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Propulsion

Yamaha collaborated with Roush CleanTech to develop the fuel system for the new outboard and partnered with boatbuilder Regulator Marine to construct a suitable vessel for testing the prototype outboard. Yamaha photo

Yamaha unveils first Hydrogen-powered outboard at Miami Boat Show

NF Staff

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

Paul Molyneaux

A fleet of four Super Alia designs will be used to train new entrants into the fishery, as well as established fishermen, and to ensure the safety of the local commercial fishing fleet. ACI Boats image

Wash. yard wins $3 million contract to build government-funded commercial fishing boats

Jessica Hathaway

Caterpillar Marine has entered an agreement with California-based Pacific6 Enterprises to pilot a parallel battery hybrid propulsion system for a first-of-its kind aquaculture farming vessel. Caterpillar rendering.

Caterpillar designing battery hybrid vessel for California aquaculture

NF Staff

The Volvo Penta D4 hybrid installation for Hurtigruten Svalbard. Volvo Penta photo

Hybrid future? Volvo Penta diesel looks forward

Brian Hagenbuch

After five seasons of extensive and costly restoration that improved performance and safety, the Alaska Spirit heads north in January 2022, ready to bring in a return on the O’Hara Corp.’s investment. O’Hara Corp. photo

Feeling the Alaska Spirit

Paul Molyneaux

The 40-foot fiberglass-over-wood Spandex was delivered by Kinnamon Construction in Tilghman, Md., to a Virginia waterman. Larry Chowning photo

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Oystering in Spandex: New launch is a better fit for Chesapeake waterman

Larry Chowning

The Crustacean Hunter is in the 38-knot range when its 660-hp C12 Cat is wide open. Feeney Boat Shop photo

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Feeney Boat Shop launches two Maine lobster boats

Michael Crowley

Corvus supplied 248 kWh of battery storage capacity for the 61.7-meter longliner Geir, launched in Norway in 2020, and at press time fishing in the Barents Sea north of Murmansk, Russia. HP Holmeset photo

Banking on batteries: Price drops and expanded options change the hybrid power model

Paul Molyneaux

Monte Rome and his wife, Yi Bing Gao-Rome, celebrate the launching of the Bing Bing after a complete overhaul. Paul Molyneaux photo.

Bing Bing: Gloucester fisherman rebuilds a cherry of a clam boat

Paul Molyneaux

Asher Molyneaux running the newly refurbished Finlander II back to its berth in Portsmouth, N.H., from where he will take the boat scalloping. New England Fishmongers photo

Hook, line and stop sign: Overhauling a New England groundfish boat amid new regs

Paul Molyneaux