Purse seining in a fishery in which vessels fish near the mouth of rivers as salmon migrate to spawning grounds. The net is extended behind the fishing boat and then a smaller boat circles back to bring the net closed. Lines top and bottom of the net are drawn tight like strings on a purse and the catch is pulled aboard
North Pacific Seafood's Sitka Sound Seafood plant and environs in Sitka Alaska
A young worker displays a handsome Coho salmon at the facilities of North Pacific Seafoods in Sitka Alaska