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Entries to Sounding Trade Only’s Most Innovative Marine Company Awards and the IBEX Innovation Awards will close this week.

Most of the entry fees will support ABYC’s industrywide workforce initiatives.

Former Torqeedo president Marcia Kull and SeaStar vice president Thomas Douglass will help judge the Top 10 Most Innovative Marine Companies awards.

The show will focus on the fishing culture in Key West.

The awards will recognize forward-thinking companies transforming the marine industry.

The show will include fishing expeditions to the Caribbean, Baja California and Gulf of Mexico.

STO’s Top 10 Most Innovative Marine Companies awards recognize innovative business practices by firms of all sizes.

The marine industry consistently honors products and people. The industry, however, has not recognized forward-thinking companies that are moving the industry in new directions. Soundings Trade Only’s mission is to reflect, inform and inspire.

The June anniversary issue looks back at North America’s marine industry over the last four decades, the economic trends, companies, leaders, families as well as international brands, boats and people that have impacted and pushed the boating business forward.

The monthly Pulse Report says dealer sentiment on current conditions declined last month from March.

STO’s editorial staff will interview industry leaders via livestream video from a central “Solutions Stage” during the event.

The superyacht lifestyle magazine has also undergone an extensive redesign and will expand its coverage.

The PassageMaker event in downtown Seattle also includes an in-water boat show.

Active Interest Media’s Marine Group racked up an impressive number of writing awards.