Fishing Gear, Supplies and Equipment: What’s on the Radar
A glance at commercial fishing gear n’ goodies on the market.
Those who attended Pacific Marine Expo in Seattle Nov. 8-10 know just how disorienting the marketplace can be.
A simple need to upgrade old deck boots can easily spiral into an epic decision. Everyone has an opinion. For fishermen, who depend on their equipment to keep them safe, words like “love” and “hate” are used to describe objects as simple as a snap hook or knife.
“Gear” is also an expansive, poorly defined term in our world that applies to anything from work bibs and jackets for crew to equipment like innovative new slinky cod pots or fish bailers. Essentially, pretty much anything in-use during fishing operations that isn’t the vessel itself is labeled as “gear.”
In this article, we focus on a mix of personal crew g...