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The Mary Lu left Fashion Blacksmith with a new stepped pilothouse that provides better visibility all the way around, especially toward the back deck. Fashion Blacksmith photo.
Better visibility for Texas step-pilothouse; boat carpenter clamps down worst leak he’s seen
The Millie, a Duffy 35 designed by Spencer Lincoln, is the first boat for Richard Duffy’s recently launched R&R Duffy Boats. R&R Duffy Boats.
A classic 35-foot Maine lobster boat design is back; new wooden lobster boat to be launched in fall
Blue Eyed Girl was a force to reckoned with at the Boothbay and Rockland races. Jon Johansen photo
Maine’s Lobster Capital hosts boat races this weekend
An HI500 Thrustmaster waterjet and a 500-hp Cummins will power this 20-foot seine skiff being built at Rozema Boat Works. Rozema Boat Works photo.
Wash. boatyard builds jet-powered seine skiff; covid-19 dragging down boatyard production
Level-wind pivot named in honor of bay fisherman; gillnetters get repowered at Southeast Alaska boatyard
The Syringa, a 36 Calvin lobster boat, pulled into Dana’s Boatshop to have its deck covered with a new rubber mat. Dana’s Boatshop photo.
Maine yard sends tuna boats to Massachusetts; lobstermen are laying down rubber decks
Working deck of Rebecca Mary. Kevin Ralph/NTSB
Survival on a sinking squid boat: NTSB report
This Eaton Boat Shop 25 will be going to a tuna fisherman. Eaton’s Boat Shop & Fiberglassing photo.
Maine shop seems to have a winner in 25-footer; magic has its place on the lobster boat racing circuit
The 64-foot Prospector was the first boat in the Port of Toledo Shipyard’s new fabrication shop. Port of Toledo Shipyard photo.
Oregon shrimper gets shafted — for the better; family tradition keeps going at California boatyard
The working end of Velocity Marine’s 33-foot landing craft/gillnetter/crabber has a Kinematics hydraulic drum and roller horns. Velocity Marine photo.
Unusual landing craft coming out of Wash. shop; fire-damaged gillnetter is undergoing repairs
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Actor Mark Costello started fishing in Bristol Bay in his early 20s and continued until he was 61. “For me it was cathartic,” says Costello. “I loved the physical work and the life onboard.” Photo courtesy of Girlstrong Inc.
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Beyond Alaska the Department of Agriculture’s Office of Seafood may be able to provide grants and low-interest loans to fishermen all over the U.S., enabling them to upgrade their boats and equipment. Photo courtesy of Paul Molyneaux
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Fish is food: Opening USDA doors for commercial fishermen
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