Fishermen's Terminal, Commercial fishing port in Interbay, Seattle, US.
Fishermen's Terminal is a working commercial fishing port in the Interbay neighborhood of Seattle, serving as the home base for the North Pacific fishing fleet. Alongside the docks, the site also holds offices, restaurants, and shops that keep the day-to-day life of a busy working harbor running.
Opened in 1914 by the Port of Seattle on Salmon Bay, the terminal became the home port for Seattle's commercial fishing fleet. Since 2002 it has also accepted non-commercial pleasure craft, with moorage preference still given to fishing vessels. It has hosted the Fishermen's Fall Festival since 1988.
The Seattle Fishermen's Memorial, a bronze and stone sculpture facing the water between the docks and the Terminal building, carries plaques naming more than 670 local commercial fishermen and women lost at sea since the start of the 20th century. A separate non-profit organization manages it. Since 1988 the Terminal has held the annual Fishermen's Fall Festival marking the return of the North Pacific fishing fleet.
The public areas of the terminal are open to visitors and offer a close look at the fishing boats along the docks. Coming in the early morning gives the best chance of seeing vessels coming and going when activity is at its highest.
The terminal appears in the Discovery Channel series Deadliest Catch, and it is also the subject of a documentary film, Fishermen's Terminal, which centres on the conflict between the moorage needs of the fishing fleet and those of pleasure boaters.
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