Gloucester will sit at the epicenter of the national fishery management universe next week when top regulators from around the country gather …
He is a Gloucester guy, raised up from a Gloucester kid in a Sicilian family, so Paul Vitale came honestly to the water and to fishing as gene…
Gloucester fisherman Paul Vitale talks about how he started in the fishing industry and what he would do if he wasn't the captain of the "Ange…
Al Cottone has never really been hurt on the boat.Â
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Gloucester will sit at the epicenter of the national fishery management universe next week when top regulators from around the country gather here for three days of overviews of the nation's individual fisheries.
PAUL BILODEAU/Staff photoPaul Vitale, captain of the Angela+Rose out of Gloucester's Rose Wharf, readies his boat after coming in from fishing.
PAUL BILODEAU/Staff photoPaul Vitale, Capt. of the Angela+Rose out of Gloucester's Rose Wharf.
Paul Vitale, captain of the Angela+Rose out of Gloucester's Rose Wharf, reflects on his and the industry's future.
Paul Vitale, right, and father Leo Vitale, 76, also a fisherman, finish up for the day and head off of Gloucester's Rose Wharf.Â
He is a Gloucester guy, raised up from a Gloucester kid in a Sicilian family, so Paul Vitale came honestly to the water and to fishing as generations of Gloucester kids had done before him.
Gloucester fisherman Paul Vitale talks about how he started in the fishing industry and what he would do if he wasn't the captain of the "Angela + Rose".
Capt. Al Cottone of the F/V Sabrina Maria looks out over the harbor at his pilot house, while tied up at Felcia Oil Co. on Commercial Street.
Capt. Al Cottone works aboard the F/V Sabrina Maria.
Capt. Al Cottone on board the F/V Sabrina Maria, built in 1958.
Al Cottone, captain of the F/V Sabrina Maria, stands on the dock at Felicia Oil Co. on Commercial Street.
Al Cottone has never really been hurt on the boat.Â
Gloucester fisherman Al Cottone talks about his life and experiences on the ocean.
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando hasn't been out fishing on his own boat in more than a year, a span of time in which he sold the 65-foot dragger Padre Pio, bought a 50-footer he re-outfitted and named the Santo Pio.
Joseph Orlando, captain of the Padre Pio, talks about how long he has been fishing and the changes in catch between then and now.
DESI SMITH/Staff photo. Fishermen Rick Beal sits on a pile of nets .11/7/14
DESI SMITH/Staff photo
Fisherman Rick Beal knit the mounds of synthetic twine into the net.
Fisherman Rick Beal stands on the waterfront. "Fishing is more of a life than a business," Beal said. "It's what you do and who you are."
In the interregnum between the golden days of late October and wintry onset of early November, Richard Beal built a new flounder trawl net for the Explorer II. By hand, by himself. An assembly line of one.
Last Thursday, NOAA Fisheries, the federal agency responsible for managing the nation’s fisheries, instituted staggeringly restrictive area closures in the Gulf of Maine to combat what it regards as the ongoing deterioration of the region’s iconic stock, the cod fish.
There are days, as he navigates his 66th year on the planet and his 43rd year on the water, that Russell Sherman feels like a relic on his way to becoming an anachronism.
Richard Beal talks about life on the water and being a Gloucester fisherman.
DESI SMITH/Staff photoCapt. Russell Sherman in the wheel house of his fishing vessel, the Lady Jane. Nov. 4, 2014
Capt. Russell Sherman, owner of the F/V Lady Jane.
Capt. Russell Sherman in the wheelhouse of the Lady Jane.
Capt. Russell Sherman (on deck) and fellow Gloucester fisherman Joe Orlando power wash the Lady Jane at the Jodrey State Fish Pier.
Monday — Russell Sherman, Captain, F/V Lady Jane.
Russell Sherman of Gloucester talks about the fishing industry and his rescue at sea off the coast of Maine in 1977.
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