Tag Archives: Carmel Finley

O. E. Sette and the birth of fisheries oceanography

Posted on September 3, 2016 by

  We have just been having the best time, rooting around and finding out all kinds of interesting stuff! It all started with our old friend, Dr. Ellen Pikitch, won this year’s Oscar E. Sette award for Outstanding Marine Fishery … Continue reading →

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Captain George Moskovita Memoir to be republished by OSU Press

Posted on February 20, 2015 by

We are extremely pleased (thrilled, actually!) to announce that Oregon State University Press is going to republish Living off the Pacific Ocean Floor, the memoir by pioneer Astoria trawler, Captain George Moskovita. We are big fans of George, and grateful … Continue reading →

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LBJ and FPC

Posted on February 4, 2015 by

One of the nice things about being a historian is that you get to gad around and go interesting places, like Austin, Texas, which happens to be the home of the Lyndon Baines Johnson presidential library. The library, you will … Continue reading →

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2014 in review

Posted on December 30, 2014 by

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 7,800 times in 2014. If it were a NYC subway … Continue reading →

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Overlooking king crab

Posted on December 19, 2014 by

  We must say we have really overlooked the importance of king crab in the development of fisheries in the North Pacific. The development of crab canning vessels, first by the Japanese, and then by Soviets, were significant developments in … Continue reading →

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Our 90th post! What’s next?

Posted on November 13, 2014 by

We are extremely pleased that Bob Hitz has taken the time to organize the blog a bit, by compiling a list of all my posts (you can find a list of Bob’s posts here). For some time now, we’ve been … Continue reading →

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The M/V Washington goes to Korea, December, 1949

Posted on November 9, 2014 by

Writing history is a lot like doing a massive jigsaw puzzle, only most of the pieces are missing. We sometimes wonder why we bother, but occasionally we’re able to fit a couple of pieces together and that is always very … Continue reading →

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Sailing for Salmon

Posted on June 15, 2013 by

We am a total sucker for these kinds of pictures. Eerie, evocative, beautifully composed, we love looking at them.  Then we start to think how cold and uncomfortable it must have been, perhaps raining, certainly windy, probably damp or downright … Continue reading →

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We’re re-organizing…

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

The Pacific Fishery History page is re-organizing. Check back to see how we’re doing.

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My Research Cruise with Dr. Sidney Holt

Posted on November 14, 2009 by

The highlight of the 2009 summer was undoubtedly the 12th annual meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries History Association in Norfolk, Va., during August. http://www.hull.ac.uk/nafha/ Being able to talk with several dozen people who are interested in fisheries history was … Continue reading →

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