The F/V Northern Jaeger is a 336-foot American Seafoods factory trawler that makes regular stops in Dutch Harbor. Charles Vaught worked on the ship during "A" season in 2000 and recently published a book about his experience.

Vaught’s book, Northern Jaeger: A Commercial Fisherman’s Memoir, walks readers through the ins and outs of the Alaska fishing industry and tries to answer the question, “Where does your food come from?”

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