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Michael Crowley

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Michael Crowley is the former Boats & Gear editor for National Fisherman.

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Shafted: Propeller failure sank trawler

Galen Alley of Beals Island, Maine, aboard the 30-foot Foolish Pleasure. Alley died in a car accident on January 16, 2019. Jon Johansen photo.

Galen Alley: Farewell to a fast cat

A man overboard demonstration gave visitors a chance to learn about marine safety and rescue operations at the Working Waterfront Festival in New Bedford, Mass. Samuel Hill photo.

NIOSH, Coast Guard announce $6 million in safety research grants

A basic AIS fishing net buoy sold on Alibaba.com.

Using AIS net buoys? FCC fines up to $19k per day

Radio frequency interference caused by

Coast Guard warns LED lighting could interfere with communications

The

Dragger Aaron & Melissa II goes down off the coast of Maine

The Alaska Juris, abandoned on the day of the sinking. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Lessons learned: NTSB releases Safer Seas Digest 2017

Between 2011 and 2015, one fatal accident and 304 nonfatal injuries on catcher processors and mothership vessels in Alaska. File photo.

Danger below deck: Study investigates at-sea processing accidents

Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations photo.

Keeping the Freewheel in motion

The

Wild Wild West takes the final lobster boat race of the season