Harvests and prices have moved in different directions across the West Coast and Alaska this season, and fishermen are making yard decisions against an uneven forecast. Some are ordering new hulls. Far more are weighing a refit, a lengthening, or a repower against the cost of waiting another year. 

This session convenes boatbuilders and maritime lenders to describe what they are actually seeing — order books and lead times at West Coast yards, where refit and repair work is displacing new construction, and what underwriting looks like for vessel and permit loans in the current market. The goal is a clear-eyed picture of what it costs and how long it takes to get a fishing boat back to work.