The FV Mr Morgan is 58.8′ in length, weighing 87 gross tons, built in 1978, captained by Steve Fitz of Half Moon Bay, California. Its home port is Pillar Point Harbor, the gateway to northern California’s Monterey Bay. After noticing the boat several times, impressed by its great size and dark hull standing out from [...]
Tagged California, Cape Cod, flatfish, Half Moon Bay, Massachusetts, petrale sole, pillar point harbor, sand dab, Scottish seining, Steve Fitz The passing of one of Discovery Channel’s favorite fishing captains, Phil Harris, occurred last week after he suffered a stroke.
Appearing in all five seasons of filming “Deadliest Catch,” Harris’ fishing vessel was the Cornelia Marie. Besides the publicity shot, I found several other artistic tributes to his beloved boat, shown here.
As a memorial [...]
Enjoy the LA Times 2007 story on this fishing family here.
David, the subject of the news article, is Art Haworth’s son. Art originally had the boat built. David converted it from a troller-and-longliner to a seiner. Pictured above is the original F/V Barbara H. I learned about this fishing family’s traditions and history [...]
A commercial fisherman who turned to art in later life, Doug Kinney’s views on Port Orford, Oregon, has changed since moving here 17 years ago.
“It rains here, but we get a lot of the rain at night, and there’s wind, but you do things in the morning before it comes up,” Says he, “I [...]
Introducing today the fishing activists Barbara Emley and Larry Collins! This couple is typical of the few remaining families now pursuing crab and salmon from the city of San Francisco: it’s their grit to go on and their vision of public outreach.
Emley pairs her crew time on board with leadership roles on the [...]
Not letting the poor prospects of commercial fishing deter them are Bonnie & Mark Tognazzini, Morro Bay, CA fishing family. Their website is well designed to lure you in! Great pictures of the whole family, their beautiful boat, their varied activities for making a living with that boat–all await you in a site that [...]
Tagged Bonnie Marietta, central California, morro bay, photographs, TognazziniHave you ever met a local fisherman or woman?
Would you try a different holiday scene that avoids the usual Christmas commercialism?
If you are in San Francisco Peninsula or the SF South Bay area, drop in on the local Lighted Boat Festival, about 6 pm on Saturday, December 19, at Pillar Point Harbor in San [...]
What was it like to fish the Pacific Ocean a century ago? A newspaper reporter participated with some fishermen from southern California and wrote up his experiences.
Fishing in the Pacific, Venetian Fishermen in California Who Spread Their Nets and Get Their Catches at Night.
Fishes are Tough and Oily, Marvelous Showing of the Jellyfish at Night–Flying [...]
What was it like to fish the Pacific Ocean a century ago? A newspaper reporter participated with some fishermen from southern California and wrote up his experiences.
Fishing in the Pacific, Venetian Fishermen in California Who Spread Their Nets and Get Their Catches at Night.
Fishes are Tough and Oily, Marvelous Showing of the Jellyfish at Night–Flying [...]
The San Diego tuna industry harks back to the arrival of the Portuguese in southern California, beginning with the landing of explorer Joa Rodriguez Cabrihlo aboard the San Salvador in 1542. [He is more commonly known as "Juan Cabrillo."]
The island people of this nation were especially skilled in ocean fishing traditions and applied them [...]
