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Paul Molyneaux is the Boats & Gear editor for National Fisherman.
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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
The dramatic number of FDA inspections of domestic seafood producers, like these in Bayou la Batre, compared to the foreign producers responsible for 94 percent of the seafood Americans eat. Photo by Dominick’s
FDA falls short on foreign shrimp inspections
According to Carl Huffman, a pair of Pacific fishermen came east to fish giants and landed this 893-pound monster using a Hydraulic Brute H15 reel. Photos by Electric Fishing Reel Systems
Electric fishing reel systems hooks success
Lobster food—researchers have found evidence that lobster larvae recruitment depends more on the abundance and availability of the zooplankton, Calanus finmachicus than the number of spawners. Credit: Katey Marancik
Plankton decline poses threat to marine ecosystems
Konrad Marine has put stern drives on many small crabbers and other types of fishing vessels. The company’s dual prop 680B stern drive is often paired with the Cummins QSB 6.7 engine and is approved for up to 550 hp at a 3,300 RPM rating. Photo by Shane B
Outside the box stern drive
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