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Deadly crabbing season continues with loss of two crew and the F/V Coastal Reign

February 22, 2021

Jessica Hathaway

The F/V Coastal Reign capsized on Oregon's Garibaldi Bar on Saturday, Feb. 20, killing two members of its four-person crew. Facebook photo

The Coast Guard cutter Kimball, one of the latest in the National Security Cutter class, recently patrolled 3,600 miles in the Philippine Sea. The cutter’s law enforcement team conducted its first ever at-sea boarding, Feb. 10, 2021. Coast Guard photo.

February 25, 2021

New Coast Guard cutter conducts long-range Indo-Pacific fisheries patrol

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Wolfgang Rain is chief coordinating officer for Sea Risk Solutions LLC. US Wind photo.

February 23, 2021

US Wind, Sea Risk Solutions to work on Delmarva fishermen outreach

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Scandies Rose investigation — U.S. Coast Guard image

February 18, 2021

Scandies Rose: Coast Guard hearings

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Boats & Gear

Fairhaven Shipyard built the 90-foot clammer Joey D for Oceanside Marine. She was designed by Farrell & Norton Naval Architects. Steve Kennedy photo.

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Massachusetts yard delivers 90-foot clammer; Maine boatshop building lobster-dragger combo

Michael Crowley

Knock out engine room fires with a single heave. Hercules SLR photo.

Fire backup: Aerosol fire suppressors proving useful for fishermen

Brian Hagenbuch

Zoleo shifts between cellular, Wi-Fi and satellite networks. Zoleo photo.

Better onboard cell messaging: Zoleo fills in gaps for more seamless messaging

Brian Hagenbuch

The Rose Marie was built to work in Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab and oyster fisheries. Evans Boat Repair photo.

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First and last: Maryland builder Eugene Evans crafts the 40-foot fiberglass Rose Marie for himself

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Sockeye salmon strips are designed for teething babies. Bambino’s Baby Food photo.

Sockeye for baby teeth: Native tradition inspires Bambino’s new Alaska Sockeye Salmon Strips

Brian Hagenbuch

Alaska

Scandies Rose investigation — U.S. Coast Guard image

Scandies Rose: Coast Guard hearings

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Trident Seafoods’ Aleutian Falcon caught fire at Tacoma’s Pier 12 late Wednesday, Feb. 17. Tacoma Fire Department photo

Port fire: Trident’s 233-foot Aleutian Falcon burns at the dock in Tacoma

Jessica Hathaway

Uncovering Pebble Mine: Grand jury probe, FOIA requests dig into political tactics

Jessica Hathaway

Herring — Atlantic herring. NOAA photo

Alaska herring: Stocks on the rise, but fleet is not finding the right-sized fish

Charlie Ess

The F/V Freedom. Cheryl Ess photo.

Boat of the Month: Freedom

Charlie Ess

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New standard in fishery data with SeapiX sonar

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StepliteX StormGrip: Your New Boot Legacy

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Staring down the shaft of yet another failed bearing at the worst possible time is nowhere an engineer wants to be.

World’s Most Dependable Water Lubricated Bearing

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StepliteX StormGrip: Your New Boot Legacy

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REDE Rescue Systems Empowers Water and Ice Lifesaving for Minimally Trained Rescuers

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Gulf & South Atlantic

The North Atlantic right whale #3230 ‘Infinity’ and calf when they were first sighted off Amelia Island, Fla., Jan. 17, 2021. Infinity is 19 years old and this was her first calf. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission photo/ NOAA permit #20556

Right whale calf killed by Florida boat strike

Kirk Moore

The shrimp trawler Jimmy and Charlie Jr. ran aground at the mouth of the Altamaha River in Georgia Nov. 4, 2021. Jay Fleming photo.

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Aground on the Altamaha; Georgia inlet claims a shrimper

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Wayne Goddard is refurbishing the Poppa Francis to work in the 2021 spring Maryland/Virginia oyster planting season. Larry Chowning photo.

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Maryland team rebuilding oyster buyboat for spring 2021; pushboat for classic skipjack launches after covid delay

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Gulf shrimp: September landings the region’s lowest since 2002

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Who we are: Mimi Stafford

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