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Faye Hall christens the 180’ F/V Little River with a bottle of champagne on Saturday, April 22 at the Omega Protein dock in Reedville, Va.. Larry Chowning photo.

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Chesapeake Bay menhaden steamers christened

Larry Chowning

The new crabber has a bulbous bow and draws over 12 feet loaded. In sea trials the vessel cruised at 9 knots and could make a complete turn in three boat lengths. Chantier Naval Forillon photo.

Ugjit Mijua’ji’jg: The 'For the Children' crabber with near-zero emissions

Paul Molyneaux

The Bristol Bay gillnetter Lady Mindy, built by Rozema Boatworks in the early 1990s, left Maritime Fabrication on April 17 with a new enclosed top house. Maritime Fabrication photo.

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Upgraded boats, and a new gillnet drum design for Bristol Bay

Michael Crowley

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/81cb5870c18819d32997dedb8c48c34a.jpg — Maine Lobsterboat from the 1970s. Photo from 1979 NF article.

The evolution of lobstermen and their boats

Carli Stewart

A scallop boat being built for Lars Vinjerud of New Bedford, Massachusetts, begins on a jig in the Williams Fabrication yard. Dale Williams does all drawings of the boats the company builds, and his son Lane, who now owns the business, converts them to CAD files. Paul Molyneaux photos

The Art of Steel

Paul Molyneaux

Farrin’s Boatshop is finishing off this 46-foot Muscle Ridge hull for a California fisherman. Jon Johansen photo.

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California dreamers are drawn to a Maine boatshop

Michael Crowley

https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/3a69453a42282a255b690fa1fc7f2554.jpg — The Norsap chairs that IMTRA have caught on with captains who spend long hours in at the helm. The Norsap chairs feature replaceable cushions and many options for customizing. Image Credit: IMTRA

New Bedford based IMTRA is a one-stop-shop for boatbuilders for new builds or retrofits

Paul Molyneaux

Bill Keeling, above, built his first deadrise workboat in 1976. At age 77, he has started a new 42-footer at his boat shop in Mathews County, Va. Larry Chowning photo.

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Virginia boatbuilder, 77 years young, at work on new deadrise

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Quarters are tight in each of Taylored Boats two boatbuilding shops but even in the preliminary stages there’s a good sense there will be enough deck space for 200 lobster traps when Taiyored Boats finishes this 46-foot lobster boat. Taylored Boats photo.

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Maine boat builder resists the rubber-deck trend

Michael Crowley

The 34’ x 11’ Cobra fishes multiple fisheries off Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula. Crozier Craft photo.

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New boat does it all on waters off Washington’s Olympic Peninsula

Michael Crowley

The Emilie Virginia is presently up on the hard at Crown Pointe Marina in Hayes, Va., getting a new bottom, stern and pilothouse. She is shown here with her captain and owner Peyton Mason. Photo by Jimmy John Hunley.

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Virginia waterman needs his classic wooden boats ‘just to keep up with the work.’

Larry Chowning