Boats & Gear

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Tough boats are always in fashion

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A rendering of Seattle-based Arctic Storm Management Group's new state-of-the-art pelagic trawler. Rolls-Royce image.

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Arctic gets a Rolls: Louisiana’s Thoma-Sea signs $20M deal with Rolls-Royce

Samuel Hill

America's Finest under construction at Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes, Wash. Dakota Creek Industries photo by Mike Nelson.

America’s Finest fails to win waiver

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Snow & Co. puts 3-D Scanner to use — 3-D laser scanner captures the surface in millions of points. The point cloud develops a 3D model so the tender Tuxedni gets a wheelhouse that fits perfectly.

Seattle yard puts 3D scanner to use

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Yank Marine brings 820-ton Travelift hoist to the mid-Atlantic — The new 820-metric-ton Marine Travelift at Yank Marine gets its first workout with the fishing vessel Pacific Capes in November. Marine Travelift photo.

Yank Marine brings 820-ton Travelift to mid-Atlantic

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A study by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Northwest Fisheries Science Center shows that LEDs are very effective in directing king salmon to escape windows in Pacific hake trawl nets. NOAA photo.

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Net-mounted LED lights help reduce bycatch in Pacific hake fishery

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Artificial intelligence is set to change the game in the next decade. AI lighting is just the first step. Durabrite Lighting Solutions photo.

Are you ready for AI lighting?

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LEDs — After gaining acceptance among Maine and Nova Scotia lobstermen, Durabrite found unique challenges in bringing LED lighting to the Pacific Northwest. Durabrite Lighting Solutions photo.

Flash Forward: LEDs are finally ready for their close-up

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The Lynn Marie screams down the course at Long Island to take the Fastest Lobster Boat race at 54.6 mph.

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Maine lobster boat racing season comes to an end

Michael Crowley

Swaggy B under reconstruction at Allied Shipyard, Golden Meadow, La. Hans Myklebust photo.

Former La. shrimper reimagined as NJ's Swaggy B

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Marilee burns in Pelican — Friends watch from the dock as the 81-year-old wooden troller Marilee burns herself out off Pelican, Alaska. Jackson Combs photos

Classic wooden troller lost to fire in Pelican, Alaska

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