August 2013 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 21. 70S MEMORIES: BOAT DELIVERIES


said he’d be happy to call and fi nd out. We arrived at terms, said they’d take it as is and then if we could pick it up in the fall they’d have a shopping list of things to have done. John and Billy rented a car and drove back to Southwest Harbor.


Only problem overlooked in this trans- action, fall comes later in New Jersey than it does in Maine and this couple were die- hards. “First in last out” types who, as they later told me, didn’t mind hauling and cov- ering their boat with a nip in the air. Not only did fall come early that year in Maine, winter came in right behind. John couldn’t go back to pick up the boat, now named “Master Jack” and Billy had already headed for Greenville and Big Squaw Mt. to chase snow. Manuel Jr.,“Lucky”, John’s brother and lobster fi sherman called and said if we didn’t already have someone hired he and Mike Devim would like to have the delivery. I agreed.


It was the week before Christmas. Mike and Lucky picked up the boat in Es- sex, CT, and pulled in to Point Judith, RI that evening. Next day, it was blowing hard so they decided to lay over and leave next morning. This was a southern waters sport- fi shing boat. Only steering and control sta- tion was on the bridge along with radio and fathometer. Exception was Radar screen (huge in those days) being below to protect it from the weather. Meaning, in a passage like this, with weather shutting in and an area such as the New England Coast dot- ted with islands and ledges, someone had to often be down in the pilothouse checking position.


Fourth day, late afternoon, they’d made Kennebunkport and topped off the fuel tanks. Ocean was glass calm. Knew there was a storm coming, but home was 4-5 hours away on a good run and with typ- ical “Downeast” optimism they decided to “make a run for it”. Dark shut in soon, and with it wind began to rise carrying blizzard conditions. North and East of Matinicus Is- land, around 11pm, situation was beginning to look dicey at best. Our house in Man-


set was just a few hundred yards from the ocean and we were beginning to do some serious worrying as well. Snow and wind driven sleet were pelting the windows. Hadn’t heard an update in too long. Master Jack’s ship to shore radio


wouldn’t receive and seemed to be out of commission. Radar antenna had iced over and even though it was a covered anten- na, ice was too thick to receive a signal. Boat itself was icing as well and becoming logey. Bridge bimini and windshield had blown out. Both Mike and Lucky were on the bridge, blowing snow freezing to their


17 November 1902 PETTIGREW Abandoned. News received at Bath, Friday, from Baltimore that the Bath built four-masted schooner R. F. PETTIGREW had abandoned at sea eastward of Cape Hatteras. The schooner HENRY W. CRAMP arrived at Baltimore Friday and reported this news. The crew of the CRAMP saw distress signals fl ying from the PETTIGREW and put a boat out to her, fi nding that the deck load of lumber with which the schooner had been loaded at Savannah, Georgia, was being washed away. None of the crew of the disabled schooner were aboard. The PETTIGREW was built in Bath, in


1880 by Hon. William Rogers and is owned on Portland by J. S. Winslow & Co. and is valued at $24,000. She is insured. The crew was shipped at Portland when the vessel was on the last trip in September. It is supposed that they were taken off or picked up by some vessels and will be heard from shortly. The crew consisted of Capt. Hodgkins, Harpswell, mate, Frank Witezel, Boston; second mate, T. W. Baker, Portland; D. A. Peterson, engineer, Portland; Geo. L. Basiege, cook, Portland, and Otto Sorsenson, Sweden; James Goslin, Delaware; Henry Hubner, Portland; C. Nurse, Newfoundland, and Knud Knudson, Delaware.


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also pleaded guilty to being in possession of undersized scallops. He was fi ned $2,500 and his catch, valued at $1,001.25, was con- fi scated.


Both commercial scallop harvesters were accused of having exceeded the av- erage scallop meat count permitted in the Atlantic Fishery Regulations.


