Leah Sheppard, a fisheries observer who works for Techsea, a firm contracted by the National Marine Fisheries Service to monitor compliance with federal and international fisheries regulations is photographed aboard the Seattle Enterprise, a factory trawler owned by Trident Seafoods. By-catch and sustainability are important issues to the North Pacific pollock industry and the agencies which regulate it.
A salmon troller approaches the harbor in Sitka Alaska, one of the premier ports in the North Pacific for the wild salmon fishery
A fisherman hurries to find the best spot to catch salmon as they return to spawn thought Sitka Sound
