Dean Adams

Dean Adams (1956 - ) was born in Seattle and grew up on the shores of Lake Meridian near Kent, Washington. In 1972, he began his commercial fishing career at the age of 15, working on his uncle's schooner, the GRANT, and went on to become the owner and captain of the QUEST in 1979 at 22. In the 1990's, Dean returned to the University of Washington to finish a B.S. in Fisheries Science (1994) and completed his M.S. in 1998. He retired from Alaska commercial fishing in 2007.