Obituary: Commercial Fisherman Ron Ellis

March 21, 2023 Pacific

Our friend, fellow fisherman, brother Ron Ellis, was lost to the ocean on February 20th, while swordfishing off San Diego. His fishing vessel, Defiance, was found drifting at idle, by another fisherman, with no one on board. Ron has spent much of his commercial fishing career in Santa Barbara, initially as a deckhand, then as a top producing skipper in the crab industry. He pioneered the experimental Box Crab fishery, establishing a new fishery, while providing data and research, yet was then denied access to this important fishery by CA F&W. >click to read< 17:13

California, Commercial Fisherman Ron Ellis, F/V Defiance, lost to the ocean, Santa Barbara, swordfishing off San Diego

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Ruth Jayne says:

March 22, 2023 at 11:22 am

Sincere condolences for his family and friends. Rest in Peace

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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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