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Having worked on most of the major makes of marine engines from 1-hp Yanmar to a slow speed 100K-hp MAN, Karl Pettersen chose a 730-hp MAN I6 for his Bristol Bay boat, the Skitt Fiske. Photo by Karl Pettersen

Fishermen's favorite diesel engines and the crucial role of service

Paul Molyneaux

Now that her LNG tanks and unique power plant are out of sight in the bowels of the vessel, the MERV-1 looks like any other modern steel shrimp trawler as she undergoes completion and outfitting at Deep Sea Boat Builders in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

Slashing fuel costs with methane-diesel hybrid engine

Carli Stewart

The Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers executive director, Jamie Goen, has been appointed to the NPFMC.

Jamie Goen of AK Bering Sea Crabbers gets NPFMC seat

Laine Welch

The new Salmon Sisters x XTRATUF collection features the 15" Legacy Boot and the 6" Deck Boot. Salmon Sisters photo.

Salmon Sisters x XTRATUF launch new boots

Doug Stewart

42-foot troller Lisa Jean. Lisa Blankenship Ystad photo.

Alaska troller fisherman dies in onboard accident

NF Staff

Emanuel Silveira was one of the individuals rescued from a fishing vessel off from Brookings, Oregon, last Tuesday. Photo source: GoFundMe

Three rescued from burning Oregon fishing vessel

Carli Stewart

Rhode Island fishermen converse with WHOI researchers from the LOC-NESS project in Point Judith on August 14. Photo by Schumann

Fishermen voice concerns about ocean alkalinity experiments

Sarah Schumann

BOEM issued the State of Maine a nearly 15,000-acre lease 28 nautical miles offshore that could allow deployment of up to 12 floating offshore wind turbines, rated for up to 144 megawatts. BOEM image.

BOEM grants Maine offshore wind research lease

NF Staff

After a mechanical failure Aug. 17, Cape May County, N.J. officials kept the Middle Thorofare drawbridge locked open to permit continued fishing boat access to the Port of Cape May/Wildwood. Lund's Fisheries photo.

Cape May keeps drawbridge open for fishing traffic

NF Staff

Some of the 2024 NEYFA Deckhand to Captain Training Program class and Andrea Tomlinson, program director and founder of NEYFA. Photo by NEYFA

Program turns New England deckhands into captains

Carli Stewart

Ørsted and Eversource plan to build Revolution Wind, a 704-megawatt offshore wind project south of Rhode Island. BOEM graphic.

Ørsted delays Revolution Wind, reports losses

NF Staff