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Ben Clements

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Ben Clements is a freelance copywriter and maritime journalist whose journalism has appeared in Pacific Maritime, Professional Mariner, Ocean Navigator, and Ocean Voyager.

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The Hi 500, with its lower-speed impeller and the big nozzle, is designed to get this Bristol Bay boat up on plane when loaded with salmon. Paul Molyneaux photo

Hill Innovations allows Alaska fishermen to make the most of a short season

Monthly fishing events in Alaska waters charted by Ocean Data Network in the paper "Fishing Gear as a Data Collection Platform." ODN graphic/published Frontiers in Marine Science October 2020.

Commercial fishing vessels can serve as research vessels for cost-effective data collection

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Sector Columbia River. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Cynthia Oldham.

Vessel owner prosecuted in Coast Guard’s ‘paper captain’ crackdown

Six Outboard Engine Companies Commercial Fishing Vessel Owners Need to Know in 2022

Doug StewartⒸ Photo.

Six Commercial Fishing Deck Boots You Need to Know About in 2022

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