Certainly great working Fishing Boats.

Greg. I saw these today up on the Gaspe at Rivere du Renard, Capital of Canadian East Coast Fishing

East Coast Canadian shipyards build and supplies the very rugged Cape Islander style fishing boats, from 32 ft. long up to 65 ft. long, with massive beam (width), and running big power, allowing them to work in nearly any weather conditions.
There are boatyards in Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.
I have been building East Coast Fishing Boats for over 50 years.

here are some links to Names

https://www.boatnames.com.au/fishing-boat-names/

https://www.nboat.com/blog/fifty-nifty-and-witty-boat-names.html

https://ponly.com/boat-names/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwz7C2BhDkARIsAA_SZKa4CDb

Roy

I too like the style of your favourite fishing vessel which has stood the test of time.

Fishing is a hard life as we all know, we have a fishing series on TV at the moment (from 2018). It was to illustrate the changes due to the UK leaving the EU.
However it is an education about the fishing industry that many who just buy their battered cod in the suoermarket are just not aware.

The current technology is frightening with underwater CCTV of what is in the net and then using special 'pumps' that feed the fish into the hold without anyone touching a net.
The programme I saw had the skipper selling his catch for well over £1million!

He was fishing between north Scotland and Scandanavia and homed in on a shoal of fish 7 miles long! It all went to Sushi-land!

It is all a political football as the folk of Cornwall have found out. Rather than selling a fishing boat for conversion to leisure use the E.U. (when we were in it) said the boats must be sawn in half!

Roy

They are praying in Alaska that a suspension of crab harvesting will result in a comeback. It's very dire up there too.

Roy, love the Mary Ann's !!!!

We know now that there is not an infinite number of fish or any other living thing.

When men go fishing on a commercial basis they overtake the replacement rate of the fish.

In the North Sea we had the 'silver darlings' or herring, and they were fished out.

Actually when man goes to war, this benefits the fish!
During the 2nd. world war the fishing in the North Sea was very limited and over the 6 years the fishing stock recovered very well.

I have to say that fish is one of my favourite foods but I am still aware of the implications to the fish.

On a lighter note, my son and I have eaten fish and chips as a treat in many places.
In Australia NSW the favoured white fish is flathead, a really ugly fish but very tasty.

In Tasmania we had 'gummy shark' as the prefered white fish, also good, a bit like rock salmon (also from the small shark species).
My favourite though is skate, part of the Ray family.

As far as fishing boat models go I do like the North Sea Norwegian fishing boats of the 30's that have survived through to be tourist attractions now. They evolved as the result of years of fishing and bad weather.

The Billing kit Mary Ann is my favourite I have two of them plus an unfinished kit. The kit was almost the first from that company (1958) and it is still in production today in much modified form, well it has evolved as well.

When working on my latest model whenever I look up I see a Mary Ann and I smile.

I have included pictures from a week or so back. It would be nice to think that one boat had had a good catch. Unfortunately she was sinking quietly, another plank opened up maybe?

Roy

wow, that is sad. . .

While traveling around the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec we are dropping in on various harbours to look around. Today we saw these fishing boats hauled up and some were for sale. The fishing industry has been hit hard here in Quebec with various moratoriums.
Just a few weeks a year for some species, not enough catch to support a fishing business.

Look at the names on these vessels. You may need to zoom in to see some of them.
Such as :
Corporal/Punishment
Le Combattant
Never Give Up