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PHOTO: Fish and fuel

AP Photo/Klas Stolpe


     
Salmon gillnetter and Dungeness crab fisherman Nels Otness is shown filling his fishing vessel Haili Lynn on June 20 in Petersburg. Leaping fuel prices are pushing America's commercial fisherman to the brink: in Alaska, boats that typically haul in rockfish and perch sit docked for prolonged periods.
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