Tag: Winter Fishing

THE BRUTALITY OF FISHING IN WINTER

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Not a job for the faint of heart. 

Watching Joey and Captain Russell with his crew of the FV Lady Jane offload at Captain Joes on this last morning of 2017 you couldn’t help but be struck by the deadly dangerous conditions of working in frigid Arctic temperatures and blistering winds. Nearly every surface of the boat was covered in a thick layer of solid ice.
Prayers and best wishes to all our Gloucester fishermen for a safe and prosperous 2018.

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Boats lined up all night out there. Brrr 10°. What’s happening?

Posted on by Catherine

I saw them on the way home last night, and this morning the same.

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Winter I season commercial fishing includes sea scallops. High winds and dropped temperatures bring the boats back.

2012 article Maine sea scallop landings

2013 Boston Globe John Dyer article Scallops giving New Bedford fishermen a welcome break Eastern Fisheries shipping fleet etc out of New Bedford

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NOAA Atlantic Sea Scallop regulations 2016 interactive map

Cold out there!! and so complicated !

Exemption. Vessels permitted by the National Marine Fisheries Service to commercially harvest and land Atlantic sea scallops may possess and land more than the state possession and daily landing limits provided: a. The vessel transits directly through the waters under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth for the purpose of landing sea scallops; b. The vessel makes no stops unless otherwise directed by the Massachusetts Environmental Police for the purpose of boarding and inspection; c. The dredge gear is out of the water and properly stowed on board; and d. The vessel, crew, gear and catch is otherwise in compliance with the applicable federal regulations.

Sea Scallop Februry 27 2017 state memo

Ma managed quotas and landings

 

winter Gloucester Harbor: working boats and skylines

Posted on by Catherine

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Melissa K Covered In Snow 01/18/09

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Moments after I took this picture the Kippen boys shoveled off the deck and headed out to go lobstering.

They got to about the Paint Factory when the engine alarm sounded.  Realizing that the temperature of the engine had spiked dramatically they did the right thing and shut it down immediatly.  Many times in the bitter cold cooling lines in engines freeze up and it can cause an engine to overheat.  You can get a blown head gasket and many other problems.  Shutting it down right away was the right course of action to prevent damage to the engine.

Kind of ironic that extreme cold creates a problem with overheating but that’s what happens when the coolant doesn’t get to circulate.

Melissa K Covered In Snow 01/18/09, originally uploaded by captjoe06.