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Meet the women behind the nets – Net Mending Through the eye of a needle
Joan Songer’s fingers tug at the twine, and she reels in a net as green and salty as the tide. This is where she loves it best: the harbor. Its warped boards under her feet, the voices of fishermen, the tang of the air. “Where else can you work with this beauty surrounding you?” She asks. No question, she loves it. From her corner in the old harbor, Lisa Brost looks like a featherweight boxing champ wielding a needle and thread. She bounces on the balls of her feet. Her tan arms end in white gloves that proclaim, in black ink, “tough.” Read the rest here 12:10
Lobstermen depend on boat hauler Paul McDonald, he’s feeling the heat. Big time.
The way Paul McDonald sees it, lobster fishermen need him, not the other way around. Well, a large percentage of lobster fishermen in the Louisbourg region do, anyway. He’s also half joking. But when the fishery reopens each year, the Birch Grove resident is the man counted upon to drive his transport truck and trailer wherever a boat has been stored for winter, and deliver these vessels to the water — 130 of them to be precise. Read the rest here 12:10
All hands on deck for Alaska plan to solve marine worker shortage
With our massive land endowment and bragging rights as the largest state in the nation, it’s easy to lose sight of an important fact – Alaska is a maritime state.,, The waters off Alaska’s shores produce more than 60 percent of the nation’s seafood harvest. Read more here 09:32
