The Bristol Bay Sailboat Days

For decades, until the early1950s, the world's largest salmon fishery in Alaska's Bristol Bay was pursued from tiny, open sailboats. In this excerpt from John Sabella's 1994 documentary The Great Age of Salmon, seafood industry pioneer Stan Tarrant describes the era when fishermen left the cannery dock at 6 o'clock Monday morning and lived in the open boats until they returned with their catches at 6 o'clock Saturday night. It was a lifestyle few people in the modern world can imagine, but for the men who lived it, the Sailboat Days represented an unforgettable experience. To see the complete program, click here: https://www.johnsabella.com/detail.la...