Gail's force: Southeast skipper Hollis Jennings is breaking the wheelhouse mold on her seiner Natalie Gail

摘要

Despite the fact that women make up 47 percent of the work force in America, the balance in commercial fisheries still tips heavily toward the male contingent. This is especially true when it comes to the wheelhouse. For example, the South-east Alaskasalmon seine fishery is known as a gentlemen's fishery. Even most of the old-timers in Southeast can't remember the last time a woman skippered a seine boat there — that is, until summer 2012 when Hollis Jennings climbed into the wheelhouse of the 57-foot Natalie Gail.