Colorful floats hanging stern of sac roe herring fishery tender docked in Sitka, Alaska.

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Sac roe herring fishery tender docked in Sitka, Alaska. A tender is a large vessel that can best be thought of as a seafood taxi. Harvesting activity often occurs in fishing grounds far away from plants located onshore or offshore. Fishing vessels frequently operate during short windows of time and cannot afford to make the trip. To bridge the distance, processors often hire tender vessels to transport the seafood from the grounds to the processing plant. Photography by Jeffrey Wickett, NorthLight Photography LLC, www. northlightlc. com

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Size: 4256px × 2831px
Location: Sitka, Alaska, USA
Photo credit: © Jeffrey Wickett / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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