Big Run: Life Aboard a Salmon Seiner

The Mighty Salmon Runs That worked their way annually through Puget Sound on their way to British Columbia's Fraser River provided a way of life for fishermen in the Pacific Northwest for more than a century. Commercial gillnetters and purse seiners pursued millions of sockeye salmon each season, hoping to harvest a portion of the massive schools of fish that migrated through the region on their way to their spawning grounds. It was demanding, often dangerous work, but a knowledgeable capta...