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Paul Molyneaux

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

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Fishermen in the UK have a chance to hook up with bluefin tuna for the first time in decades. In an experimental fishery, ten license holders will share a 39-ton quota to be caught over a four-month season that began Aug 1. Jeff Fontes photo.

British bluefin are back

Cutting a vermillion snapper with a Dexter model 1376, one of the company’s most popular traditional knives. Dexter photo.

Fillet knives that are a cut above

Bristol Bay salmon tenders did not see much action when many boats tied up July 20 to protest the $0.50 base price offered by buyers. The Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association called for mediation by Alaska state officials. Asher Molyneaux

Pressing for a price on sockeye

Divers in New Hampshire working with a prototype feed buoy for underwater offshore finfish pens. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s ARCTIC Act would slash funding for offshore aquaculture research and prevent permitting projects without Congressional action.

ARCTIC Act limits offshore aquaculture

A picture of radio frequency emissions from marine traffic all over the world, based on data from the HawkEye 360 monitoring system, shows challenges the company faces in identifying which vessels are engaged in IUU fishing. HawkEye 360 image.

Eye in the sky

Launching the Mr. Pete in February, Tory Bramante carries on his family’s seafaring legacy with pride and determination. Junior Duckworth photo.

A Florida shipyard builds a classic New England dragger

A proposed project would install up to 12 turbines on Volturnus floating platforms in the Gulf of Maine, similar to the Volturnus 1:8 installation off Castine, Maine. University of Maine image.

Maine offshore wind: Measuring values

In the water for sea trials, the Hi Spartan will be put on a barge for the ride north to Alaska, and will be fishing in Cook Inlet starting in the summer of 2023. Brian O’Neil photo.

Building Hi Spartan: A trailerable bowpicker for Alaska

Instead of mechanizing his successful seaweed harvesting company, Maine Seaweed, Larch Hanson says he is developing “an old man’s economy of motion,” and refining his simple systems to accommodate that. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Seaweed Simplicity

The team at Outcast Marine in Des Allemands, La., has done most of the work modifying James Bruce’s snapper grouper boat; the current phase includes add trim tabs to help get the bow down. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Southern Comfort: OXE diesel outboards debut in the Gulf