Reading this now — thirty some years after the fact — is more than a little disorienting. Here’s the deal:…
We’ve alluded to the realities of the commercial fishing industry in the early ’80s. The Boldt decision that roiled non-Native…
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018: Starting to Ship Today is the day I’ve we’ve been waiting for. After 26 years of on-again, off-again,…
That Mark Coulthurst had a banker — a marine manager for Pete’s sake — would likely have struck the rumor-mongers…
In his relatively brief, nine-year fishing career, Mark Coulthurst made a habit of finding the better way and it brought…
The crazy ’80’s found Alaskan’s reeling from the crimes in their midst. Apart from Robert Hansen — who owed a…
When you write about true crime, as I do, there is a constant tug to keep the focus where it…
The logic of success inexorably pushed Mark Coulthurst toward bigger and better. That meant a switch to purse seining. That…
Lorrie Miller mentioned it first. She said something like, “I don’t get your new blog. I’m confused. Nobody’s going to…
The June 1982 Pacific Fishing article about Mark Coulthurst was, at key junctures, a biography. At every point along the…