AlaskaCharlie Cetak, Brad Shaw, Eddie the Dog and Kyle Reed on the salmon drifter Kalisti Jo out of False Pass and Port Moller, Alaska.

Egegik, AlaskaMalcolm Vance on the Bristol Nymph.

▲ Port Moller, AlaskaDarren Muller Jr. and Bill and Jim Wolkoff tendering salmon on the Zone Five out of False Pass and Port Moller, Alaska.

▼ Petersburg, AlaskaJacob Craig, Tracy “Lumpy” Jackson, Kaddy Egan, Trent Kittams and Derek “Chief” Knudsen with another boatload on the seiner SaraDawn.

Chatham, Mass.Crewman Jim Bremser on the Joanne A III, the last groundfish trawler in the port.

▲ Bristol Bay, AlaskaReddog salmon setnet camp in the Ugashik district. Back row: Parker Sorensen, Sarah Ward, Avery Schafer-Mozen and Howard Mozen. Middle row: Charlie Ess, Ike Walker, Travis Haskin, Garrett Rosenkrans, Jake Easton and Danny Rosenkrans. Front: Catie Bursch

▲ Warrenton, Ore.Deckhands Cole Steffens, Dan Chudek and Garrett Dokter unload crab from the Ballad during the 2013 coastal Dungeness crab season.

▲ Freeport, N.Y.First mate Joseph Greco, 8, preps the shafts on one of the family’s boats at Mako Marine.

▲ Washington coastDan Keller, Rick Corazza and Sam Belfiori potting Dungeness on the Robin Blue.▲ Barnegat Light, N.J.

Kevin Turlish, Tom Grande, Kenny Kline, Travis Terrell, Joe Salentino, Eric Setzer, Dane Knitson and Don Brewer land a record 40,670 pounds of scallops on the F. Nelson Blount.

▲ Prince William Sound, AlaskaCordova seiner Beverly Ann’s Jake Rankin, Wesley Thompson and Will Srb on a deckload of humpies.

▲ Darien, Ga.Darwin Gale (center) with his sons Darrell and Wynn and their shrimp boats, the Wait-N-Sea and the Big Cobb. Darrell and Wynn are fourth-generation commercial fishermen who started fishing on their dad’s back deck when they were 10 years old.

▲ Off Rockport, Mass.Ellen Diane skipper David Goethel looks on as crewman Mike Emerson displays a Halibut Point flattie (30 pounds, dressed) caught in the western Gulf of Maine.

▲ Fishing Creek, Md.Pound net skipper Burl C. Lewis, his son Zachary Lewis, Damian Forkum and Joshua Hubbard unload croakers from the Trying Times at Russell Hall Seafood Co.

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▲ Platinum, AlaskaThe crew of the tender Eider, out of Naknek, during the Kuskokwim area salmon season: Miisaaq (Paul Mute), John Wise and Kara Bove.

Egegik, AlaskaThe Bristol Bay setnetters who run operation Sockeye Adventure like to find young greenhorns, like David Jurmu and Willie Jurmu, teach them how to fish, tie knots, run skiffs and get out of bed.

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▲ Southeast AlaskaTorin, Haley, (skipper dad) Alec and Thomas Pfundt longlining halibut and blackcod on the Haley Marie out of Petersburg. The big kids are great crew, and the littlest one just hopes he won’t be “eaten by a fishy.”

▲ Provincetown, Mass.Collin Silva, 9, learns lobstering on the Tiger Jim.

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▼ Cape May, N.J.Bill Goshen, Jesse Kelloway, skipper Pete Lance, Charles Wiscott and Andrew Galia on the Miss Taylor. The crew also fished the Instigator and Starbrite for the 2013 scallop season.

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▲ Off Gloucester, Mass.The crew of the dragger Grace-Marie on a pile of redfish and holding a bumper sticker from Nick’s Famous Roast Beef in North Beverly, Mass. Front row: Joe Grillo, skipper Busty Noto, Joe Sanfilippo and Steve Jackson. Back row: Marco LoGrasso and Peter Cusenza.

▲ Millers Island, Md.Shawn Durkin fishes for blue crabs on the Liberated Lady in Chesapeake Bay.

▲ Kodiak, AlaskaSarah Wilson, of New Bedford, Mass., ties up the salmon seiner Beverlee J at the Ocean Beauty Cannery.

