Patrick Joseph Bowes, Sr., a South Shore Commercial fisherman has passed away

July 6, 2021 New England

USMC Veteran, Scituate Firefighter, Fisherman Patrick Joseph Bowes, Sr. of Scituate and Marshfield, formerly of South Boston, passed away on Friday, July 2, 2021 after a stroke. Patrick was born and raised in South Boston, and was married for 50 years to the love of his life. A proud father, and grandfather, Patrick was a Boston Harbor Fisherman for over 40 years and in past years fished off of Scituate, MA. Pat learned most of what he knew about lobstering through Paul Vuilleumier. Pat was proud to have built his own beautiful 46 ft. fiberglass lobster boat F/V Katie Pat, in which he fished up until 5 years ago. >click to read< 12:50

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It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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