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Michael Crowley

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Michael Crowley is the former Boats & Gear editor for National Fisherman.

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Working deck of Rebecca Mary. Kevin Ralph/NTSB

Survival on a sinking squid boat: NTSB report

This Eaton Boat Shop 25 will be going to a tuna fisherman. Eaton’s Boat Shop & Fiberglassing photo.

Maine shop seems to have a winner in 25-footer; magic has its place on the lobster boat racing circuit

The 64-foot Prospector was the first boat in the Port of Toledo Shipyard’s new fabrication shop. Port of Toledo Shipyard photo.

Oregon shrimper gets shafted — for the better; family tradition keeps going at California boatyard

The working end of Velocity Marine’s 33-foot landing craft/gillnetter/crabber has a Kinematics hydraulic drum and roller horns. Velocity Marine photo.

Unusual landing craft coming out of Wash. shop; fire-damaged gillnetter is undergoing repairs

H&H Marine is sending this Osmond 32 to Montauk, N.Y., for commercial fishing and running 6-pack charters. H&H Marine photo.

Maine yard building West Coast longliner; 44-footers popular at Downeast boatshop

Feeney Boat Shop is building this 35 Mitchell Cove with a 705-hp Cat for a Cutler, Maine, lobsterman. Feeney Boat Shop photo.

Boatshop expands Mitchell Cove 35 hull; plenty of repair work at Friendship shop

After an encounter with a large rock, the 58-foot Defiance was hauled at Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op to have part of her bottom rebuilt. Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-Op photo.

Abrupt stop sends seiner in for planking work; seine skiff meets the builder’s expectations

The 67-foot shrimp trawler Ole Betts Sea caught fire and burned in the Gulf of Mexico in March 2018. Trico Seafood photo

NTSB report: Fishing leads in fire casualties

Fairhaven Shipyard built the 90-foot clammer Joey D for Oceanside Marine. She was designed by Farrell & Norton Naval Architects. Steve Kennedy photo.

Massachusetts yard delivers 90-foot clammer; Maine boatshop building lobster-dragger combo

The 45-foot crabber Darean Rose was sponsoned 2 1/2 feet on each side. Giddings Boatworks photo.

Oregon yard still fixing crabber after Coos Bay crash; Alaska boatbuilder offers alternative to monohull