Bottom-trawling Techniques Leave Different Traces on the Seabed

Saving Seafood, July 2017 Fishing fleets around the world rely on nets towed along the bottom to capture fish. Roughly one-fifth of the fish eaten globally are caught by this method, known as bottom trawling, which has been criticized for its effects on the marine...

The F/T Araho – ‘The Next Level’ for Bering Sea Fishery

Pacific Fishing – Welcome Aboard, April 2017 By Daniel Mintz Vessel of the century: The O’Hara Corp.’s 100-plus-year history has reached many milestones, including the latest – the construction of a technologically sophisticated 194-foot-long factory...

Eastern Shipbuilding Delivers the F/T Araho

Fishermen’s News, March 1, 2017 In late January, Florida-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group delivered the DNV-classed factory processor fishing trawler F/T Araho (Hull 175) to the O’Hara Corporation of Rockland, Maine. The new vessel, to fish in the waters...

Newbuild Factory Trawler Araho En Route to Alaska

NationalFisherman.com, February 8, 2017 By Jessica Hathaway The latest in a series of new Bering Sea boats headed to Alaska was built on Florida’s Gulf Coast and is owned by a Maine company, making it a truly tri-coastal, all-American vessel. The DNV-classed Araho is...

Search Called Off for F/V Juris, Investigation Ongoing

Seafoodnews.com, August 2, 2016 By Peggy Parker The search for the F/V Juris has been called off. It is presumed to have sunk in 5,400 feet of water not far from where it was last seen. “We have searched and have not been able to locate the fishing vessel Alaska...