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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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The purse seiner Ariel burned and sank in Alaska's Sheep Bay in August 2019. Coast Guard photo.

Watch out for the weak link

Making sponsons with 'batten sticks and tape measure'

Rebuilding a Duffy after more than 30 years

In the clear: Shipyard creates staff and cleaning protocol for covid-19

Bellingham yard is building four Bristol Bay gillnetters

Don’t join the club!

The 90-foot dragger Francis Dawn, recently re-christened as the Nobska, was built at Fairhaven Shipyard and designed by Farrell & Farrell Naval Architects. Steve Kennedy photo.

Francis Dawn is newest Maine dragger

Progress returns to Alaska after rebuild

Kimberly Ann & Miss Amity racing to the finish in brighter days. Maine Lobster Boat Racing Association photo

Racing is coming: Will we be ready for it?

Arnold "Joe" Nickerson and crewman Chris Pinkham died when the Hayley Ann capsized Jan. 23, 2020. Nickerson family photo/GoFundMe.

Maine’s lobstering community mourns a double loss