Hose off those worn and torn fishing bibs and recycle them into rugged sea bags and more. A Maine fishing family needs more bibs for its Rugged Seas line that was launched at the popular Maine Fishermen’s Forum in March. Since then the bib gear has taken off.
Read MoreIn 2012, Taylor Strout was a long way away from his native Maine. He had recently taken a job working on a 150-foot midwater trawler, catching pollock on the Bering Sea. For Taylor, this meant temporarily leaving Maine, and his family, for weeks at a time to work out of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. While the landscape and the fishery were foreign to Taylor, who had spent his youth working with his family in its generational lobster business, these weren’t the differences that were most apparent. Instead, upon arriving in Alaska, Taylor immediately noticed that the fishermen all donned apparel that proudly identified the fisheries for which they worked.
Read MoreNikki and Taylor Strout use what fishermen discard to create bags, backs, and clutches.
Read MoreTaylor and Nikki Strout run their startup, Rugged Seas, from their home.
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