Boats & Gear

Corvus supplied 248 kWh of battery storage capacity for the 61.7-meter longliner Geir, launched in Norway in 2020, and at press time fishing in the Barents Sea north of Murmansk, Russia. HP Holmeset photo

Banking on batteries: Price drops and expanded options change the hybrid power model

Paul Molyneaux

When the sun goes down. Jeff McClean/NOAA/GARFO photo

Rugged lights for rugged seas

Brian Hagenbuch

Kim Sawicki, founder of Sustainable Seas Technology, works with deckhands on the F/V Capt Lynn out of Townsend, Ga., to test a new pot configuration for black sea bass. Sustainable Seas Technology photo

Ropeless gear puts South Atlantic black sea bass fishermen back on the water

Nick Rahaim

Monte Rome and his wife, Yi Bing Gao-Rome, celebrate the launching of the Bing Bing after a complete overhaul. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Bing Bing: Gloucester fisherman rebuilds a cherry of a clam boat

Paul Molyneaux

Asher Molyneaux running the newly refurbished Finlander II back to its berth in Portsmouth, N.H., from where he will take the boat scalloping. New England Fishmongers photo

Hook, line and stop sign: Overhauling a New England groundfish boat amid new regs

Paul Molyneaux

The 79.5-meter Selvåg Senior, expected to be launched in December 2022, will burn a mix of LNG and diesel in a 6,400-hp, 8V31DF Wärtsilä engine. Skipsteknisk photo

‘We are the pioneers’: Building a hydrogen-powered fishing vessel

Paul Molyneaux

John’s Bay Boat Co.’s newest wooden lobster boat is the 46-foot Twilight II. Walter Barrows photo

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Another Twilight Launch: John’s Bay sends its 75th wooden boat

Michael Crowley

NamJet expands on Alaska markets with niche fisheries.

Bayou to Bristol Bay: NamJet goes niche

Brian Hagenbuch

When he is not setting and hauling the shrimp net on the Udvaar 3, Benjamin Bakke transforms into MonkfishMan. Vidar Andersen photo

The Funniest Catch

Paul Molyneaux

Deepwater boats are finding the Port of Toledo Shipyard a good place to prepare for the coming season. Port of Toledo Shipyard photo

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Port of Toledo yard lined with big draggers

Michael Crowley

The GX5 is geostationary, staying above the same terrestrial region at all times — like all Inmarsat satellites. But that will change with he company’s launch of the GX10s and a constellation of LEO satellites.

Arctic Payload: Satellite comms are primed for northern climes

Paul Molyneaux