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Paul Molyneaux

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

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At the 2020 Maine Fishermen’s Forum, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, talks trade and other issues with leaders of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association, Patrice McCarron and Kristan Porter. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Collins pushes for China trade action on lobsters

Kyle Grant, center, lands a bluefin at the 2018 Bluefin Blowout in Gloucester, Mass. Grant’s fish dressed out at 630-pounds and earned him second place. He is glad to see it back after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. F/V Battlewagon photo.

Bluefin Blowout is back

One of two vessels for the same owner in the north of Brittany, this 40-foot by 16-foot hull is designed for scalloping and pot fishing, powered by a 500-hp Scania DI13, it is expected to make 17 knots when heading out with fuel and bait. Pantocaréne phot

The beak bow design from France promises improved efficiency and safety

Local Catch Network members Kirk Hardcastle, right, and Marsh Skeele grill up sablefish collars and coho salmon for a dinner at the 2019 Seafood Summit in Portland, Ore. Andrea Tomlinson photo.

Casting the net for local seafood

The Shenanegan as it arrived back at Giddings Boatworks in Charleston, Oregon in 2019. Giddings sponsoned and lengthened the boat in 2007, and added a bulbous bow more than a decade later. Harry Allen photo.

The rebuild of the F/V Shenanegan took fourteen years, but it was worth the wait

Commercial fishermen can burn as much as 10,000 calories a day, especially in the short intense Bristol Bay sockeye season. Feeding them well makes for a happy boat. Trey Zimmerman photo.

What’s Cookin’

Fisheries technology funding aims to support development of innovative systems that can create and support sustainable fisheries in the U.S., Mexico and all over the world. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Fish Tech Buy-In

North Atlantic right whale. NOAA Fisheries photo.

Whale Wars

A Seafood Harvesters of America survey found that fishermen are looking for improvements in engine efficiency, including hybrid electric vessels such as the Norwegian longliner Geir, launched in 2020. HP Holmeset photo.

Focus on fish tech

Ready for “Wicked Tuna,” charters and offshore trips, Paul Hebert heads of Milbridge, Maine, bound for the Wicked Pissah’s home port of Gloucester, Mass. Paul Hebert photo

Wicked Pissah: Maine’s H&H Marine launches a star-quality bluefin tuna hunter