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Paul Tate is a licensed Master of 1,600 tons upon oceans with extensive experience in North Pacific and Alaskan waters in all seasons. His maritime background includes command of research vessels, commercial fishing vessels and yachts. Paul’s years as a Fisheries Management Biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, as well as those as a commercial fisherman, give him a unique perspective in the field of marine research; he has learned through experience the importance of a
well maintained and professionally run research vessel in the work of scientists and technicians at sea. |
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Capt. Barton Campbell has extensive experience in Western Alaska, as well as the Russian Far East. Captain Campbell began his fishing career working with experimental gear along the sea ice edge of the Northern Bering Sea, fishing these waters as far north as ice permitted. During the 1980’s he served as captain of Trident Seafoods’ catcher/processor, Bountiful, operating in the Chukchi Sea and Kotzebue Sound, north of the Seward Peninsula. From 1990-99, Capt. Campbell fished the Bering Sea as captain of the 290 ft. factory trawler, Endurance, that included late winter operations among ice in Russia’s Kuril Islands and Sea of Okhotsk. |
