Most Recent Articles from National Fisherman

• The best of boats & gear, 2004: innovations like these keep an ancient industry looking young 

  In this year's selection of innovative ideas and products that have been presented in the past 12 issues of National Fishermen, there's a couple of...

  01/01/05 by Michael Crowley · More from publication

• Rubber deck tiles a sure-footed move: Royal Marine's new interlocking sheets make installation a snap 

  Covering the deck of fishing boats with deck tiles can be a time consuming, messy job, because most tiles have to be glued in place. And then if a...

  01/01/05 by Michael Crowley · More from publication

• Toxin test gives live market a boost; quota also gets a significant bump 

  Alaska's geoduck fishery got off to an promising start in early November. The best news in a while is that the new protocol for pre-testing...

  01/01/05 by Charlie Ess · More from publication

• Restrictions hampering cooperative research efforts: fishermen involved in gear projects lose precious days at sea under NMFS requirements 

  A ratcheting down of fishing effort on groundfish is making it tougher to test more selective fishing gear in New England. In recent months,...

  01/01/05 by Dexter Van Zile · More from publication

• Stormy seas lift prices; meanwhile, gulf council works on quota plan 

  Rough fall weather kept fishermen on the water and chasing the 2004 red snapper quota into the month of December. Jane Black, manager of USA...

  01/01/05 by Denise Trunk · More from publication

• Army Corps of Engineers should take responsibility 

  The article "Corps dredging vessel claims lobstermen's gear" [Nov. NF, p. 11] does not do justice to the events that have troubled the Boston...

  01/01/05 by Paul F. Beglane · More from publication

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