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Paul Molyneaux

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Paul Molyneaux is the Boats & Gear editor for National Fisherman.

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Students at Lofoten Vocational School in Norway use Kongsberg Maritime's K-Sim Fishery simulator to train on fish finding, navigation, and trawl monitoring systems before stepping aboard a boat. Photo courtesy of Kongsberg

Training tomorrow's fishermen before they leave the dock

Fourth-year students like Jean-Pierre Joseph are close to joining the Maine lobster industry’s workforce. “The experienced kids like JP also help mentor the new kids,” says Wiley Muller. Photo courtesy of Lift All Boats

Finding crew made easier

The Jones Act requires that U.S.-built, crewed, and flagged vessels be used to transport cargo, including oil, between U.S. ports. Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy

Energy sovereignty for American fishermen

F/V Kimberly K, owned by Westbank Fisheries, is one of several commercial fishing vessels planning or completing repower projects with Mitsubishi engines supplied by Laborde Products. Photo courtesy of Westbank

Fishermen find value in Mitsubishi engines from Laborde Products

Maine lobsterman Frank Thompson holds the GPS unit that the Maine Department of Marine Resources requires him on his vessel so that it can be tracked 24/7. Thompson is taking the issue to the US Supreme Court. Photo courtesy of Frank Thompson

One lobsterman’s lawsuit going to the Supreme Court

The Tide-N-Knots rests on its mooring in Bailey’s Mistake, a semi-protected anchorage in Lubec, Maine. Built somewhere in Nova Scotia in 1979, the boat is typical of the rough old Novi workhorses found in Downeast Maine. Greg McConnell photo.

Boat of the month: Tide-N-Knots

Making a profit with a small boat means cutting costs where possible. Burning biofuel enabled Nick Wilbur to get to his fishing grounds and back for free. He found that his engine ran faster, smoother, and quieter on biofuel. Nick Wilbur photo.

One captain’s experiment with vegetable oil fuel

Shutterstock photo.

The URI fisheries and technology program legacy

Josh Sanford, who bull rakes for clams in Raritan Bay on the New Jersey/New York border powers his 21-foot, 1981 T-Craft with a used 150-hp Yamaha four-stroke from Skipjack Marine. Skipjack Marine photo.

Getting everything Yamaha has to give

On the lobster boat, Paradigm, in Jonesport, Maine, a newly installed 900 HP Scania DI16 083M is ready for testing. Scania distributor, Mack Boring will soon have higher efficiency, 800-hp 13L and 16L Scania marine engines available. Photo courtesy of Pau

Mack Boring powers the lobster industry