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The former tour boat Richard Lee is getting a makeover into an oyster planter at Cockrell Marine Railway in Heathsville, Va. Larry Chowning photo.

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Tour boat will get second act in Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration

Larry Chowning

Velocity Marine and Fabrication's 32-foot through-picker will have a power roller at the bow and stern and a swiveling gill net drum in the center of the boat. Velocity Marine rendering.

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Through-pickers preferred by more Bristol Bay fishermen

Michael Crowley

Seven must-have free apps for commercial fishing: 2022

Jose Antunes

Winfred and Faith Melle Alley fish and lobster together on their new boat, the Faith Melle, a Libby 34 hull with a 425 Cummins engine. Jay Perrotta photo.

Some Maine lobstermen build their boats more for racing than fishing

Paul Molyneaux

The Deliverance, a 58-foot steel pot-fishing boat out of Homer, Alaska, came in to be hauled at the Port of Toledo Shipyard in Toledo, Ore. Port of Toledo Shipyard photo.

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Delivering a new Deliverance

Michael Crowley

After being completely rebuilt at Cape Codder Marine, the Happy Trails is ready to go back to lobstering. Cape Codder Marine photo.

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New life for a Novi lobster boat on Cape Cod

Michael Crowley

The Ocean Queen was launched earlier this year at Jemison Marine & Shipbuilding. The firm is currently building a sistership just like her for Warren Alexander of Cape May, N. J. Jemison photo.

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New scallop vessels from Bayou La Batre

Larry Chowning

De Nora launches Mariner M64 sewage treatment plant for vessels

NF Staff

Review: ‘Working Boats: An Inside Look at Ten Amazing Watercraft,’ by Tom Crestodina

Rozema Boat Works’ 47-foot crab and prawn fishing boat is designed with a raised pilothouse on a planing hull. Rozema Boat Works image.

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Rozema’s fast, new 47-foot design

Michael Crowley

The Stormline Oilskin Fishing Flotation Pants offer only 11 pounds of buoyancy, but that has proven sufficient, and lobstermen like that they don’t have to think about another item to put on. Photo: Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety.

The skinny on PFDs

Paul Molyneaux