National Fisherman

Paul Molyneaux

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

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While Bristol Bay setnetter Melanie Brown and Jason Jarvis share a light moment at the 8th General Assembly of the World Forum of Fishing Peoples, but the conversation about the assault on capture fisheries more often dealt with grave concerns. Paul Molyn

Fisher folk of the world meet in Brazil

Kitty Sopow’s fishy stickers range from edgy to sexy to policy and more. A sampling of her stickers includes a play on American Gothic and Xtratufs. Credit: Sopow Art

Kitty Sopow brings Alaskan humor to art

César Torres, Vice President of Sales for Ship’s Machinery International, and his daughter Gabi, man the company’s booth at Pacific Marine Expo 2024. Torres sells Brunvoll thrusters and propulsion systems to a number of major fishing companies in the Seat

SMI thrusters: Reliable power for Alaska fishing boats

Components of Hefring Marine’s Intelligent Marine Assistance System (IMAS), include the IMAS control unit, white box, which collects and processes data, and the small inertial measurement unit (IMU) that tracks the speed and orientation of the vessel. Pau

Hefring Marine measures motion for vessel safety

Two nets towed together at the same time show noticeably different catches, The one on the left uses the Flow Gear and shows a noticeably bigger catch than the net equipped with a rockhopper sweep. Mørenot photo.

Mørenot’s Injector Flow Gear can replace rock hoppers

A tablet running the Bristol Maps app, aboard a Bristol Bay gillnetter. The customer is using the group location sharing features, grid lines, and live tide chart overlays—just a few of the features of the app. Bristol Maps photo.

Bristol Maps chart dynamic environments

A Cooke aquaculture barge towed two strings of large plastic balls through lobster grounds near Harwood Island in July, says Bernita Alley. Beals Island and Jonesport lobstermen blame Cooke for gear losses. Bernita Alley photo.

Cooke Aquaculture faces new Clean Water Act lawsuit

A cod after 14 days in PicoICE which creates a very fine slurry around the fish, reducing core temperature faster and holding product at 29F. The fish appears to be in much better condition than fish coming out of flake ice. Green Iceberg photo.

Bristol Bay sockeye gets a boost with new PicoICE tech

Kieran Kelly, founder of Ocean Integrity, patented the Micro-plastic Elimination Device (MPED), and has used it all over the world to clean rivers carrying plastic to the sea. Kelly says 95 percent of plastic going into the sea arrives by river, much of i

Cleaning the sea of plastic

According to a study published in October, seabirds fitted with radar detectors that pick up emissions from navigation equipment could help identify IUU fishing. Photo by Paul Molyneaux

AI to combat illegal fishing and enhance vessel tracking