Fishing Back When

By Jessica Hathaway

1971— Paul Farrin, 35, of South Bristol, Maine, takes delivery of the 31-foot combined lobster boat and shrimp dragger Bonnie Jane from his hometown Harvey F. Gamage Yard.

A tribute to naval architect and marine engineer Sam Rabl (1895-1962), who worked in the design department at the Sparrows Point Yard of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. in Baltimore.

On May 6, the U.S. FDA warns the public not to eat sword sh and seizes some 4 million pounds of inventory from domestic warehouses. The loss is estimated at $12.5 million.

NMFS’ exploratory shing and gear research department in Seattle offers a course in net mending and building in Coos Bay, Ore., and has developed a promising shrimp separator trawl.

On the Cover: Michael Brewer’s menhaden seining operation off Boothbay Harbor in Maine. The Coast Guard reports that the Bering Sea crab boat F/V Barbarossa was carrying twice the recommended load when it sank on Feb. 10, killing all six men onboard.

Three Great Lakes shermen are dead following a collision between the trawler Captain K. of Ontario and the Canadian Coast Guard cutter Griffon. The accident took place at 1:30 p.m. on March 18 in foggy conditions four miles northeast of Long Point, Ontario, on Lake Erie.

On the Cover: Maryland’s Craig

Evans shes up another crab trap to be emptied, rebaited and the blue crab catch culled before he motors to the next one in a long line of oats. The North Paci c Fishery Management Council is expected to cap king salmon bycatch in the Gulf of Alaska pollock trawl shery for the rst time at its June meeting. The April proposal of a bycatch cap of 22,500 king salmon would take effect in 2012.

Massachusetts shermen raise concerns over a proposed wind turbine array off Marthas Vineyard that includes shing areas closed to protect habitat.