First published in Landings, February 2014. I’ve been a commercial fisherman for nine years. I’ve gone lobstering and dragging for urchins and sea cucumbers. I’m the captain of my own small lobster boat, the F/V Hello Darlin’ and I also fish full-time aboard the F/V Sure Thing out of Stonington, Maine. Over the years I’ve seen a tremendous increase in the number of women in the industry. There are women working full-time on boats of every size and in numerous different fisheries. The...