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Red snapper. Gulf Wild photo.

Magnuson — act now

Wilburn Hall — Wilburn Hall, with a king crab in the 1980s, and his F/V Provider, one of many. Hall family photos.

My fishing life: Remembering crabbing icon Wilburn Hall

(Clockwise from upper left) Dave Carraro runs the F/V Tuna.com, a 44-foot Calvin Beal with 1,000-hp Cat C18. TJ Ott runs the F/V Hot Tuna, a 48-foot 2002 Dixon, built in Woods Harbor, Nova Scotia, with an 825-hp engine. Tyler McLaughlin runs the F/V Pinw.

Wicked on and off the water: What makes a tuna captain’s motor run?

Thousands of rural Canadians rely on the sealing industry for income.

Hypocrisy in Western sealing policies

Nat Geo's "Wicked Tuna" counts down to its 100th episode. PFTV photo.

Wicked Tuna: Gloucester goes global

Wicked Tuna captains

Wicked Tuna: Fish stories

A NOAA observer collecting scale samples from a yellowtail flounder. NOAA photo.

In defense of observers

Not digging it: First Quantum abandons Pebble project

Nat Geo's "Wicked Tuna" counts down to its 100th episode. PFTV photo.

Wicked Tuna: Meet the captains

Captain Michael Adams, holds a large Copper River king salmon just outside an Alaska Airlines 737 airplane, dubbed the

Slow Copper River opener leads to record prices for early salmon