Tag Archives: Mike Anderson
It’s getting harder to reel in a living on the SC coast
Pete Kornack launched his oyster boat into “white knuckle” thick fog on a recent morning and came back with a good harvest, some 16 bushels. The hoist squeaked almost musically pulling the bags of oysters from the boat to the dock. But it wasn’t like the days when Kornack, 50, was young. Crews then would bring back 90 bushels, sometimes shoveling them into the boat. Today, commercial shellfish harvesters like Kornack often have to supplement the living they love by finding other jobs. >click to read<15:54
It’s getting harder to reel in a living on South Carolina coast
Pete Kornack launched his oyster boat into “white knuckle” thick fog on a recent morning and came back with a good harvest, some 16 bushels. The hoist squeaked almost musically pulling the bags of oysters from the boat to the dock. But it wasn’t like the days when Kornack, 50, was young. Crews then would bring back 90 bushels, sometimes shoveling them into the boat. Today, commercial shellfish harvesters like Kornack often have to supplement the living they love by finding other jobs. >click to read<10:27
Young Owner Keeps Classic Troller in Shape – West Coast Fisherman.net
The wooden troler Frances was built in 1931 at Tracyton, Washington. Previously owned by Scott Boley for over 30 years. Anderson fishes salmon and the open access black cod which allowed him only six 700 pound catches this year. Read more here http://www.westcoastfisherman.net/ 13:50
