National Fisherman

Paul Molyneaux

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Paul Molyneaux is the Boats & Gear editor for National Fisherman.

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The Disruptor is ready to fish, with an array of J&B Tackle Custom Rods, Alutecnos 80 and 130 reels, and a heavy-duty hydraulic bandit reel supplied by Elec-Tra-Mate in Greensboro, North Carolina. Newport Yachts photo.

Increasing numbers of bluefin are helping a Connecticut tuna fisherman expand

Priming the finished hull in preparation for the Arctic Fjord’s signature blue and white colors. Photo courtesy of Arctic Storm

Construction of the Bering Sea trawler processor, Arctic Fjord

After nine months of testing in Alaska, the Canadian Maritimes, Maine, and Europe, Grundéns launched its new boot, the Crewman, in February 2024. The company reports nothing but positive feedback from fishermen wearing the Crewman. Photo by BenMatthews

In good standing: commercial fishing boots making waves

Credit: Maryland Fishery Resources Office, USFWS — Henry Bear intends to export 10,000 pounds of elvers to Maine in accordance with treaty and trade agreements made in 1760 and 1776. Photo courtesy fo Maryland Fishery Resources Office, USFWS

Native fishermen seek a shared elver fishery

Since 1988, the recently renewed South Pacific Tuna Treaty between the United States and the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency has given the US tuna fleet access to the EEZs of 17 Pacific Island Nations. Photo courtesy of Tri Marine

Pacific Islands US Tuna Treaty Signed

An external peeling shed in Alleppy in 2007, when workers were making a reported $2.00 a day and restricted on when they could go to the bathroom. Photo courtesy of Paul Molyneaux

Whistleblower reveals what U.S. shrimpers are up against

A mixed catch of subsistence salmon landed by Yupik fishermen from a trap on the Kuskokwim River near Bethel when runs were still strong. Photo by Paul Molyneaux

Federal Subsistence Board to get more Tribal members

Alewives are returning to the St. Croix River, and an international consortium is working to help increase the numbers by improving fishways around several dams. Photo by Mike Thalhauser

Alewife runs restored in East Coast rivers

While ASMFC data indicate a collapse of northern shrimp, Pandalus borealis, stocks and recruitment in the Gulf of Maine, 59 boat in the Pacific Northwest landed 41.2 million pounds of a similar species, Pandalus jordani, in 2022. Photo by Ben Downes

Fishermen hope to find Gulf of Maine shrimp stocks revived

Blake Herman stands in the pulpit of the Sharon G., bearing down on a swordfish off the coast of California. Access to MPAs in the Channel Islands will afford Herman more options when weather and other factors limit where he can fish. Photo by Blake Herman

Petition to open California MPAs for swordfishing