Item Code 30101

The Alaska History Series is comprised of the following 8 titles. They have been a collaborative effort between Bob Thorstenson, the Alaska seafood industry’s favorite son, and writer-producer John Sabella.

• The Great Age of Salmon and the PAF
• Days of Salmon Traps and Fish Pirates
• The Longline Pioneers
• The Salmon Capitol of the World
• Pots of Gold
• Petersburg: The Town that Fish Built
• Sockeye and the Age of Sail
• Centuries of Fish

The Thorstenson-Sabella Project
Documentary Titles and Interviews

Great Age of Salmon and the PAF
Produced in Conjunction with the Whatcom Museum Society, 1994

• Stan Tarrant, Alaska pioneer, president, Pacific American Fisheries Company
• Galen Biery, Lifelong PAF employee

The Days of Salmon Traps & Fish Pirates
Produced in Conjunction with Whatcom Parks Foundation, 1995

• Clem Tillion, Former Alaska Fish Czar
• Carl Goodbrandson, Puget Sound trap man
• Fred Gunderson, Alaska trap man
• Helge Thordarson, Puget Sound trap man
• Mike Goodman, Puget Sound trap man
• Phil Hastin, Alaska trap man

The Longline Pioneers
Produced in Conjunction with the Nordic Heritage Museum, 1996

• Andrew Ness, Longline fisherman
• Carl Servold, Longline fisherman
• Gordon Jensen, Longline fisherman
• Harold Lokken, Former manager, Fishing Vessel Owners Association
• Bob Alverson, Manager, Fishing Vessel Owner’s Association
• Dr. Don McCaughran, Former director, International Pacific Halibut Commission
• Stan Johansen, Longline Fisherman

The Salmon Capital of the World
Produced in Conjunction with Cape Fox Native Corporation, 1996

• Alec Brindle, CEO Wards Cove Packing Company
• Martin Perez, Tlingit fisherman
• Carl Aspelund, lifelong cannery man
• Tillie Kushnik, Tlingit elder
• George S. James, Tlingit fisherman
• Roy & Ame Berg, Trap, cannery watchmen
• Ben Fleenor, Trap pirate

Petersburg, The Town that Fish Built
Produced in Conjunction with the Clausen Museum, 1998

• Syd Wright, Alaska educator, story teller
• Leo Ness, Petersburg fisherman
• Ruby Martens, Lifelong Petersburg resident
• John Enge, son of Petersburg pioneers
• Geri Frink, Petersburg pioneer, fisherwoman
• Patty Ohmer, daughter of Earl Ohmer, legendary Petersburg character

Pots of Gold: The Profit and the Sorrow
Produced in Conjunction with the Nordic Heritage Museum, 1996

• Chuck Bundrant, CEO Trident Seafoods Corporation
• Bart Eaton, Vice President, Trident Seafoods Corporation
• Bob Resoff, Russian Aleut from Ninilchik who made a fortune buying and selling companies. Got his start with poker winnings.
• Dick Pace, King crab pioneer with Pan Alaska Fisheries
• Ed Shields, Last vestige of the age of working sail
• Joe Kurtz, King crab fisherman
• Nils “Cap” Tomsen, King crab pioneer
• Ole Hendricks, King crab fisherman
• Peter Schmidt, Founder MARCO
• Ron Jensen, CEO Pan Alaska Fisheries, Arctic Alaska Fisheries
• Lloyd Guffey, Crab fisherman
• Alec McGlashan, Unalaska native, 2nd harpooner on Norwegian whaler, crab fisherman, interned with family during World War II
• Lloyd Cannon, CEO All Alaskan Fisheries

Interviews transferred from film
• Lowell Thomas
• Lowell Wakefield
• Oscar Dyson

Sockeye and the Age of Sail, Story of the Alaska Packers Association
Produced in Conjunction with the Drayton Harbor Maritime Foundation, 2001

• Art James, Longtime Alaska Packer’s Association employee
• Harold Huycke, Maritime historian
• Jim Wilkerson, Raised at Alaska Packers Association Semiahmoo plant
• Richard Sturgill, Director, Drayton Harbor Maritime Foundation
• Burt Issacson, Fisherman
• Bob & Sylvia Matevier, Longtime APA employees
• Ed Dunn, Longtime APA employee


Centuries of Fish: Seattle’s Dynamic Distant Water Fishing Fleet
Produced in Conjunction with the Maritime Heritage Foundation, 2003

• Warren Aakervik, Proprietor, Ballard Oil
• Bob Alverson, Manager Fishing Vessel Owner’s Association
• Dr. Lee Alverson, Fisheries Biologist, founder Natural Resources Consultants
• Bernt Bodal, CEO American Seafoods Group
• Karl Bratvold, Skipper, F/T Starbound
• Jim Cole, Maritime historian
• Barry Fisher, Trawl fisherman
• Dr. Bert Larkins, Former regional director, National Marine Fisheries Service, CEO Marine Resources Company
• Dr. Bruce Leaman, Director, International Pacific Halibut Commission
• Bob Morgan, Founder, Morpac
• Dr. Wally Pereyra, Fishery scientist, President Marine Resources Company, Chairman Arctic Storm Group
• John Sjong, Crab fisherman
• Jim Talbot, Owner Bellingham Cold Storage, Talbot Investment Company, founder Marine Resources Company
• Clem Tillion, Former Alaska Fish Czar
• Konrad Uri, Crab fisherman

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