Tag Archives: F/V Brita Michelle
New regulations delayed the 2020-21 Dungeness crab season, forcing crab fishermen to rely on staples like black cod
Like many other fishermen, Blue doesn’t just fish for one kind of seafood. He fishes for black cod and Dungeness crab with a small team—himself and two other men. He’s been in the industry since 1974, when he moved to Morro Bay at the age of 18 and got his first job as a deckhand. Three years later, he bought his first boat when, he said, it cost about $100 to be in business. Things have changed a lot since then.,, >click to read< 11:11
Morro Bay: Life on the wide, blue water – Bill Blue makes his living catching crab and cod out of Morro Bay
Bill Blue has fished for 40 years out of Morro Bay, and his career is far from over. The 58-year-old Morro Bay resident and owner of the Brita Michelle docks along the Embarcadero near Beach Street and makes his living catching Dungeness crab and black cod. “I love being out on the water,” Read more here 13:15
