My View of Life on the Dock
Nice read. Cape Seafoods, State Fish Pier, Gloucester, MA takes a moment to write a letter of thanks to the Mayor, to the City, to all involved with Gloucester at the Boston Seafood Shows.
“This initiative has a direct impact on our company in terms of image of course but also financially.”
As always click the photo for the full sized view
I dig the reflections especially the red on the wet herring vats in the right hand part of the picture which are reflections of the port side red navigation light on the F/V Endevour.
Flats Of Pogies Defrost For Use As Lobster Bait, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Yep there’s people working while you’re still asleep. Here a lobsterman gets ready to lower down a box of bait aboard his boat. Video at 8am
Gloucester At Dawn- The State Fish Pier 6:00AM 10/5/09, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
When operating the herring salting machine Rick Libro wears these protective glasses. The salt sprays everywhere and it coats everything.
Rick At Cape Seafoods Wears Protective Glasses To Guard From Salt In His Eyes, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Last week herring was scarce with some bait companies completely sold out. Yesterday the Cape Seafoods boats came in loaded. Feast or famine. Yesterday was feast. It was all asses and elbows as the Cape Seafood Crew earned their pay offloading a whole buttload of fish.
Vats Of Herring At The State Fish Pier, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
I’ve been bringing you updates on the progress of the Plan B renovation for a couple months now and our good buddy Paul Frontiero sent in this excellent video of the seine boat being loaded onto the stern.
Thanks Paul!
I got some video when dropping off some empty fish totes at Cape Seafoods yesterday. Looks like the Plan B will be making its maiden voyage as a herring seiner soon. Yesterday they were loading the net aboard.
Video at 1PM
Plan B Herring Seiner, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Slacking Out Herring At Cape Seafoods, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
The Let Er Go is the seine boat for the Plan B. The seine boat is loaded up on the stern of the Plan B through the slot where the guy in the orange shirt is standing. When they approach the school of herring the Plan B will lower the Let Er Go into the water. The Let Er Go will set the seine in a circle around the school as quickly as possible. A seine net creates a cylinder in the water around the school. Then the net is pursed up at the bottom and makes the net from a cylinder into a purse (hopefully with the fish caught inside).
Let Er Go, The Plan B Seine Boat, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Obviously this guy has way more balls than me. He just nonchalantly placed this somewhat narrow plank from the pier to the roof of the boat and proceeded to walk across carrying a box full of heavy parts about 25 feet up in the air. My knees would be knocking and I’d be crying for momma before I’d walk across, lol.
Beautiful Industry, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Cape Seafoods Herring Boat Flushes Its Hold
Brian who works at Cape Seafoods hails from Donegal Ireland-
click the picture to view the video-
Good Morning Gloucester 