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Paul Molyneaux

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

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Furuno’s new line of NavNet TZtouchXL large screen MFDs are packed with new features and future capabilities. The glass touch screen enables the user to access Bathyvision charts, plotter, sounder, and other electronics, with the potential to have as many

Furuno’s new multi-function displays

Early AIS technology originated in the 1990s and came into regular use in 2002. Photo by DS AI

Em-trak Marine Electronics pushes the limits

NASA’s PACE satellite will give scientists new tools to monitor ocean health, and could potentially enable them to predict the abundance of certain fish stocks based on plankton type and abundance. NASA photo.

NASA unveils ocean algal blooms through satellite imaging

According to Notus marketing manager Francis Parrott, Notus door sensors use two-way communication to provide the user with an accurate door location of up to half a meter. Photo by Riley Holt

Bridging a Century of Trawling with TimeZero Pro 5

Kristjan Loftsson owns the last Icelandic whaling boats—a model of one in the background—and is standing firm against the country’s push to end whaling. “We did not get a license this year,” he says. “Maybe next year.” Photo by Steve Allen on Shutterstock

The last whaler in Iceland

Like all Newfoundland fishermen, Efford is a member of the FFAW, which works to negotiate a crab price for the season with the processor's organization. Photo courtesy of Marine Stewardship Council

An agreement on price in Canadian snow crab fishery

The scallop tows in the Northern Gulf of Maine access area yield piles of large scallops that come up so clean there’s no picking deck. Just shovel the catch into totes and baskets. Photo by Paul Molyneaux

Mainers flock to Gloucester for short but sweet scallop season

At 324 feet, with a total of six decks, the Arctic Fjord—Arctic Storm Group’s new catcher processor—cuts an imposing figure against a cloudy Seattle sky as the owners prepare it for its first trip to the Bering Sea. Photo by Paul Molyneaux

Processing fish at sea onboard the Arctic Fjord

Meghan Lapp of the Center for Sustainable Fisheries is a co-plaintiff in Green Oceans’ federal suit against the development of wind farms on Coxes Ledge, south of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay. Photo by Green Ocean

Offshore wind threatens future of commercial fisheries

Fishermen and conservationists are concerned about legislation intended to grow the aquaculture industry in federal waters and building on former President Trump’s Executive Order 13921, which opened federal waters to aquaculture. Photo by Don’t Cage Our

Addressing aquaculture to protect coastal communities