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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 California crabber Imperial flooded after crashing into rocks at Point Reyes. Coast Guard photo.

NTSB: Sleep deprivation, ‘derby-style fishing’ before California crabber grounded

NTSB: Poor crew training, oversight led to tuna seiner fire

Forecasting warmer ocean, fewer lobsters

The 65-foot shrimp boat Capt. M&M before it sank at the east jetty of Sabine Pass in Louisiana in September 2018. U.S. Coast Guard photo

Watch fail: Asleep at the wheel or system error?

The North Coast, powered by two 500-hp FPT engines, hits 40 knots in a light condition and

Salmon sprinters

A fire in the engine room of the trawler Rose Marie resulted in $700,000 in damages, according to a report from the NTSB. Rose Marie photo courtesy NTSB

Engine room fire: What would you have done?

The fish tender Pacific Knight sank July 25, 2018 in Nushagak Bay. NTSB photo.

NTSB: Overloading, altered stability linked to tender sinking

Motivation edges out Blue Eyed Girl at Long Island. Jon Johansen photo

2019 racing season ends

Aliotti Enterprises designed and built the Bristol Bay gillnetter North Coast with a pair of 500-hp FPT engines and UltraJet 340 HT waterjets. Mike Gatch Photography photo

Washington boatyard expands shop and its market

The Winter Harbor 2018 lobster boat races. The event this weekend features a brand new Mitchell Cove 35 bare hull in a prize drawing. Jon Johansen photo.

Win a boat at Winter Harbor lobster boat races