May 2025

In this issue of CFN…

Emily Anne and Big Dipper headed back into Gloucester after a day’s fishing as part of the 2025 NGOM scallop fleet. See story page 18. (Steve Kennedy photo)


NGOM 2025 scallop season – Pictorial and highlights

Remembering Winter Harbor’s Keith Young & Dana Rice

Boat Reborn – Farrin’s Boat Shop makes a Wayne Beal 36 a 39

Ask the Lobster Doc – In the pound: lobsters, striped bass, and geese

Wheel Watch – If there was an Offshore Lobstering Hall of Fame …

ALSO INSIDE:

 Along the Coast, Behind The Covers, Coming Events, Editors Note, Shop Talk; and the industry’s best-read Classifieds and MORE…

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