2018 Bellingham Seafeast

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Visitors stop at the new Waypoint Park during opening day for the 2018 Bellingham Seafeast on Friday afternoon Sept. 21, 2018, whle waiting for the Lummi Canoes to arrive in Bellingham, Wash. Hundreds turned out for the Sea Feed at Zuanich Point Park at Squalicum Harbor and to the Welcome ceremony at Maritime Heritage Park near downtown. (photo © Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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As Jay Bornstein of Bellingham, left, pours the cooked crab, Greg Franson of Lynden removes them from the pot during opening day for the 2018 Bellingham Seafeast on Friday afternoon Sept. 21, 2018, at the SeaFeed in Zuanich Point Park in Bellingham, Wash. Hundreds turned out for the Sea Feed and to the Welcome ceremony at Maritime Heritage Park near downtown. (photo © Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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Patron enter the Sea Feed tent to try fresh salmon cooked by the Lummi Nation, fresh scallops, fresh oysters, and fresh crab on opening day for the 2018 Bellingham SeaFeast on Friday afternoon Sept. 21, 2018, at Zuanich Point Park in Bellingham, Wash. Hundreds turned out for the Sea Feed at Zuanich Point Park at Squalicum Harbor and the Welcome ceremony at Maritime Heritage Park near downtown. (photo © Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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Lummi Nations storyteller and violinist Swil Kanim plays during the Welcome Ceremony at the Pavillion at Maritime Heritage Park during opening day for the 2018 Bellingham Seafeast on Friday afternoon Sept. 21, 2018, in Bellingham, Wash. Hundreds turned out for the Sea Feed at Zuanich Point Park at Squalicum Harbor and to the Welcome Ceremony at Maritime Heritage Park near downtown. (photo © Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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Mona Stone cooks up fresh scallops at the Alaska Weathervane Scallops booth during opening day for the 2018 Bellingham Seafeast on Friday afternoon Sept. 21, 2018, in Bellingham, Wash. Hundreds turned out for the Sea Feed at Zuanich Point Park at Squalicum Harbor and to the Welcome ceremony at Maritime Heritage Park near downtown. (photo © Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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Milan "Sipa" Slipcevic preps coho salmon for cooking at the Lummi Nation kiosk at SeaFeed during opening day of the 2018 Bellingham Seafeast on Friday afternoon Sept. 21, 2018, at Zuanich Point Park in Bellingham, Wash. Hundreds turned out for the Sea Feed at Zuanich Point Park at Squalicum Harbor and to the Welcome ceremony at Maritime Heritage Park near downtown. (photo © Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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Fresh crab sits ready to be cooked at the Bornstein Seafood booth during opening day at the Sea Feed during the 2018 Bellingham Seafeast on Friday afternoon Sept. 21, 2018, at Zuanich Point Park in Bellingham, Wash. Hundreds turned out for the Sea Feed at Zuanich Point Park at Squalicum Harbor and to the Welcome ceremony at Maritime Heritage Park near downtown. (photo © Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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Jay Bornstein of Bellingham, left, and Greg Franson of Lynden, both with Bornstein Seafood, separate cookd crab during opening day for the 2018 Bellingham Seafeast on Friday afternoon Sept. 21, 2018, in Bellingham, Wash. Hundreds turned out for the Sea Feed at Zuanich Point Park at Squalicum Harbor and to the Welcome ceremony at Maritime Heritage Park near downtown. (photo © Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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Ling Zhao, left, and Eric Smemo (cq) try the crab during opening day for the 2018 Bellingham Seafeast on Friday afternoon Sept. 21, 2018, in Bellingham, Wash. Hundreds turned out for the Sea Feed at Zuanich Point Park at Squalicum Harbor and to the Welcome ceremony at Maritime Heritage Park near downtown. (photo © Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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Juneva Cushing, left, and her husband Chuck tear into fresh cooked crab at the Sea Feed Ling Zhao tears into fresh cooked crab during Sea Feed on opening day for the 2018 Bellingham SeaFeast on Friday afternoon Sept. 21, 2018, at Zuanich Point Park in Bellingham, Wash. Hundreds turned out for the Sea Feed at Zuanich Point Park at Squalicum Harbor and the Welcome ceremony at Maritime Heritage Park near downtown. (photo © Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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Mona Stone, center, with Alaska Weathervane Scallops serves up fresh cooked scallops as chef Eric Nyhammer holds the pan during opening day for the 2018 Bellingham Seafeast on Friday afternoon Sept. 21, 2018, at the SeaFeed in Zuanich Point Park in Bellingham, Wash. Hundreds turned out for the Sea Feed and to the Welcome ceremony at Maritime Heritage Park near downtown. (photo © Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)

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Ling Zhao tears into fresh cooked crab during Sea Feed on opening day for the 2018 Bellingham SeaFeast on Friday afternoon Sept. 21, 2018, at Zuanich Point Park in Bellingham, Wash. Hundreds turned out for the Sea Feed at Zuanich Point Park at Squalicum Harbor and the Welcome ceremony at Maritime Heritage Park near downtown. (photo © Paul Conrad/Paul Conrad Photography)