Memorial Service Remembers Wilburn Hall, Pioneer in Dungeness and King Crab, who Died at 98
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Peggy Parker - April 18, 2018
Wilburn Hall, who ventured beyond his contemporaries in the early part of the last century to pot fishing in the open ocean, safety features on vessels, innovative gear design, and even vessel financing, died March 7 in Newport, Oregon. He was 98.
Hall will be remembered for his innovation in the fishing industry -- modifying the shape and material used for Dungeness crab pots, test fishing for Dungeness in Alaska in 1961, forming a Russian joint venture for crab in ...
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