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A Good Year

[caption id="attachment_399" align="alignleft" width="720"] Stonewall Place[/caption] It has been an important year. We celebrated our first year anniversary as a small business in September. We s...

Alaska Young Fishermen's Summit

What have we been up to this week? Attending the Alaska Young Fishermen's Summit! We were introduced to ideas about what a lender looks for in a young fisherman shopping for their first boat or p...

Boats for the Holidays!

We undertook a grand project this holiday season. Since the beginning of November, Emma has been drawing the boats of people who jumped at our personalized boat apparel special. With over 20 differ...

Captains and Crew: Fisherwomen of Alaska (Part 3)

We keep finding more ladies with scales in their hair and slime on their hands! Here’s another collection of fisherwomen who we admire, making waves in the world.

We're on Air!

We're grateful for the story about Salmon Sisters on Alaska Fish Radio.  Read it here! Fishing for Creativity This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini. Bering Sea sisters are a slimy success. Mo...

Captains and Crew: Fisherwomen of Alaska (Part 2)

She cuts the fastest, most beautiful fillet. She ties the strongest bowline knot. She has steel toes in her boots. She cooks best when her pot slides with the motion of the waves. She naps in her r...

Captains and Crew: Fisherwomen of Alaska (Part 1)

These are the women that work beside us and inspire us (tougher ladies you will not find). Their hands are slimy and callused. Their hair has not been brushed in weeks. They brave the seas for glor...

In Alaska, we’re proud of our ships.

My sister and I have always been jealous of fishermen wearing those old school jackets embroidered with their fishing vessel on the back. We decided that more Alaskans should have them. For t...

Almost done for the summer

We have only 15,000lbs of halibut left to catch in 3B. It’s time to pack up the homestead for the winter, before we take the boat back towards Kodiak and on to Homer. It has seemed like a sho...

A trip to Sanak Island

We traveled 15 miles from False Pass to fish near Sanak Island, where hundreds of cows, left from the inhabitants of an old cod saltry, still roam. The houses on the island have been deserted...

A crab-cook on the homestead

On a day off from halibut fishing we take our skiff to Ikatan Bay, and find 9 Dungeness crab in our subsistence pot. We bring them home to Stonewall Place, set up our crab cooker on the beach...

August in False Pass, Alaska

August ends the game. In the last days, there’s a desperation to leave behind the days of summer that tossed me around in its storms. I’m done being shown up by my big mother ocean, done hidi...