National Fisherman

June Spotlight

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The 400' x 100' Hannah will process and freeze salmon on Bristol Bay during the sockeye season, handling up to 1.45 million pounds of product. Northline Seafoods image.

Northline Seafood plans salmon processing vessel for Bristol Bay

NF Staff

Shaun Vary’s family fished the Great Lakes for seven generations, moving from wood and sail to steel and diesel. Vary bought the 59-foot fish tug Harry Purvis in 2009 and converted it into a pleasure boat. Credit: Shaun Vary

The fish tugs survive

Paul Molyneaux

Just like the Terminator landed in dark city from the future, the Battleship appeared in Seattle, looking like it took a beating on the way. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Survival of the fittest

Paul Molyneaux

The 120-foot Sea Ern and the 130-foot Kari Marie are tied up at the Hansen Boat Co. dock to be worked on. Hansen Boat Co. photo.

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Work speeds up at Washington shipyard

Michael Crowley

Wesmac Custom Boats 54-foot Kaye Williams is for the Bridgeport Regional Vocational Aquaculture School. It has the same walk-around wheelhouse design with a recessed deck that Wesmac is starting to put on tuna boats. Wesmac Custom Boats photo.

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Maine builder feeds the ‘tuna fever’

Michael Crowley

Six Outboard Engine Companies Commercial Fishing Vessel Owners Need to Know in 2022

Ben Clements

The Reverence has a stern extension for extra traps and holds 18 crates below deck. Sargent's Custom Boats photo.

Michael_Crowley

New lobster boat fulfills the need for speed

Michael Crowley

The former tour boat Richard Lee is getting a makeover into an oyster planter at Cockrell Marine Railway in Heathsville, Va. Larry Chowning photo.

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Tour boat will get second act in Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration

Larry Chowning

Velocity Marine and Fabrication's 32-foot through-picker will have a power roller at the bow and stern and a swiveling gill net drum in the center of the boat. Velocity Marine rendering.

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Through-pickers preferred by more Bristol Bay fishermen

Michael Crowley

Winfred and Faith Melle Alley fish and lobster together on their new boat, the Faith Melle, a Libby 34 hull with a 425 Cummins engine. Jay Perrotta photo.

Some Maine lobstermen build their boats more for racing than fishing

Paul Molyneaux

The Deliverance, a 58-foot steel pot-fishing boat out of Homer, Alaska, came in to be hauled at the Port of Toledo Shipyard in Toledo, Ore. Port of Toledo Shipyard photo.

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Delivering a new Deliverance

Michael Crowley