Join us for a rebroadcast of our tour around the Pacific Marine Expo last fall. With McDowell's Andy Wink, ADF&G's Sam Cotten, BBRSDA board members, UFA's Lindsey Bloom, plus new rubber boots, good ways to chill fish, plenty of readings from the Fisher Poet's stage, and more.
Bristol Bay and Beyond, May 30, 2017: Last fall we made our annual pilgrimage to the Pacific Marine Expo in Seattle, and brought back highlights from the one-of-a-kind tradeshow for this program. Join us this week for a rebroadcast of that show from last November. We catch up with ADF&G commissioner Sam Cotten, senior seafood analyst Andy Wink, several BBRSDA board members, and the guy trying to cut into Xtratuffs market with the new Deck Boss boot from Grundens USA. Plus, the United Fishermen of Alaska team behind a salmon habitat survey tells us about that effort and their findings. Peter Regan from Stay Cool Refrigeration discusses some economical RSW systems. We talk to a couple of booths, and listen in at the Fisher Poet's stage.
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Lindsey Bloom and Aurah Landau discussed UFA's salmon habitat conservation survey results at the Pacific Marine Expo.
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Peter Regan of Stay Cool Refrigeration with the 3- and 5-ton IMS RSW systems.
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McDowell Group senior seafood analyst Andy Wink discusses the fall sockeye salmon market analysis at the BBRSDA meeting.
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Erin Fristad, author of the new book "The Glass Jar," offering some poems and readings on the Fisher Poet's stage.
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Poet and fisherman Rob Seitz at Pacific Marine Expo.
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Clem Starck.
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Fisherman and poet Patrick Dixon helped emcee the Fisher Poets stage, and shared a few of his own, too.
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Honeywell's Bo Thai says Xtratuf has a few tricks up its sleeve to keep its customers happy, even as other brands look to break into the rubber boots market.
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Grundens USA president Mike Jackson is proud of the new Deck Boss he built to celebrate the athlete in fishermen.
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Blindfolded knot tying contest, one of three trials by fire to name the Fishermen of the Year.
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Donning a survival suit sorts out who takes top honors.
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Minh Pham had the fastest skills at 2016 Pacific Marine Expo.
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UTBB's Lindsay Layland shares about the organization's work to protect habitat and the way of life in Bristol Bay, home of the world's last great salmon fishery.
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The team at Highland Refrigeration says there are economic ways to bring ice to any size fishing operation, anywhere it's located.