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On the lobster boat, Paradigm, in Jonesport, Maine, a newly installed 900 HP Scania DI16 083M is ready for testing. Scania distributor, Mack Boring will soon have higher efficiency, 800-hp 13L and 16L Scania marine engines available. Photo courtesy of Pau

Mack Boring powers the lobster industry

Paul Molyneaux

A renewed debate over pelagic trawl gear is drawing attention from conservation groups, fishermen and fisheries managers. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Pelagic trawl debate returns as council weighs next steps on gear performance

NF Staff

Gig Harbor’s long-planned Commercial Fishing Homeport moved a step closer to reality this week after a city hearing examiner verbally indicated he would approve a shoreline permit for the project. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Gig Harbor homeport project clears key permitting hurdle

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Homer, Alaska, boatbuilder Ivan Bargasin had a Nanni shipped north to repower his propeller driven 32-foot Bristol Bay gillnetter. Built on a Scania Block, the Nanni N13 is paired with a ZF360 gear at 1.5:1. Ivan Basargin photo.

Kraft Power delivers Nanni engines to US fishermen

Paul Molyneaux

Kodiak fishermen Theresa Peterson (second from left) and Danielle Ringer (fourth from left) educated Senate staffers about fisheries needs in the ReSCUE Oceans Act. Photo courtesy of Allison Shelley for Carbon to Sea

Fishermen take interest in federal marine carbon dioxide removal research bill

Sarah Schumann

Restaurant managers ordered to pay tens of thousands in penalties; fishing vessel owner and operators prohibited from commercial fishing in state. Photo courtesy of CDFW

Restaurant, vessel operators penalized in seafood sourcing case

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SeaD Consulting’s latest shrimp testing found imported shrimp is still being misrepresented in Gulf and Southeast markets. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Latest shrimp testing reveals gains, setbacks in seafood transparency

Carli Clancy

“It’s not really about having a variety of propeller styles,” says Doug Peck of New England Propeller Inc. “It’s about matching the diameter and pitch of the propeller to the vessel so the engine performs in its rated RPM range. Photo courtesy of New Engl

Propellers, practicality and the push toward efficiency

Carli Clancy

Mike Malczewski fishes blue catfish using pots. His son Cody, seen behind the pot, goes longlining for blue cats, but sometimes helps his father. Malczewski makes all his own pots. “I haven’t had luck with storebought,” he says. Photo courtesy of Jay Flem

Invasive blue catfish turn problem into fishery

Paul Molyneaux

NMFS has proposed a rule that would require commercial fishermen holding certain federal permits to submit fishing logbooks electronically. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Proposed electronic reporting requirement for commercial fishing logbooks

NF Staff

Dungeness crabs in a live hold. Oregon DFW photo.

Calif. fisheries bill advances out of Senate

NF Staff