▼ Prince William Sound, AlaskaThe crew of the seiner Orion out of Cordova. Back row: Joel Swick, Kyle Wallin, Skipper Nate Widmann, Mike Hosmer and Dave Merkel.

▲ Port Republic, N.J.Newt Sterling returns from turtle trapping.

▲ Egegik, Bristol Bay, AlaskaCameron Meyer, aka “Pooh Bear,” mending aboard the Licka-D-Split. He got his nickname from this moment, sitting on deck like Pooh Bear tending to his jar of honey.

▲ Prince William Sound, AlaskaSkipper Thomas Lopez, Michael Brown, Chandler Chambers and Joe Barnett seine for salmon on the Conspiracy, near Valdez, Alaska.

▲ Seaford, Va.The crew of the limited-access boat Miz Juanita B. on the first day of scallop season: Ted Bieckert, Akbar Sharaz, Adam Gipson, Chris Pitts, skipper Eddie Benavidez, Greggory Sanchez and Brandon Lindblom.

▲ Agattu Island, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaThe crew of the Dutch Harbor-based Pacific Sounder fishes blackcod: Joseph Rednall, Dahire Shire, Tristen Burris, Zack Todd, Oystein Lone and Eric Rook.

▲ Copper River, AlaskaJen Pickett with two blue ribbons subsistence fishing on the Cheryl & I out of Cordova during the Copper River commercial gillnet closure.

▲ Port Moller, AlaskaBranko and Paolo Jurkovich on the Branko Boy, a salmon drifter from Anacortes, Wash.

▲ Off Cape Lutke, AlaskaRegan Jade Hoblet (left) with a big king salmon on deck of the Aleut Son. Calum Hoblet (right), 8, takes a break between sets.

Stonington, MaineZachary and Marissa Carter on skipper Mike Grindle’s lobster boat Sea Flea out of Brooksville. The couple was married aboard the Khristy Michelle, for which Marissa is sternman. Zachary is sternman on the Sea Flea.

▲ Buzzards Bay, Mass.First Mate Sean Brady and deckhand Doug Bishop show off some scup, the bread and butter of the spring, on the Mary Elizabeth out of Plymouth.

▲ Cortez, Fla.Alex Brown, a Provincetown, Mass., fisherman, demonstrates net mending at the Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival.

Delaware Bay, N.J.Rick Hymer, heading out for blue crabs on his cousin Ed Hymer’s boat out of Fisherman’s Wharf, Greenwich, N.J.

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New Orleans, La.Danny Russell hauls back on the shrimper Miss Elle.

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▲ Bristol Bay, AlaskaFritz Munro, Thorey Munro, Jordan Dyer, Jonathan Focia, Garrett McCarthy, Oceana Wills, Cadence Maddox, Marin Lee and Lisa Krebs crew the drifters Carol Susan, Loki, K-2 and setnet site Fenja out of Egegik. At the Nakeen Cannery up the Kvichak River, the boxes read: Canned Salmon — Our Greatest Food From the Sea.

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▲ Off Cape Fear, N.C.Dan Nichols on the bandit boat Gulfstream 1 caught a nice American red snapper while grouper fishing on one of his favorite spots.

▲ Kiptopeake, Va.Pound netters Ernie Lewis, Eddie Brady, Ian Brady, Mac (dog) and Buddy Brady. Jay Fleming photo▲ Vinalhaven,

MaineKachina Watt holds an 80-pound halibut on Star Fisher, a year-round lobster boat. Skipper Steve Rosen and his crew love to fish for halibut.

▲ Gulf of AlaskaOksana Skolnaja and Skipper Andy Mezirow on the longliner Crackerjack Voyager out of Seward.

▲ Huntington, N.Y.Skipper James Schneider and first mate Derrick Northcote hook and line scup on the James Joseph III.

▲ Nantucket, Mass.Father and son Jamie and Jeffrey Eldredge have a conchin’ good time haulin’ ‘em up on the Yellowbird.

▲ Portland, MaineMarshall Spear on the Premonition with a 75-pound halibut.

▲ Block Island, R.I.Pike Powers, with a gaping monkfish, and Terry Mulvey on the Tiger Jo out of Point Judith, R.I.

▲ Prince William Sound, AlaskaSeth Balint, McKyer Trumblee and Jeff Rice with a deckload on the Lady Samantha, owned and operated by Steve Estes.

Prince William Sound, AlaskaSkipper and dad Daniel Cloud teaches his son Joshua about navigating on the Determined.

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