National Fisherman May 2021 Preview

Scandies Rose / Sanitation: Heads Up / Scalloper Launch May / 2021

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I N F O R M E D F I S H E R M E N • P R O F I TA B L E F I S H E R I E S • S U S TA I N A B L E F I S H

Bycatch Cutters New nets and high tech keep unwanted catch out of midwater hauls

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In this issue

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Brian Hagenbuch

National Fisherman / May 2021 / Vol. 102, No. 01

Weak links in the Bering Sea crab fleet

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No. 15 for Nordic

Cover Story \ Lights, camera, excluder New nets and digital monitoring technology help pelagic trawlers beat back bycatch.

Features / Boats & Gear

On Deck 06

Northern Lights

02

Editor’s Log

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Fishing Back When

05

Mail Buoy

05

A Letter from NMFS

Dock Talk

10

Gulf of Maine wind research is an ‘array’ indeed, and not in a good way.

Around the Coasts & Market Reports

23

Permit News

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Last Set / Dutch Harbor, Alaska

Larry Chowning

Shared values are one way to connect with your seafood customers.

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Around the Yards A Maine-built longliner for the West Coast; landing craft doubles in salmon and crabs; gillnetter returns to Carolina birthplace.

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Duckworth Steel Boats delivers another scalloper for the Nordic Fisheries fleet.

Product Roundup Turbo toilets; Headhunter’s latest MSD; DeckHand Pro’s new electronic logbook system.

Reader Services 40

Classifieds

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Advertiser Index

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Duckworth Steel Boats

Katherine Hellen-Schneider

The Scandies Rose investigation looks at stability, icing regs and more.

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