The Fishing Industry in Gloucester
Gloucester Massachusetts is known for its fishing industry. Over 1200 people’s jobs in Gloucester lay in the fishing industry. The fishing industry first derived when people from Europe came over looking for a better life. Gloucester is America’s oldest seaport, and now it is fighting to survive. Now with new rules, and diseases in the sea, the fishing industry will never be what it was decades ago.
One of the earliest settlements, Gloucester, Massachusetts, is famous for being America's oldest seaport and the cradle of the country's fishing industry. It was in 1606 when the French explorer, Samuel de Champlain sailed into what is now Gloucester Harbor and loved the beauty of the land, and of course, the many fish that laid in the water. Later, English Captain John Smith, following Champlain's earlier voyages, reached Gloucester. When he arrived here he also fell in love with the land but most of all the cod. He then went back to England and told people of the good news. People started arriving right away.( A History of the Federal Biological Fishing Industry)
In the early 1900s people from Italy started to arrive on ship. They first arrived in Detroit, Michigan and later immigrated to Gloucester, to fish like they did back in the old country. Children, as young as ten years old went fishing to make a living for their family. When they first came the fishing industry was booming. There was no limit to how long you could fish or how much you could catch. Many men went fishing for weeks at a time. When Italian fishermen came upon the Atlantic off what is now Cape Cod, the waters churned with schools of fish. When they came nearly 800 of them in Boston and Gloucester combined became fishermen. In New England, cod was king. Enriched by a West Indies trade of fish for molasses, boat owners were referred to as the "codfish aristocracy. Sadly in the late 1990s the fishing industry went downhill and changed for the worst. (.)
In the late 1990s fishermen were getting stressed and many of them turned in their boats. This is because the government made new rules and regulations for the fishing industry. These rules are supposed to help endangered fish, although some are not helping at all. The government allows small boat fishermen to catch only 500 pounds of cod per day and requires them to toss any extra overboard before they reach shore.
During the 1600’s the New England and Chesapeake regions were beginning to settle and colonize. While both came from English origin and had dreams of wealth and freedom, differences began to form just as they settled and by the 1700s the two regions will have evolved into two distinct societies. Because of the exposure to different circumstances both regions developed issues that were unique from one another and caused them to construct their societies differently. Therefore, the differences socially, politically and economically in the two regions caused the divergence.
The Chesapeake Bay means ‘Great shellfish Bay’ in Algonquin(Chesapeake Bay Foundation 2010). The bay was once plentiful with Oysters dating back...
The first settlements in Maryland were founded by Englishman on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in 1634. These men were wealthy. They soon establishes the lavish social life they had been use to in England. Just as lavish was the cuisine. Oyster stuffing for roasted wild turkey became a specialty of Maryland cuisine since there was a large supply of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay. Since turtles were also in large supply along the Maryland shores, turtle stew became a well known dish.
Due to the demand many packaging for the fish can find its was back to sea, or when fishermen are out at sea they can leave their garbage. Many nets from the boats and gears can also be found in the water, that fish can later see as food, eat it, and die; this ties back to extinction in fish. There is much pollution and decline stocks in fish because it is very hard to regulate the seas. To fulfill the growing demand for seafood, many companies are forced to fish beyond areas that are supposed to be non-fishing zones. This is because there are hardly any laws or restrictions telling them where they can and cannot fish. Sally Driscoll and Tom Warhol report in, ‘Overfishing’, that itt wasn’t until 1956 where we saw our first regulation, the United Nations organized the first UN Convention of the Law of the Sea or the NCLOS which helped promote rights of all countries by establishing boundaries off shore. Meaning that some seafood fished in certain areas of the ocean cannot be sold in certain countries, and in some areas it is illegal to fish unless you have a permit from that country. Economy also helps make it harder to regulate the seas, in ‘Overfishing’ it is explained that Preisdent Barack Obama brought up Antiquities Act of 1906, that let fishermen expand their fishing areas. The United Nations FAO estimates that 25 percent of all fish trapped in nets are labeled unusable or not licensed for fishing by the
Squanto even showed the pilgrims where to hunt and fish. The New England colonies prospered as they produced furs, fish, lumber, cattle, grain, iron, rum, ships and whales. Even though the colonists produced these products, they mostly leaned on the fishing industry and a bit of ship building for the economy because of the stony soil that surrounded them.
The Chesapeake Bay is a large estuary located on the east coast of the United States. The bay is over 200 miles long and goes through Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. The bay has much to offer the locals. Many locals have made a career out of harvesting the bay's sea food. The bay's harvest and many of its other attractions bring tourists and in turn revenue for the area. Oysters and blue crab are a big part of the culture in the bay area. However, these organisms are in danger and need help.
...on is low due to agricultural runoff, disease and over harvesting. However there is still a future for the bays oysters, people have come together and made a plan to save The Chesapeake Bay. With time the bay will be restored to what it once was.
Fishing in Illinois has been important to Illinois from the first settlement to today. Back in the day, people needed to feed their families and now people have something that a lot of people find as an enjoyable sport. Fishing has also evolved from its former methods and some traditional methods are still used. The equipment has also changed some overtime, but the fish that are being caught have not changed much at all. Fishing has been essential for life to the people of Illinois and has evolved into a great sport.
In the 1600s the land of Massachusetts Bay and Virginia were the first two regions to be colonized in the New World. Both colonies, New England and Chesapeake, had each of their own separate failures and of course, their successes. Virginia’s colony focused immensely on labor and profit which took the attention away from forming community infrastructure and stability which is what allowed Massachusetts Bay to start their settlement on the right foot. Massachusetts Bay, or New England, Puritans were looking for a community wholly or at least predominantly based on religion causing conflict with the church of England. Chesapeake’s uncharitable and irrational behaviors kept them from forming the rather more important characteristics of a community. These perspectives and actual flourishing accomplishments of these two colonies, the Massachusetts Bay colony thrived in all the relevant places: Labor, economy, and community.