Anyone wishing to report suspicious


fi shing activity or habitat violations is asked to contact their nearest Fisheries and Oceans offi ce, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222- 8477, visit http://www.crimenb.ca or text TIP212 to 274637.


Ministerial Statement - Carapace Size Increase for Lobster Fishing Area 25


OTTAWA - The Honourable Keith Ashfi eld, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, issued the following statement on the min- imum legal size for lobster fi shed in the western half of the Northumberland Strait between New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and P.E.I., in an area known as Lobster Fishing Area 25.


“Over the past several months I have heard and received many comments and suggestions from licence holders, proces- sors, Provincial government representatives and others involved in the lobster industry. I thank them for their input.


“I have listened to all positions and maintained the best solution is one that is


industry led and driven. In that light, I asked lobster fi shermen in Lobster Fishing Area 25 from P.E.I., Nova Scotia and New Bruns- wick to come together and fi nd a solution regarding the minimum carapace size. “Regretfully, they could not come to


a consensus. The lack of agreement has reluctantly required me to make a decision in order for the season to open as planned. “After careful consideration and in consultation with offi cials at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, I have determined the minimum carapace size for the fi shery in Lobster Fishing Area 25 will increase from 71 mm to 72 mm as planned for the 2013 lobster fi shing season.


“In addition, the Department will re-


view the fi ndings of the independent Mari- time lobster panel set up by the Provincial governments of PEI, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick before any future changes on carapace size are taken for the 2014 fi shery or beyond.


“Going forward, I encourage all those involved in the industry to focus on fi nding options to improve the long-term viability, sustainability, and markets for Atlantic lob- ster.”


Fisheries Convictions in Canada Net Major Penalties, Including $136,420 in Fines


DARTMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA –Four cases under the Federal Fishery General Regulations and the Fisheries Act have


faces. Only course available was North East into the face of the storm. Course to- ward land, which was unseen, would have brought them broadside to the waves and the very imminent danger of capsizing. As their predicament worsened, a spot- light swept across the bridge from astern. Coast Guard cutter had received their radio calls and was now coming up alongside their Starboard side to form a “breakwater” or wind barrier. Mike and Lucky could now begin to ease to the more westerly course for John’s Island and then Bass Harbor. Phone rang about 1 AM. “This is the


US Coast Guard Station, Group Southwest Harbor calling. Your boat and crew are safely tied up in Bass Harbor” With a heartfelt sigh of relief I thanked the caller for their help as well as letting us know the boat was in. They had sent the smaller crash rescue boat to John’s Is- land where the cutter handed off Master Jack. The smaller vessel then ran a zig-zag course ahead to push the seas down. Lucky told me the next day, “Lee, there was as much ice inside my boots as I had on the outside of my rain slicker when we got to Bass Harbor”


HISTORY FROM THE PAST - Ship Disasters * * * * *


Wrecked in Penobscot Bay


The 3-Master MYRONUS and the Fishing Vessel COLUMBIA.


Islesboro, November 17.


The three-masted schooner, MYRONUS, Capt. E. G. Coombs, Ellsworth, bound from Philadelphia to Bangor with soft coal, was wrecked on Barley ledge, in Sprague’s cove in the fog early Monday, fi lled with water and will soon go to pieces. In response to a message from Capt. Coombs the SOPHIA WILEY went to strip the schooner of rigging and bring in the crew. It was considered impossible to save the cargo. The MYRONUS was built at Ellsworth, Maine is 1885, of 283 tons register. Her home port was Mt. Desert Ferry, Maine.


1 December 1902 Belfast Schooner Lost


The PENDLETON BROS. Built in 1899, Sunk November 28, on Trip to Mobile Belfast, December 1.


