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Paul Molyneaux

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

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Don Stiles has operated with a total crew of four, himself and three deckhands. “I had an all-women crew this year,” he says. “It worked out pretty good.” Photo by Don Stiles

Commodores Boats transforms Alaskan crabber into a powerhouse

NOAA research vessels like the Oscar Dyson conduct surveys at numerous locations and have been finding significant numbers of cod and pollock in the northern Bering Sea since 2017. Photo by AFSC

AI boosts Alaska pollock assessments, supporting fisheries

SEA.AI and Nobeltec are integrating the SEA.AI smart camera technology into TimeZero Pro software to give mariners more situational awareness. Photo by SEA.AI

Eyes wide open: Boosting fishing safety

To count salmon returns, a weir funnels fish into a chute, where a camera activated by motion detection captures an image of every fish and sends it to the cloud via Starlink.

First Nations and scientists use AI to restore salmon runs

After being sampled and tagged, a white shark swims off the platform. Ocearch has tagged hundreds of animals worldwide, and the data the organization collects is shared widely, including on the Shark Tracker app. Photo by Ocearch

Ocearch unlocks Atlantic shark secrets

Carsoe onboard processing systems begin when the cod end gets opened on deck and end when the product is offloaded. Photo by Carsoe

AI transforms fisheries with stocking, processing, and profit boosts

Extend maintenance schedules, increase average uptime, and avoid unexpected failures through condition-based maintenance with ioCurrents' MarineInsight

MER Equipment teams up with ioCurrents using AI

“There’s something personal about wooden boats,” says Jimmy Tripp, owner of the Outer Fall, ready for launch. “They have a soul.” Photo by Walt Bowers

Boat of the Month: Outer Fall

The New England and Mid-Atlantic scallop has been managed sustainably for the last two decades. Researchers utilize AI and machine learning to understand scallop stock dynamics. Photo by Paul Molyneaux

AI transforms scallop stock assessments for greater accuracy

Rob Morris (EdgeTech) works with three Pt. Judith, Rhode Island fishermen, in preparation for on-demand fishing trials. Most fishermen remain skeptical of the real-world applicability of ropeless gear, and modeling by MITRE appears to support their concer

Exploring ropeless gear for sustainable lobster fishing