National Fisherman

Ben Hayden

Ben Hayden is a Maine resident who grew up in the shipyards of northern Massachusetts. He can be reached at [email protected].

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All images belong to Bay Weld Boats.

Bay Weld Boats delivers new shallow-draft seiner

Luke Hartmann hauling traps off the Deer Isle coast. All on water photography taken by Spike Smigelski.

Luke Hartmann: Commercial lobsterman and sea glass jeweler

Pacific Marine Expo panel featured Senator Gary Stevens, president of the Alaska State Senate, Jeremy Woodrow, executive director of Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, and Nels Ure, deputy director of Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay. Doug Stewart Photo.

The current state of Alaska fisheries

National Fisherman photo.

Coast Guard seminar explores fishing vessel safety at Pacific Marine Expo

MITAGS photo.

Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies offers commercial fishermen free safety classes

Kongsberg Discovery photo.

Kongsberg Discovery introduces FS80 trawl sonar at PME

The film "School of Fish" highlights one family's salmon harvesting traditions in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Orvis image.

Pacific Marine Expo kicks off with “School of Fish” film

One of the 2024 National Fisherman Highliners of the Year is Al Pazar of Florence, OR. Photos from the Pazar family.

2024 Highliner of the year: Al Pazar

Furuno's booth at the 2023 Pacific Marine Expo in Seattle, Wash. Photo by Britton Spark (Instagram: @couchchronicles)

Furuno releases a new commercial radar series

Salmonfest 2024 kicks off in Ninilchik, Alaska today. Salmonfest photo.

Salmonfest 2024 kicks off today