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Down Time

A Seiner’s Story

December 17, 2025 by Commercial Fisherman

I’ve got a long history of teaching greenhorns how to fish and speaking out against fish farming and hatcheries, so when a former deckhand said “I’m writing a book about it” I said I’d help. We never knew it would grow into 10 books (Secret Bay and Midnight Bay haven’t been released yet). They have 5 star reviews, and are available on Apple Books, Google Play, Kobo, and Amazon.

Filed Under: Alaska, Aquaculture, Crew, Down Time, Family, Fishing, Hatcheries, salmon, Seward

King Salmon Fishing in Seward, Alaska

January 22, 2015 by Commercial Fisherman

Here’s Tom catching a nice sized king salmon in his home town of Seward, Alaska.

Filed Under: Down Time, Fishing

He’s Back!

August 23, 2014 by Commercial Fisherman

Tomas Buchanan

Tom Buchanan

And almost back to normal. It was a good season and the skipper, crew and boats are safely home. Time to re-examine gear, make repairs, clean up, put things back in order and work on adjusting back into normal life.

It’s been a tough two years adjusting to the loss of patriarch Perry’s wisdom and experience, coupled with the rapid decline and loss of his wife a year and a half later. Those family illnesses and losses created one of the most difficult years ever, but they must be watching over Tom and the crew and the boat carefully, bringing them safely through the season and home to family and friends.

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