Featured

Ask a Highliner: Bob Dooley talks fishing, bycatch reduction, safety and more

January 21, 2021

Jessica Hathaway

Bob Dooley (left) and his late brother and lifelong business partner, John, with the Pacific Prince, one of many boats they owned together. Vito Vanoni photo

A full dock at Fishermen's Terminal in Seattle. Fishing fleets coast to coast have been largely idled by restaurant shutdowns and dropoff in demand. Doug Stewart photo. — A full dock at Fishermen's Terminal in Seattle. Fishing fleets coast to coast were largely idled by restaurant shutdowns and dropoff in demand. Doug Stewart photo.

January 22, 2021

Follow-up survey of fishermen and covid-19 impact begins

Kirk Moore

Unlike other acoustic release systems that flake trap lines into containers, the Fiobuoy spools the line around the buoy itself. Oceana photo.

January 21, 2021

Massachusetts launches ropeless gear study

Kirk Moore

The WindFloat prototype platform off Portugal. Principle Power photo. — The WindFloat prototype floating wind turbine platform off Portugal. Offshore wind energy developers are looking toward using anchored, floating turbines in deepwater areas like the Gulf of Maine. Principle Power photo.

January 21, 2021

Offshore and off course

Boats & Gear

Holland’s Boat Shop is building this 32-foot tuna boat with a 650-hp Cat for a Maine fisherman. Jon Johansen photo.

Michael_Crowley

Rebuild of well-known race boat is put on hold; boatyard says 50 feet is a good cutoff point

Michael Crowley

The century old O’Hara Corporation engaged Elliott Bay Design Group to provide design and engineering support for the modernization of the Alaska Spirit. EBDG scanned the entire vessel and is using computer programs to rebuild her for the 21st Century.

O'Hara refitting Alaska Spirit for the 21st century

Paul Molyneaux

Paul Molyneaux photo.

Chance encounter: A day’s haul on a historic Chesapeake Bay oyster skipjack with Stoney Whitelock

Paul Molyneaux

Wesmac Custom Boats built the RV Pilar for a San Diego, Calif., owner as a tuna boat and to be chartered out for scientific research. Wesmac Custom Boats photo.

Michael_Crowley

Maine yard sends tuna boat to California; Coast Guard gets a ‘make-believe’ lobster boat

Michael Crowley

The 36-foot Robin Lyn was hauled at Farrin’s Boatshop to be repowered and overhauled. Bill Sherburne photo.

Michael_Crowley

Marine patrol boat will replace one that burned; Downeast boatyard finishing off Canadian hull

Michael Crowley

Alaska

Bob Dooley (left) and his late brother and lifelong business partner, John, with the Pacific Prince, one of many boats they owned together. Vito Vanoni photo

Ask a Highliner: Bob Dooley talks fishing, bycatch reduction, safety and more

Jessica Hathaway

Bob Dooley of Half Moon Bay, Calif., a 2017 National Fisherman Highliner. Sherry Flumerfelt photo

Bob Dooley: Community champion

Brian Hagenbuch

President Donald Trump meets with Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy in June 2019 aboard Air Force 1 in Anchorage. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

Pebble petition: Alaska gov appeals on mine's behalf

Jessica Hathaway

Alaska Department of Labor/flickr: ais3n

Northern Lights: Processing in a pandemic

Guest Author

Peter Pan Seafood Co.'s Port Moller, Alaska, processing facility. Peter Pan Seafood photo

Primed for growth: Alaska's Peter Pan takes flight with Northwest Fish merger

Jessica Hathaway

Featured Authors

Jay Fleming.

Jay Fleming

Michael_Crowley

Michael Crowley

Sue Cocking

Jessica Hathaway

Larry_Chowning

Larry Chowning

Nick Rahaim

More Authors ›

Brand Partners

New standard in fishery data with SeapiX sonar

NF Staff

StepliteX StormGrip: Your New Boot Legacy

NF Staff

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

NF Staff

StepliteX StormGrip: Your New Boot Legacy

NF Staff

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

Phil Gerwig

Gulf & South Atlantic

Snapper-Unload

John_DeSantis

Gulf red snapper plentiful, and prices stay robust

Sue Cocking

John_DeSantis

Boat of the Month: Waymaker

John DeSantis

Some of the crew members of the Nerka Sea Frozen Salmon direct marketing cooperative based in Bellingham, Wash.

Catch it live: Direct Marketing, Ocean to Plate

Jessica Hathaway

The F/V Emmy Rose headed into Gloucester harbor, just outside the breakwater and the Eastern Point Light on Oct. 15. Photo by Barnaby Prendergast on the F/V Josephine Samantha.

#GivingTuesday: Helping fishing families and foundations

Jessica Hathaway

Florida boater Stuart Bee holds on to the bow pulpit of his submerged boat as the cargo vessel Angeles approaches 86 miles east of Port Canaveral, Fla., Nov. 29, 2020. Angeles crew photo via Coast Guard.

Florida man survives two days clinging to boat 86 miles offshore

Kirk Moore