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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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Maine Marine Patrol's new 57' Wesmac, Allegiance. Laura Pellerano photo via Maine Dept. of Marine Resources.

Maine Marine Patrol adds offshore enforcement vessel

Colonna's Travelift was the country's most powerful when it was delivered in 2010, funded through the Small Shipyard Grant Program. Photo courtesy of Doug Stewart

$35M in federal grants aims to modernize US small shipyards

Impelpro's impeller removal tool on display at the Pacific Marine Expo. National Fisherman photo.

Marine technician designs tool to simplify impeller removal

The Coastal Challenge at the Pacific Marine Expo remains one of the show's most popular events. Swing by the Alaska Hall for day three's challenge. Photo by Doug Stewart

Coastal Challenge competitors win big at PME

ACI Boats showcases its latest 32' gillnetter with live water demonstrations in Seattle. Doug Stewart photos.

ACI Boats showcases new gillnetter at Pacific Marine Expo

Salmonfest's 2025 line-up poster.

Salmonfest brings fishermen and advocates together for Bristol Bay

Purse seine fishing in Alaska. Alaska Seafood photo.

The intricacy of a seine with Bulletproof Nets

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