National Fisherman

Paul Molyneaux

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Paul Molyneaux is the Boats & Gear editor for National Fisherman.

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Instead of mechanizing his successful seaweed harvesting company, Maine Seaweed, Larch Hanson says he is developing “an old man’s economy of motion,” and refining his simple systems to accommodate that. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Seaweed Simplicity

The team at Outcast Marine in Des Allemands, La., has done most of the work modifying James Bruce’s snapper grouper boat; the current phase includes add trim tabs to help get the bow down. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Southern Comfort: OXE diesel outboards debut in the Gulf

Book review: Death of a Fisherman

At Pac Fish Inc in Seattle, Doug Dixon maintains something of a little museum dedicated to 19th century shipwright Frederick Douglass. Famous for his abolitionist oratory and writing, Douglass’s first trade was boatbuilding, and he escaped to freedom by p

A day to remember a shipwright: Frederick Douglass

Brady Rickert, the newest member of the Francescal Madre’s crew prepares to set an anchor for the vessel’s gillnets. Starting at 4 a.m., the boat is usually back at the dock by 9 a.m. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Six Men and a Fish Tug

Fishing boats moored in Ukedo, Japan. The British Academy.

Japan will dump Fukushima water into the Pacific

Getting on step and making 40 mph, the Battleship undergoing sea trials near Bellingham, Washington. The next step is a barge ride to Nanek, and the run to Egegik. Brad A. Meier photo.

Under Wraps

What was supposed to be an At Sea story turned into a Not At Sea story, as Louisiana shrimpers keep their boats at the dock in the face of prices too low for them to turn a profit. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Shrimp imports threaten U.S. Gulf fleet

An Atlas Meridan camera system in the net enables Danish fishermen to know when they are catching nephrops, a valuable small lobster harvested in northern Europe. Ludvig Ahm Krag photo.

Artificial intelligence joins the crew

Ports like Portland, Maine are struggling to maintain their infrastructure and commercial fishing fleets. As the catch share programs tends to shift quota to larger ports the Portland Fish Exchange has had to diversify in order to stay open. Paul Molyneau

Staying Alive