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Seiners in the 1920s from the book The Silver Years What are overall themes and ideas that should be included in the signs overall? Connection of viewer to environment Fishing and ocean vital part of Sitka identity and economy

What should be on a sign about longlining in Sitka? Ideas for text: How it is done, target species, features of a longline boat History: 1860s, shore stations, salt; halibut schooner fleet enabled by refrigeration and trains; used to be dories, then catching from mother boat; overfishing, IPHC, Magnuson-Stevens, Japanese fishery, longline boom; IFQs; now Small businesses, typical crew size, size and value of catch, how many local boats, where sold, how processed challenges, h

What should be on a sign about Seining in Sitka? Ideas for text: How seining works: where fish school up on way to go up rivers History: from shore, rowboats, controlled by canneries and salteries; motors in teens, independent fishermen; fishery dominated by Alaska Native fishermen thru 1970s; poor runs, fluctuations of industry, catches and value over time, size of fleet over time problem with cannery traps, how statehood issue was abolishing traps; Seiners in Sitka now, ho

What should be included on a sign about trolling? Ideas for text: Troll not same as Trawl, definition and context: Trawlers mostly bigger, drag nets in water or on bottom, mainly pollock, not allowed in SE Alaska How trolling works-hook and line, year round Small businesses, often one or two crew, size of the Sitka troll fleet, value, mostly local residents Where they fish within 20 miles, what they fish for king, chum, coho, where it gets sold, how it's processed from boat t

What should be included on a sign about Tlingit fishing? Ideas for text: 1000s of years, managed, importance Sitka Sound pristine when Native managed halibut: how fished, preserved salmon: some of the ways fished, preserved then and now crab, octopus, clams, how, managed, importance herring and eggs, how fished, preserved Law and access over time, advocacy people in Sitka connected to this place thru food how much Sitkans consume now, importance Ideas for images: Old fish tra

What should be included in a sign about other commercial fisheries in Sitka? Ideas for text: Gillnetting, how it's done, fish at passes or along the beach Gillnetting, history: Columbia River, Bristol Bay, when in southeast Dive fisheries, how done, what targeted, history of it Crab and shrimp, how done, overview of history Economic value, small business, where it goes, intensively managed Ideas for images: Gillnetter, showing how gear works crab pot under water with crab in