News reached here Monday that the Belfast built schooner PENDLETON BROS., built and owned by the fi rm for which she was named, went to the bottom November 28, while on the way from New York, from which port she sailed on November 26, for Mobile with a cargo of cement. All hands on board were saved.


resulted in fi nes totalling $136,420, in addi- tion to other penalties handed down to those who were convicted in several courtrooms in Nova Scotia. These Convictions were the result of extensive investigations by Fishery Offi cers from Sydney, Bridgewater and Me- teghan into serious violations of fi shery law. Yarmouth Bar Fisheries Limited was levied a $60,000 fi ne by Provincial Court Judge Robert Prince after pleading guilty on June 24, 2013 to illegal retention of Atlantic halibut – a major conviction under the Fed- eral Fishery (General) Regulations and the Fisheries Act. Offenses committed between December 2009 and January 2010 were re- vealed through an analysis begun in March 2010. The investigation further revealed that Yarmouth Bar Fisheries Limited had pur- chased, possessed and sold Halibut that was caught in contravention of the Fisheries Act and/or Regulations. Yarmouth Bar Fisheries Limited was ordered to pay the $60,000 fi ne by June 24, 2014. Two separate fi nes, totaling $52,420 were imposed by Provincial Court Judge Lenehan on June 12, 2013 in Bridgewater Nova Scotia. Elmer Leon Jollymore of Little Tancook Island was given a fi ne of $42,420.30, in addition to the suspension of his groundfi sh license for one year. Edward Glen Boutilier, formerly of Hubbards, was fi ned $10,000 and had his groundfi sh, mack- erel and herring licenses cancelled for life. Mr. Boutilier and his company are further prohibited from applying for or owning a


The Quebec company’s steamer


FONTABELLE, which arrived in New York Sunday from the West Indies brought eight shipwrecked mariners from the PENDLETON BROS., who were picked up at sea in an open boat on Saturday evening. They were Capt. W. G. Kneeland and the crew of seven men.


Almost from the start the schooner had bad weather in which she strained badly and began to leak. The water in the hold gained steadily until Capt. Kneeland decided to abandon the vessel. This was done at 10 o’clock on the night of Friday, November 28, and the PENDLETON BROS. shortly after went to the bottom. After 19 hours’ exposure in the open boat, to the cold, windy weather, nearly exhausted and wet to the skin, the FONTABELLE came along and took them on board. The boat was picked up in lat 37.05 lon. 72.18. The rescued men are W. G. Kneeland, master, of Boston; L. J. Keiningham, mate; John Ernstrom, Frank Davis, Fred Pearson, T. C. Carlsen, Tommak Ommandson and John Simmons. The schooner was built at Belfast, Maine, in 1899, was of 762 tons net register and was owned by Pendleton Bros. of this city.


MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL FISHING NEWS


commercial fi shing license for the rest of his life. A major investigation by federal Fishery Offi cers revealed that the offenc- es under the Federal Fishery (General) Regulations and Fisheries Act in relation to selling unreported groundfi sh catches were committed at Blandford, Nova Scotia which led to a search at Deep Cove Aqua Farms Ltd. Mr. Jollymore and Mr. Boutilier pled guilty to three chargers: failure to hail accurate weights, failing to determine an accurate weight at dockside immediately after the fi sh has been landed and selling fi sh caught in contravention of the Fisheries Act or Regulations. Robert Moses Truckair of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia was fi ned $24, 000 by Provin- cial Court Judge Patrick Curran and forfeit- ed a $15,000 bond on June 21, 2013 after being convicted of fi ve counts of fi shing in an unauthorized area. The charges arose from illegal activity in Crab Fishing Area 24 in 2009 when Mr. Truckair was only authorized to fi sh in Crab Fishing Area 23. Fishery Offi cers using the Vessel Monitor- ing System (VMS) found that Mr. Truckair had made fi ve fi shing trips into Crab Fishing Area 24 between May 11 and June 4, 2009. Fishery Offi cers aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louisbourg later located and seized thirty-fi ve snow crab traps belonging to Mr. Truckair in the unauthorized area.


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