Sockeye Adventures Aboard the Warthog with Carlee Koutnik

This week, Artemis program manager Carlee Koutnik tells us about her summer trip aboard a fishing boat called the Warthog in Bristol Bay. The sockeye fishery is a frenzy of activity, and Carlee got to work aboard a 32-foot fishing boat schlepping salmon. We get an inside look at the fishery, the regulations that keep it viable, and the business of commercial fishing. Plus... how do you go make a poo on a small fishing boat? Stay tuned.

4:00 Storytelling = mankind's earliest form of entertainment

6:00 Offering to help on an Alaskan salmon boat solely for the experience, getting the 'yes' from a fishing captain, and then... "Planning for Alaska is a different type of planning."

10:00 How the sockeye fishery works

12:00 Xtratuf boots in the habitat they were designed for

15:00 Fisheries regulation in Alaska

20:00 When fishing is on, it gets hectic -- lots of boats in the water are vying for a limited quarry

21:00 Gillnet fishing

25:00 "Picking, bleeding, chilling and floating"

32:00 From Bristol Bay to your dinner table

35:00 Finding a $20 gallon of ice cream at sea... #bliss

40:00 Preparing salmon 

44:00 The life cycle of salmon -- it's a pretty amazing feat of biology 

50:00 Managing fear in high-consequence environments; Leaning into discomfort/risk

54:00 "Be bold, stay curious, and get outside"... words to live by

57:00 "The Brilliant Abyss" by Helen Scales

1:02 Biden creates new national monument to protect Grand Canyon

1:04 So... how DO you poop on a 32-foot fishing boat?

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