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The commercial fishing industry battles an ever-present threat: derelict fishing gear. Photo by NOAA

Battling ghost gear to protect marine ecosystems and economies

NF Staff

The tuna boat Blue Jacket’s repowering started with removing the 8-92 Detroit Diesel. Long Cove Marine Services photo.

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Time to repower at Maine boatyard

Michael Crowley

Kolstrand showcases deck gear at 2024 Expo

Paul Molyneaux

Bill Keeling at 78 years old is one of the last active commercial wooden boatbuilders in Virginia. Larry Chowning photo.

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Bill Keeling builds one more deadrise for himself

Larry Chowning

The prototype electric salmon gurdies designed and built by Chandler Kemp and Kent Barkau worked well and saved energy but would need to be marinized if they are going to be commercialized. Kempy Energetics photo.

Energy-efficient salmon gurdies

Paul Molyneaux

New Norwegian catamaran groundfish seiner. Photo by MarineTraffic.com/ frode adolfsen

Norwegian catamaran ready to take on groundfishing

NF Staff

In 2024, Paul Visocky and Jon Stucky helped bring Everett Engineering to the Pacific Marine Expo for the first time. “We wanted to get our name out more in the fishing industry,” said Visocky. Photo by Paul Molyneaux

Everett Engineering expands presence in fishing industry

Paul Molyneaux

Angela Wick and Cary Greisen show off Zerofit’s line of Heatrub baselayers, all designed to use the friction created by the wearer’s movement to help generate heat and provide more warmth. Photo by Douglas Zirbel

Northern fishermen gear up with Zerofit's cold weather wear

Paul Molyneaux

Fresher trawler Hulda Björnsdóttir was originally intended to supply the company’s shore-based processing, which has been shut down due to the situation in Grindavík. Photo courtesy of Hook & Net Mag

New Icelandic trawler delivered amid company restructuring

NF Staff

Farrin’s Boatshop made several modifications to the Miss Quahog, a 45-foot lobster boat. Farrin's Boatshop photo.

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Upgrading Miss Quahog

Michael Crowley

Ed Grabowski's King crab retriever; photo shows the retriever with the gurdy in the foreground, illustrating the relative position of the two pieces of equipment.

Fishing Back When: New gear, new ways

Carli Stewart

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