Tag Archives: Gloucester fishing fleet
Cape Pond invests in new ice maker, and into the future of the Gloucester fishing fleet.
Tip No. 1 in the universal handy-dandy fix-it guide is avoid major repairs during the fortnight stretch of St. Peter’s Fiesta and Fourth of July. Especially if it involves a huge crane and your business is in the heart of The Fort neighborhood. Too late.,,, “It’s an insane time of year to do this, but we spent the better part of two months trying to fix the old system,” said Scott Memhard, the veritable face of Cape Pond Ice all these years, who now partners with his son Larry and Rick Kohn in the business. “But we see this as an investment in the future of the Gloucester fishing fleet.” >click to read< 09:15
Rockport native filming an industry under seige – “Dead in the Water”
As a kid growing up in Rockport, David Wittkower remembers driving down along the Gloucester waterfront and being greeted by the sight of the expansive Gloucester fishing fleet at port and the scent of fish, either being cooked or unloaded. That memory stayed with the 55-year-old filmmaker when he returned to visit his parents, Andrew and Mary, about a year-and-a-half ago, especially after what he observed in subsequent nostalgic drives along East Main and Rogers streets. “Every single day, I would drive down there and think, ‘Well, the entire fleet can’t all be out at once,’” Wittkower said. “I thought, ‘Where are all the boats?’” Read the rest here 11:59
