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Fresher trawler Hulda Björnsdóttir was originally intended to supply the company’s shore-based processing, which has been shut down due to the situation in Grindavík. Photo courtesy of Hook & Net Mag

New Icelandic trawler delivered amid company restructuring

NF Staff

Farrin’s Boatshop made several modifications to the Miss Quahog, a 45-foot lobster boat. Farrin's Boatshop photo.

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Upgrading Miss Quahog

Michael Crowley

Ed Grabowski's King crab retriever; photo shows the retriever with the gurdy in the foreground, illustrating the relative position of the two pieces of equipment.

Joe Clancy, Carli Stewart, their daughter Avery, and their dog Alfie. Photo courtesy of the Clancy family

Fishing Back When: New gear, new ways

Carli Stewart

California is set to double participation in a pilot program testing pop-up fishing gear for harvesting Dungeness crab. Photo by Calif. Department of Fish & Wildlife

California expands pop-up gear trials

Nathan Strout

A graphic shows relative energy density of diesel, methanol, hydrogen and batteries for marine power. Elliott Bay Design Group.

Diesel efficiency and alternative fuel insight

Paul Molyneaux

The 34-foot boat currently being built at Next Gen Fab will have a strong resemblance to the Arctic Blonde, which was launched in August 2023. Next Gen Fab photo.

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Trailerable 34-footer will pack lots of fishing power

Michael Crowley

Components of Hefring Marine’s Intelligent Marine Assistance System (IMAS), include the IMAS control unit, white box, which collects and processes data, and the small inertial measurement unit (IMU) that tracks the speed and orientation of the vessel. Pau

Hefring Marine measures motion for vessel safety

Paul Molyneaux

Two nets towed together at the same time show noticeably different catches, The one on the left uses the Flow Gear and shows a noticeably bigger catch than the net equipped with a rockhopper sweep. Mørenot photo.

Mørenot’s Injector Flow Gear can replace rock hoppers

Paul Molyneaux

The buyboat John Swain, above, had a rebuilt Cummins diesel engine installed in October. Photo courtesy Jim Drake.

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Buyboat is a labor of love

Larry Chowning

Project collaborator Kinsey Brown conducted a tabletop exercise at a May 2024 membership meeting of Cordova District Fishermen United to collect fishermen's priorities for transitioning to a low-carbon fishing fleet. Photo by Sarah Schumann

Fishermen at the helm of clean energy future for vessels

Sarah Schumann

A cod after 14 days in PicoICE which creates a very fine slurry around the fish, reducing core temperature faster and holding product at 29F. The fish appears to be in much better condition than fish coming out of flake ice. Green Iceberg photo.

Bristol Bay sockeye gets a boost with new PicoICE tech

Paul Molyneaux