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(Clockwise from upper left) Dave Carraro runs the F/V Tuna.com, a 44-foot Calvin Beal with 1,000-hp Cat C18. TJ Ott runs the F/V Hot Tuna, a 48-foot 2002 Dixon, built in Woods Harbor, Nova Scotia, with an 825-hp engine. Tyler McLaughlin runs the F/V Pinw.

Wicked on and off the water: What makes a tuna captain’s motor run?

Thousands of rural Canadians rely on the sealing industry for income.

Hypocrisy in Western sealing policies

Nat Geo's "Wicked Tuna" counts down to its 100th episode. PFTV photo.

Wicked Tuna: Gloucester goes global

Wicked Tuna captains

Wicked Tuna: Fish stories

A NOAA observer collecting scale samples from a yellowtail flounder. NOAA photo.

In defense of observers

Not digging it: First Quantum abandons Pebble project

Nat Geo's "Wicked Tuna" counts down to its 100th episode. PFTV photo.

Wicked Tuna: Meet the captains

Captain Michael Adams, holds a large Copper River king salmon just outside an Alaska Airlines 737 airplane, dubbed the

Slow Copper River opener leads to record prices for early salmon

Lobstermen haul traps off the coast of Maine. Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative photo.

Canadian salmon farmer admits to using lobster-killing pesticide

Blockchain may also work better to track some products than others. For instance, the fish tracking that an entity named Provenance piloted in the Indonesian tuna fishery in 2016 may be more difficult to administer reliably for shrimp or fishmeal. Proven.

Blockchain could open markets