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

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Collier Brothers — Ready for launch, the newly sponsoned Collier Brothers was built with inverted chines, where the new chines are lower than the original, creating improved stability. Giddings Boatworks photo.

Stick-built sponsons for a West Coast trawler

Small boats have big pull

Underwater cameras: Eyes on the prize

Pop-up pots and the search for ‘whale-safe’ gear

The forward fish hold, engine room and some of the forepeak of the old B.J. Thomas are incorporated into the rebuilt F/V Dauntless. Justin Yager photo.

Resurrecting Dauntless

Electric Sunbeam: Alaska DIY hybrid boat

Keliher — Pat Keliher is the commissioner of Maine's Department of Marine Resources.

Coronavirus concerns delay Maine's $20 million elver fishery

The biajaiba, also known as lane snapper, is an item on the menu of Sexto Colectivo. Wikipedia photo.

Sexto Colectivo: It’s not what you might think

With her waterline still taped, the Joey D receives finishing touches before her late January 2020 launch. Tom Farrell photo

Shuck driver

Lake Michigan's commercial fishermen use live bait traps to harvest whitefish, but new legislation could remove the commercial designation of this and other species. Michigan Fish Producers Association photo. — Lake Michigan's commercial fishermen use live bait traps to harvest whitefish, but new legislation could remove the commercial designation of this and other species. Michigan Fish Producers Association

Great Lakes high stakes: Fishing bills threaten freshwater industry