National Fisherman

Paul Molyneaux

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

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Paul Stoffer installs a new plank on Defiance, a 1947 58-footer built in Tacoma for a Gig Harbor fisherman. Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op photo.

They saw a lot: Washington’s Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op is still buzzing

Tyroan Rediske has a list of indispensables for staying comfortable fishing pot cod in the Aleutians, among them: his nail clippers. Terrance Louis photo.

In the bag

A steel housing with access panel protects multiple transducers installed by Lunde Marine in Seattle. Lunde Marine Electronics photo.

Returns & rebounds: Electronics suppliers and installers are ready for service

A mixed bag of bluefish, black sea bass, squid, flounder, monkfish, and triggerfish — Locals Seafood sells what fishermen catch off the coast of North Carolina. Locals Seafood photo.

Keep your cool: Rethinking processing, supply, and cold chains in a post-pandemic world

The 184-foot factory longline vessel Northern Leader combines diesel electric power and a low-impact fishing method to land quality product with a lower carbon footprint. Alaskan Leader Fisheries photo.

Riding the wave: Boatbuilders, designers and fishermen take advantage of new technology and design for the times

Ready for the trip from Florida to Massachusetts, Nordic Fisheries says the 85' x 28' Heritage is enough boat to get the job done. Duckworth Steel Boats photo.

F/V Heritage: Nordic Fisheries builds an innovative and nimble 85-foot scalloper

NOAA scientist Noelle Yochum (left) helps fisherman Lauti Tuipala set a net with an experimental salmon excluder on the F/V Pacific Explorer. Katherine Hellen-Schneider photo.

Bye-bye bycatch: Net design and electronics help fishermen keep their catch clean

A Florida fisherman wears ACR’s overboard location alert system tag linked to a mobile phone or base station on the boat. ACR photo.

Where you at?: Competition and tech advances make life-saving measures more accessible

Chad Lowenberg takes Deckhand’s electronic logbook for a trial run in the Bering Sea crab fishery. Chad Lowenberg photo.

Logged on: The venerable captain’s logbook is moving to digital

Alex Oczkewicz photo.

Have it both ways: After more than 20 years, Maritime Fabrications launches a new and improved through-picker