Vintage Herring Carrier Capelco
by Marty Saccone
Title
Vintage Herring Carrier Capelco
Artist
Marty Saccone
Medium
Photograph - Fine Photography
Description
Once common from the 1920's thru the late 1950's along the coastal Bay of Fundy/Gulf of Maine, this surviving herring carrier "Capelco" out of Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada, exemplifies that heyday of prosperous commercial fishing.
From stationary fish traps called weirs, these boats loaded their holds with upwards of 125,000 pounds of fish and could then run - fully loaded - at up to 12 knots carrying herring to coastal sardine canneries for processing.
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November 4th, 2014
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