National Fisherman

Paul Molyneaux

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

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CatchCam cameras have been used on scallop dredges to see how the heavy steel gear interacts with the sea floor. Photo by Tom Rossiter

CatchCam Technologies revives underwater vision

Rachel Long has a long list of things she wants to have on board, including the tools and supplies needed to patch holes in a wooden boat. “I could keep going,” she says of her list. Photo by Rachel Long

Gear and items fishermen can't live without

Dungeness crab fishermen in Puget Sound try out Vallation Outerwear’s Ocean Rein Pullover. Made of PU Foam, the Ocean Rein is more flexible than PVC, and features designed to reduce snags, especially when handling nets. Photo by Bri Dwyer

Vallation Outerwear gains ground with fishermen

The Grundéns Sternman Armored Bibs, built with trap and pot fishermen in mind, can be used in a wide range of fisheries, along with the company’s other new 2025 for fishing in any weather. Photo by Grundéns

Gearing up in 2025 with Grundens

The shad fisheries of the East Coast once produced millions of barrels of salted shad. Fishing pressure and habitat destruction have depleted the stocks, but the ASMFC is working with states to restore the fishery. Photo by Holly White

Shad fishermen hang on in North Carolina

Dungeness crab fishermen in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, started using the Teem Fish electronic monitoring systems in 2010 to encourage accountability in the fleet. Photo by Chelsey Ellis

Blending fishermen’s needs with regulatory requirements

The plum bow, relatively flat run aft, and other features made Allswater’s Opus 42 a finalist in the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency efficient hull contest. Photo by Allswater

Nova Scotia lobster fleet goes electric

The 51-foot fiberglass longliner, Ricky B, is a Tompson Trawler built in 1977 by Rodney Thompson at T-Craft Boat Company in southern Florida. Photo by Sean McCarthy

Boat of the month: Ricky B

Heather Douville returns home with a day’s harvest of sea otters. After years of practice, Douville can skin an otter in about ten minutes, and she passes the traditional knowledge she has acquired on to Indigenous youth. Photo by Michael Douville

Keeping the balance: Tlingit hunter fights for shellfish and tradition

The SSA brought FTC commissioner Alvaro Bedoya (seen standing between FTC counsel Max Miller and SSA board member Steve Bosarge) to the Gulf to understand what U.S. shrimpers and fishing communities are up against. Photo by Southern Shrimp Alliance

Save the U.S. shrimp industry from rock-bottom prices