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CatchCam underwater video camera launched at Pacific Marine Expo

Jose Antunes

Just like the Terminator landed in dark city from the future, the Battleship appeared in Seattle, looking like it took a beating on the way. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Survival of the fittest

Paul Molyneaux

The American Boat and Yacht Council has developed standards for lithium-ion batteries—like this Victron battery for an experimental vessel—making them easier to insure, and easier to sell. Sam Devlin photo.

Standards for safe lithium batteries

Paul Molyneaux

The Torqeedo Deep Blue 50kW is the equivalent of 67 horsepower, and is designed for use on work boats, including those used in nearshore fisheries. Torqeedo photo.

Electric outboard engine makers look to nearshore fisheries markets

Paul Molyneaux

The 120-foot Sea Ern and the 130-foot Kari Marie are tied up at the Hansen Boat Co. dock to be worked on. Hansen Boat Co. photo.

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Work speeds up at Washington shipyard

Michael Crowley

Wesmac Custom Boats 54-foot Kaye Williams is for the Bridgeport Regional Vocational Aquaculture School. It has the same walk-around wheelhouse design with a recessed deck that Wesmac is starting to put on tuna boats. Wesmac Custom Boats photo.

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Maine builder feeds the ‘tuna fever’

Michael Crowley

Doug StewartⒸ Photo.

Six Commercial Fishing Deck Boots You Need to Know About in 2022

Ben Clements

The Reverence has a stern extension for extra traps and holds 18 crates below deck. Sargent's Custom Boats photo.

Michael_Crowley

New lobster boat fulfills the need for speed

Michael Crowley

Seven Fish Wife Tips for Reconnecting After a Long Season

Megan Waldrep

The former tour boat Richard Lee is getting a makeover into an oyster planter at Cockrell Marine Railway in Heathsville, Va. Larry Chowning photo.

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Tour boat will get second act in Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration

Larry Chowning

Velocity Marine and Fabrication's 32-foot through-picker will have a power roller at the bow and stern and a swiveling gill net drum in the center of the boat. Velocity Marine rendering.

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Through-pickers preferred by more Bristol Bay fishermen

Michael Crowley