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Paul Molyneaux
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Paul Molyneaux is the Boats & Gear editor for National Fisherman.
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The Waymaker is in the water and ready to be rigged for the 2024 season. Citing a predicted small run and low prices, owner and builder Thomas Lopez plans to use his new boat for tending rather than fishing. He notes that he built the boat himself and was
First twin jet limit seiner: Fast build, fast boat
After sea trials in Alabama, the 97-foot American Eagle can head north to New Bedford, MA, and start catching lobsters. Photo by Lars Vinjerud
Boat of the Month: American Eagle
The 12-volt and 24-volt electric versions are the most popular, but for her customers fishing in Canada’s Northwest Territories, subzero temperatures make gas-powered ProFisher P the only option. Photo by Gaski Marine
Versatile gillnet hauler sold worldwide
F/V Froyanes1 is just one of the new Norwegian boats being built to cash in on an invasive species, red King Crab. While regulated under a quota regime in the Barents Sea, Norway has declared open season, spreading west and south from those waters.
King Crab fishing booming in European waters
The haulers are often mounted on a bulkhead with the motor in an interior space to protect it from the elements. Photo by Electra-Dyne
Built by fishermen for fishermen: Electra-Dyne haulers
The Woyingi Mieka 1 is just one of dozens of boats that Bayou La Batre entrepreneur Joe Gazzier is buying and refurbishing for fishermen in Nigeria and other West African countries. Photo by Joe Gazzier
Shrimp boats from U.S. restored and headed to Nigeria
Jo Rowley has been making the Deep Drop ProFisher and is about to release a digital version, the ProFisher 1200, seen here landing a blue-eyed travella from the depths. Photo by Rowley
Deep Drop Commercial revolutionizing fishing gear
Real-Time Data is upgrading its Deckhand logbook for the Alaska longline halibut and black cod fisheries and marketing it to other Alaska fisheries, such as Bristol Bay salmon and Southeast salmon trollers. The logbook enables fishermen to file eVTR reports by pushing a few buttons. Deckhand photo.
Deckhand Logbook expands with 60 more boats joining program
In the wheelhouse of the Western Dawn, the Scantrol monitor takes center stage. GS Marine LLC installed in October 2023, the first of the SYM7 LT system in the U.S. Photo by John Simpson
30 Years of Scantrol Autotrawl innovation in commercial fishing
Passamaquoddy fisherman, Erik Francis waits for the tide to ebb on the Penobscot River so that he can empty the elvers from his fyke net and transport them above the dam that impedes their passage. Francis will harvest full grown eels in the fall and tran
Maine tribal fishermen lead eel restoration project
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