My View of Life on the Dock
Here’s the cruise ship that pulled into port Tuesday. It looked kinda old by today’s cruise ship standards, but well maintained (at least from the outside).
American Glory Cruise Ship at Cruiseport, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Massachusetts Whale Safe Lobster Bands, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
BOSTON (AP) — New green rubber bands that will bind the claws of Massachusetts lobsters beginning this weekend won’t save the lobsters from the dinner table. But they signify a state initiative aimed at saving whales.
Lobsters caught in state waters will be given the bands, stamped “Massachusetts” and depicting whale tails, to highlight the state’s efforts to make the seas safer for whales by requiring lobstermen to use rope to connect their traps that rests on the ocean floor, rather than line that floats and could entangle whales.
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WHAT UP HOMIE?, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Another handbag design from Freida at Again and Again at East Gloucester Square.
Again and Again, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
All musicians, performers, and organizers are donating their time. If you would like more information contact Janice Shea at the Cormorant Shop or visit DowntownGloucester.com or DowntowngGloucester.wordpress.com for more information and updates.
Wouldn’t now be just about the right time to start heading over to East Gloucester, past my dock and to Smokin Jim’s for some delicious BBQ for lunch?
Smokin Jim’s BBQ, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Jim and his crew are not messing around. Their sauce is sweet and tangy with just the right amount of spiciness.
Smokin Jim’s BBQ Chicken, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Using a portable boom truck equipped with a power block, the huge herring nets are loaded onto the midwater trawler the Western venture at The State Fish Pier in Gloucester.
Western Venture Net Loading, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Watch as the massive net gets offloaded from the Swan Net’s boom truck and onto the net reel aboard the Western Venture. Swan Net has a facility to mend and create fishing nets up at the Blackburn Industrial Park, over a mile from the waters edge. They can work on these huge nets inside of buildings with controlled environments instead of taking up valuable real estate on the waterfront. They can do this because of the boom truck that can load and offload these nets for more efficient handling.
The Rose Hips have turned from green to yellow, soon they will be orange and then red.
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Rosa Rugosa Life Cycle Update 7/28/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
The bees have been busy for the past month or so.
Rosa Rugosa Life Cycle Update 7/28/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Maritime Heritage Center Dive Exhibit 4:50AM 7/25/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Good Morning Gloucester 