Xtra tuf
Subtitle: Bigger the dot, better the fish
By: Moe Bowstern
Series: Xtra tuf -- no. 2.
Publisher: [M. Bowstern]
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 28
Subjects: Fisheries; Fishing; Women fishers; Quality of work life
Other titles: Salmon season 1997
Description: Life as a female commercial fisherman and the history of commercial fishing in Alaska.
Notes: "Bigger the dot, better the fishing"--Cover.

Cover title.

Includes a glossary.
Table of contents: title: In which we learn of the importance of vegetables --; title: In which a stalwart Israeli puts forth effort to join the Alaskan fishing adventure --; title: In which we pay homage to the winds that fill our nets and sales and whisper ever restless through our dreams --; title: Lacking a proper education, Xtra tuf hereby undertakes to impart a valuable seaman's skill --; title: In which we join Moe for a 15-minute interval on board the Kestrel and eavesdrop on her 18-year-old crewmates --; title: We are afforded a glance at correspondence: Moe shares a letter detailing a journey homeward from the Bering Sea coast to the end of the Alaska Peninsula and finds the natives to be friendly --; title: An anthropological view of the female migrant cannery worker population at Kodiak Salmon Packers, Larsen Bay, AK --; title: We travel to Cape Uyak to visit the boat cook, who offers up the catch of the day --; title: A tasteful selection of maritime publications --; title: One skiff operator's constant struggle against the tempting call of the sea --; title: In which Sam decides that seafaring life is not his after all, and returns to his native Texas to punch cows with Lucky & Bob --; title: Xtra tuf unlocks the secrets of the knot, the fathom and the nautical mile --; title: In which the Kestrel loses a crew member, gains a crew member, and catches 28,000 pounds of sockeye; Skiff journals June 13-July 5 --; title: Xtra tuf provides definitions and terms to aid in the comprehension of this publication --; title: In which Moe attempts the insurmountable task of recognizing the measureless support and assistance showered on her in this humble endeavor.