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Paul Molyneaux

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

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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

Credit: Maryland Fishery Resources Office, USFWS — Henry Bear intends to export 10,000 pounds of elvers to Maine in accordance with treaty and trade agreements made in 1760 and 1776. Photo courtesy fo Maryland Fishery Resources Office, USFWS

Native fishermen seek a shared elver fishery