Cover Story: (Yearbook) A grueling 12 months showed the fishing industry’s grit and determination, as fishermen and fleets regrouped — confronting collapsed prices, searching out new customers, and feeding the U.S. population during the pandemic emergency. • New personal locator beacon technology gives high-tech hope for crew overboard. • Maritime Fabrication’s new through-picker is built on 25 years of fishing experience. • Digital logbooks help to ease the captain’s workload. • Stretching a lobster boat two ways; Chesapeake master-builder passes; a new bottom for Northwest seiner... and more!
