The United Fishing Agency is one of the best things that has ever happened to Hawaii’s seafood industry. It is also one of the best things that ever happened to me. Without doubt it completed my education in ichthyology and marine biology. Not only that, it was indirectly responsible insert for me...
The US Coast Guard has completed its investigation into the January 8, 2019, loss of the commercial fishing vessel Mary B II and three crewmembers on the Yaquina Bay Bar near Newport, Oregon. The coast guard convened a board of investigation, which held one public hearing session the week of May 13...
The California State Polytechnic University at Humboldt (Cal Poly Humboldt) has placed an order for a new research vessel for use by its marine sciences program. The vessel will be a semi-displacement aluminium catamaran developed by Teknicraft Design of Auckland, New Zealand. The vessel will be...
In January, three New Jersey commercial fishermen who own and operate vessels in the herring fishery had a hearing before the US Supreme Court. Their lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service challenges a 2020 federal rule requiring commercial fishing boat captains to pay for monitors...
The Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) of Seattle, Washington, has entered into a strategic partnership with Anchorage, Alaska-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Coastwise Corporation wherein the latter will become a new division under EBDG. Coastwise Corporation has been rebranded as Coastwise Engineering. This division will continue to provide superior naval architecture services to […]
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The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that flooding into the lazarette, a compartment below the main deck, or port void (empty) space likely caused the purse seining vessel Hotspur to lose stability, capsize, and sink near Nunez Rocks, Alaska, on August 2, 2022. On the...
Seattle-based seafood company the Arctic Storm Management Group has taken delivery of a new trawler-processor optimised for catching Alaska pollock in the Bering Sea. The Jones Act-compliant Arctic Fjord was designed by Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime and built at the Houma, Louisiana facilities of Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors. The newbuild, which replaces a similarly named vessel originally […]
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The Puyallup Tribe of Washington State has obtained a new boat that will aid in the monitoring of shellfish. Named Sovereign One, the custom-built aluminium catamaran is better equipped to navigate rough waters than the previous monitor boat, according to Big Bean Flores, a senior shellfish monitor...
Derecktor Shipyards of Mamaroneck, New York, has delivered a new catamaran research vessel to the University of Vermont. Named Marcelle Melosira in honour of the wife of retired US Senator Patrick Leahy, the newbuild will serve as a floating classroom and laboratory, enabling advanced research operations and hands-on educational programs primarily in the areas of […]
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The fatal collision between a US Coast Guard cutter and a small boat off the coast of Puerto Rico last year resulted from the failure of either vessel to maintain a prope ..
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