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Paul Molyneaux is the Boats & Gear editor for National Fisherman.
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According to Notus marketing manager Francis Parrott, Notus door sensors use two-way communication to provide the user with an accurate door location of up to half a meter. Photo by Riley Holt
Bridging a Century of Trawling with TimeZero Pro 5
Kristjan Loftsson owns the last Icelandic whaling boats—a model of one in the background—and is standing firm against the country’s push to end whaling. “We did not get a license this year,” he says. “Maybe next year.” Photo by Steve Allen on Shutterstock
The last whaler in Iceland
Like all Newfoundland fishermen, Efford is a member of the FFAW, which works to negotiate a crab price for the season with the processor's organization. Photo courtesy of Marine Stewardship Council
An agreement on price in Canadian snow crab fishery
The scallop tows in the Northern Gulf of Maine access area yield piles of large scallops that come up so clean there’s no picking deck. Just shovel the catch into totes and baskets. Photo by Paul Molyneaux
Mainers flock to Gloucester for short but sweet scallop season
At 324 feet, with a total of six decks, the Arctic Fjord—Arctic Storm Group’s new catcher processor—cuts an imposing figure against a cloudy Seattle sky as the owners prepare it for its first trip to the Bering Sea. Photo by Paul Molyneaux
Processing fish at sea onboard the Arctic Fjord
Meghan Lapp of the Center for Sustainable Fisheries is a co-plaintiff in Green Oceans’ federal suit against the development of wind farms on Coxes Ledge, south of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay. Photo by Green Ocean
Offshore wind threatens future of commercial fisheries
Fishermen and conservationists are concerned about legislation intended to grow the aquaculture industry in federal waters and building on former President Trump’s Executive Order 13921, which opened federal waters to aquaculture. Photo by Don’t Cage Our
Addressing aquaculture to protect coastal communities
The Disruptor is ready to fish, with an array of J&B Tackle Custom Rods, Alutecnos 80 and 130 reels, and a heavy-duty hydraulic bandit reel supplied by Elec-Tra-Mate in Greensboro, North Carolina. Newport Yachts photo.
Increasing numbers of bluefin are helping a Connecticut tuna fisherman expand
Priming the finished hull in preparation for the Arctic Fjord’s signature blue and white colors. Photo courtesy of Arctic Storm
Construction of the Bering Sea trawler processor, Arctic Fjord
After nine months of testing in Alaska, the Canadian Maritimes, Maine, and Europe, Grundéns launched its new boot, the Crewman, in February 2024. The company reports nothing but positive feedback from fishermen wearing the Crewman. Photo by BenMatthews
In good standing: commercial fishing boots making waves
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