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NOAA says status report shows U.S. fisheries 'on track' with rebuilding

May 18, 2022

Kirk Moore

The 2020 Fisheries of the United States report shows an industry worth $4.8 billion - even with a 10 to 15 percent decline from covid-19. Doug Stewart photo.

A Coast Guard rescue swimmer is lowered from a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to recover a simulated casualty during a search and rescue operation off Cape Lookout, N.C., in May 2021. Marine Corps photo/Lance Cpl. Elias M. Pimental III.

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Joint Coast Guard-military search and rescue exercise in Mid-Atlantic Tuesday

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Built between 1903 and 1962, PacifiCorp’s Klamath Hydroelectric Project consists of seven dams the project calls for the four lower dams (Iron Gate, Copco No. 1, Copco No. 2, and J.C. Boyle), which have a generation capacity of 163 megawatts, to be decommissioned. Klamath River Renewal Corporation photos.

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Boats & Gear

A Seafood Harvesters of America survey found that fishermen are looking for improvements in engine efficiency, including hybrid electric vessels such as the Norwegian longliner Geir, launched in 2020. HP Holmeset photo.

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James W. "Jimmyjohn" Hunley is refurbishing the Willard Norris-built Aubri Lynn at his boatshed behind his home in Deltaville, Va. Larry Chowning photo.

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Keeping it alive: Rebuilding a Willard Norris deadrise in Deltaville

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Tailored Boats widened the Deja Vu, a Willis Beal 44, from 15’ 2” to 18’. Taylored Boats photo.

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Taylored Boats builds on classic Willis Beal designs

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Boricua Custom Boats launched the Cap’N Ben, a 43-year-old Young Brothers, in a like-new condition on April 4. Boricua Custom Boats photos.

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Maine yard revives classic lobster boats

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Maritime Fabrications finished off the 46-foot Pacific Hunter as a crabber. Maritime Fabrications photo

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Washington yard finishes crabber before prepping gillnetters for summer

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Alaska

The 2020 Fisheries of the United States report shows an industry worth $4.8 billion - even with a 10 to 15 percent decline from covid-19. Doug Stewart photo.

NOAA says status report shows U.S. fisheries 'on track' with rebuilding

Kirk Moore

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Bruce Marifern’s Freedom wraps up a 230-ton set in Hayward Strait, with Alaskan Girl pumping, on day two of the Sitka sac roe herring fishery, March 27. Brannon Finney photo

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Three boats have kept work steady at Distinctive Finishes in Haines Alaska

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Unloading red grouper. Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance photo.

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