National Fisherman

Paul Molyneaux

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

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It’s always raining when a seine is coming through the block. Deck hands on the Silver Wave, test the Vallation Dark Rain series, while landing salmon from a set in Puget Sound in autumn 2021. Taylor Jackson photo.

Vallation outerwear offers a new ‘best defense’

Fishing one of the most challenging environments in Washington, Leeroy Courville shares the waters with tugs and barges that maneuver around his 32-foot boat while he works. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Fishing Washington's urban wilderness

James Langer, US sales manager for Castoldi demonstrates the easy access for cleaning the jet. The Castoldi jet is built for shallow water operation and has an automated system for clearing debris from the intake. Paul Molyneaux photo.

The Jet Set

Ted Teske is part of the NIOSH team administering $6 million dollars in research and training grants aimed at projects that will improve the safety and health of commercial fishermen. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Coast Guard, NIOSH offering $6 million in safety funding

Shaun Vary’s family fished the Great Lakes for seven generations, moving from wood and sail to steel and diesel. Vary bought the 59-foot fish tug Harry Purvis in 2009 and converted it into a pleasure boat. Credit: Shaun Vary

The fish tugs survive

Just like the Terminator landed in dark city from the future, the Battleship appeared in Seattle, looking like it took a beating on the way. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Survival of the fittest

The Irene Alton’s lines came from a half-model carved by Alton Raynes; Bernard Raynes named the boat after his father and mother, Irene. Raynes painted the hard-working boat every year, and NF writer Paul Molyneaux tarred the rigging. Maynard Bray photo.

A death in the family

The American Boat and Yacht Council has developed standards for lithium-ion batteries—like this Victron battery for an experimental vessel—making them easier to insure, and easier to sell. Sam Devlin photo.

Standards for safe lithium batteries

The Torqeedo Deep Blue 50kW is the equivalent of 67 horsepower, and is designed for use on work boats, including those used in nearshore fisheries. Torqeedo photo.

Electric outboard engine makers look to nearshore fisheries markets

AquaBounty whistleblower Braydon Humphrey contends that the genetically-engineered salmon at AquaBounty’s Indiana land-based facility have excessively high mortality and may suffer from bacterial disease like this marine-cage grown salmon. Paul Molyneaux

AquaBounty shares tumble