National Fisherman

June Spotlight

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Devyn Campbell’s crew gets ready to sort a tow of grey sole, monk fish, dab, haddock, and other flats and groundfish. Using knowledge and charts passed on to him by old timers, Campbell makes a living fishing the waters off the coast of Maine. Photo by De

Dragging tradition in a wooden hull

Paul Molyneaux

The Port of Toledo Shipyard’s 650-ton Ascom travel lift had no trouble bringing the 500-ton Alaska king crabber Kiska Sea ashore. The yard also has an 85-ton Acme lift for smaller vessels. Photo by Toledo Shipyard

Port of Toledo Shipyard in the flow

Paul Molyneaux

The wooden deadrise Rainbow Chaser, owned by Shannon Gay of Rescue, Va., can be seen here edging out the fiberglass Thomas Jaiden, owned by Captain Kenny Heath of Cape Charles, Va. at the Yorktown Battle of the Boats on Sunday, June 1. At the event, the Governor of Virginia named the month of June 2025 as Chesapeake Bay Deadrise Month. Photo by Larry Chowning.

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Virginia governor honors the Chesapeake Bay deadrise

Larry Chowning

Gerry Foreman and Allan MacMillan watch as Paul Nosworthy of New England Marine Engineering and Supply works on repairs to a pressure dome. Photo courtesy of Flag's Up Facebook page

Does fishing have the potential for a quiet power shift?

Carli Clancy

Portland Shipyard’s 330-ton travellift launching a passenger vessel, and the stern of a schooner in the foreground, offer a glimpse of the many types of vessels in the yard, including a wide array of commercial fishing boats. Photo by Paul Molyneaux

Portland shipyard: Preserving a working waterfront

Paul Molyneaux

The Supersede Marine Board has superior structural integrity to traditional plywood, is more cost-effective, and is sustainably crafted using recycled plastic waste. Photo courtesy of Supersede

Supersede's alternative to wood

Paul Molyneaux

Sponsoned and lengthened from a 1973 Nichols Brothers boat, the Ingot, the Channa Sea has a number of interesting design features including a high wave wall, a tunnel under the pilothouse for setting longline pots, and the hydraulics and RSW located in the bow. Yale Fogarty photo.

Boat of the month: Channa Sea

Paul Molyneaux

This 42' tuna boat at Samoset Boatworks has tuna storage with a below-deck 3'-square live well that will come up to the underside of the cockpit sole. Next to it will be be an insulated tuna coffin next to that another live well. Samoset Boatworks photo.

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A pair of New England tuna boats

Michael Crowley

Halibut schooner Vansee with a 125,000 lb. deckload of halibut. Photo courtesy of Fishing Vessel Owners Association (FVOA), Seattle, WA

The 200-mile limit: Reshaping U.S. fisheries

Arni Thomson

This 32' x 10.5' commercial oyster boat is being completely rebuilt at Jenning's Marine in Reedville, Va. Larry Chowning photo.

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Virginia oysters drive boatbuilding

Larry Chowning

All images belong to Bay Weld Boats.

Bay Weld Boats delivers new shallow-draft seiner

Ben Hayden