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2024's "Best Harbor" Contest Winners Announced
You Voted, and We Have a Clear Winner! Grand Winner, Best Harbor in the U.S. for 2024: Block Island, RI Top 10 Results: Block Island, RI (also 2024’s Northeast regional winner; first time on winners list) Destin, FL (also 2024’s Gulf Coast regional winner; first time on winners list) Padanaram,… Learn More
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The Cadillac of Winches Powering Commercial Fishing
By Paul Molyneaux. Pullmaster winches can be found on commercial fishing vessels all around the U.S., Canada, and Mexico and are exported to several other countries. “We’ve got winches in Australia, Korea, and others,” says Edward Schultz, Pullmaster’s distribution sales manager, north region. Schultz started with Pullmaster at age 19 and… SEE MORE
Fishermen Brace for Challenges as Scallop Framework is Reviewed
By Adam Goldstein. New England scallopers are looking at another tough year in 2025, as they prepare for a set of federal regulations to protect both their livelihoods and the Atlantic Ocean’s scallop populations. If approved by NOAA Fisheries, the new rules, called Scallop Framework 39, will reduce the number… SEE MORE
The Rise and Fall of Genetically Engineered Salmon
By Paul Molyneaux. After 35 years, the genetically engineered salmon saga has ended. AquaBounty has closed its genetically modified salmon production facilities after losing millions of dollars trying to market a product for which there is no demand. The AquAdvantage fast-growing salmon was initially developed in 1989 at Memorial University in Newfoundland,… SEE MORE