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1 A Day in the Life of World Famous Pike Place Fish

Cast of Characters

Throughout this book, you will be reading stories from each of the fishmongers, so it might help to know a little bit about them. Johnny Yokoyama purchased Pike Place Fish in 1965 and used to work at the Market with the guys. These days the fishmongers pretty much keep the fish flying on their own; however, Johnny remains actively involved in coaching the crew and in leading them into an exciting and inspiring future.

Dicky Yokoyama, Johnny’s brother, started working at Pike Place Fish over twenty years ago and is presently one of the managers. Samuel “Sammy” Samson is the other manager, but you usually can’t see him because he’s moving so darn fast! Keith Bish, otherwise ...

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