About 50 people gather for ‘blessing of the fleet’
A crowd of about 50 people gathered at the fishing dock on Channel Drive for the annual “blessing of the fleet,” an event organized by Ocean County Farm Bureau president Brick Wenzel and his team at America’s Gleaned Seafood project. America’s Gleaned Seafood project led short prayers and performed the blessing for a half dozen large commercial fishing boats at the Channel Drive Point Pleasant Seafood Co-Op dock. About 20 different oyster and fishing boats participate with America’s Gleaned Seafood Project, in which by-catch and other fish are sorted, packaged in ice in large sealed bins and then transported to less privileged people in various locations around the state, including Newark, Camden, Trenton and Lakewood. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 16:42
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