Tag: Fishing
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The Storyteller—Patrick McManus ’56, ’59 MA Patrick McManus’s comic formula depends on his creation of a world of oddly
named characters with generous and adventurous souls. And a markedly different
perspective. “As far back as I can remember,” he writes, “I have seen funny. What
may horrify normal people may strike me as hilarious.”
Summer 2011
Categories: Alumni, Literature
Tags: Humor, Authors, Outdoors, Fishing, Hunting
What's the catch?
Summer 2011
The rainbow trout has evolved over millions of years to survive in varied but
particular circumstances in the wild. The hatchery rainbow fl ourishes in its relatively
new, artificial surroundings, but its acquired skill set compromises its evolution.
The rainbow has so straddled the worlds of nature and nurture, says biologist Gary
Thorgaard, that it has become “a world fish.”
Categories: Biological sciences
Tags: Fish, Rainbow trout, Fishing, Genetics
Dungeness crab
Spring 2011
A few weeks ago, Brian Toste ’99 and his three-man crew set out from Westport, in southwest
Washington, in Toste’s 45-foot
vessel Huntress in search of
Dungeness crab. They spent the
first few days tying line and setting out ...
Categories: Business, Food
Tags: Commercial fishermen, Fishing, Dungeness, Crab