A first reason that the Bay should be restored, is because as explained in Source 2 , "The resulting low dissolved oxygen concentrations drive blue crabs from their preferred habitat and kill many of the small bottom organisms on which the blue crabs feed." Because human's outlet a lot of nutrients, it causes an excess growth of algea, which ends up inhibiting the blue crab and other organisms, and can possibly lead to extiction. It is important to save the many species that live in the area. Another reason in it pf great importance to save Chesapeake Bay, is because there are plants which serve as food to many other organisms, that are going extinct. For instance, "the atamasco lily"(Source 1). It has been in a great decline, and it supports many other life sources, if nothing is done to try and save it, then there will be even more animals or other life that will be hurt. It is important to save
It is also a very rocky province, which means its soil is poor for crops, so its inhabitants had to change how they acquired food. Due to the unavailability of rich soil, the people of Newfoundland had to adapt their main food source, the abundance of fish along the coast proved to be the answer and thus the villages that they had started became fishing communities. A good indicator of this is that St. Johns is situated around a large harbor, perfect for the coming and going of fishing ships. Thus, fish themselves have come to represent a huge facet of Newfoundland culture. The relationship between the people of Newfoundland and fish can be seen through the actor-network theory postulated by Michal Callon. It tells us that non-human agents such as fish have an active role in shaping a landscape and by correlation culture production. The theory is also used to represent how often these factors that change a landscape are out of human control, and how humans have to adapt to these changes: how the early settlers of Newfoundland could not farm on the soil so they were forced to adapt to what the landscape gave them, which was fish. This connection has come so far that to be initiated into being a “true” Newfoundlander, one has to kiss a Cod. As time has passed the gruff smiley visage and full body yellow splash suit of Newfoundland fishermen, have come to
To fish or not to fish is a personal choice. The fact that the oceans are being overfished is a growing concern for individuals, organizations, and governments throughout the world. In this paper I want to discuss the effects of overfishing on the restaurant industry, and possible solutions to solve the problem. Fishing is an ongoing source of food for people around the world. In many countries it is a food staple in their everyday diet. In more modern societies eating fish has become a sensual experience, and not just for the wealthy. It hasn't been until population explosions in the last century that the demand for seafood has led to more effective fishing techniques and technologies. Now the demand for popular fish like the salmon, tuna, sea bass, cod and hoki, which is the key fish in McDonalds filet o' fish, is diving wild populations to dangerously low levels. The methods used to catch the amount of fish demanded by the industry do not leave sustainable populations in the wild. In an attempt to preserve the fish population, governments have set limits on the minimum size that may be harvested and how many of each may be taken. Boundaries have been set up saying which areas can be fished and which ones should be left alone. A number of smaller fisheries have gone out of business because of the limits imposed by the government. This leads to even less fish being harvested and brought to market. Therefore the amount and varieties of fish at markets are smaller and can cause shortages for wholesalers and restaurants. Some restaurants will no longer have the variety on their menus that they used to enjoy. If a restaurant thrives on its seafood menu they may be unable to cope with the shortages and will go out of business. In the ...
If you're looking for a lifestyle home, then a lakefront house could be ideal. If you spend a lot of time boating or fishing in the summer, then it would be very convenient if the lake was at the end of your backyard. You may want a lake house as your primary residence or as a vacation home. Lakefront property is usually a good investment too since it holds value and the value tends to rise since the property is in demand. Here are a few things to consider when you start looking for lakefront property.
The fish traps were very controversial because using a fishnet did not need a lot of people to work it. It needs a small amount of labor for it to catch salmon it was taking the jobs away from fishermen who did this job to get money. In 1912 the fisheries strike happened which the fishermen tried to use this strike as a justification of getting rid of the fishnet. Commercial fishery is when a fish is caught for commercial profit which is then sold to multiply countries the fishermen that normally do this go deep into the ocean to catch the most amount of fish. The aboriginal fishery is a policy in Canada which is guided by visions to support healthy prosperous. The white act of 1898 is a federal statute which governs marines in the US merchants.
Every fish species present in the lake has a different number, legally that you can keep, and every lake is different, so make sure to check the lakes regulations before starting to fish in order to know the legal limit. The fishing in Minnesota has been excellent over the last 10 years, but it is taking a turn for the worst; Especially in Northern Minnesota where the fishing pressure is so high. The DNR (Department of Natural Resources) has tried decreasing the limit of fish kept before, but only by an insufficient amount. This is not stopping people from keeping more fish than they are supposed to. It would be more smart, in my opinion, to lower the limit of fish kept drastically in order to keep the fish populations high. Even though some people might say that all this will do is drive away customers from resorts, people will fish there no matter what the limit is on the lake. According to Cook(2015) "I surveyed about 40 people, said Brasel, who owns Bear Paw Guides with his son, Tyler. Nobody said they wouldn't come up again." This just shows that no matter what the limit is, people will always be willing to fish. Me included. Lake Mille Lacs in Minnesota is a perfect example. This was once a prestigious lake and considered one of the top three walleye fisheries in the nation, but because of recent events Mille Lacs is now a below average lake. According to Cook (2015) “Walleye numbers on Mille Lacs are at a 40-year low. Tullibee and perch populations, both important forage species, are relatively low also”(p. 1) Because of the substantial decrease in walleye population, in Lake Mille Lacs, resorts on the lake are losing money and some are even shutting down because no one wants to come fish on a lake with a weak population of walleye. People even used to come from all over the country