of which, of course, there are already many both inside our very selves and all around. But guess the name of the tug and barge below and
its location. A clue, other than familiar color scheme, is the fact that the fotos were taken this week, third week of April 2009, and I can attest that foliage in the sixth boro does not currently look that lush. So what and where? Answer below.
The fotos below, taken this week in our home waters, present a mystery of another kind. Each winter and early spring brings small fishing boats into New York harbor aka the sixth boro. What are they fishing?
This is a bonafide question. I don’t know. Everyone I ask claims ignorance. I’m about at my wits end. What
sixth boro life do these boats harvest? Who would imagine
commercial fishing happens right between Manhattan and Hoboken?
And the mystery tug in K-Sea colors: Nakoa (shown here in pre-K-Sea colors?) and barge Rigel taken in the Carquinez Strait near Benicia, California. Barents Sea works out there now too.
Sixth boro fishing boats taken by Dan B. More of Dan’s fotos soon.
Nakoa taken by Easan Katir. Easan, a portfolio manager explains how the foto op happened: “I was in Benicia to have lunch with a client. We sat upstairs and enjoyed the view. I was going through their portfolio. I got to K-Sea (KSP), and told them about this wonderful company which pays high dividends. I saw the tugboat outside the window, and said “and by the way, there is one of your K-Sea tugs right there.” They were pleasantly surprised, as was I. This kind of coincidence has never happened in my 27-year career. So, serendipity.”
Great story.
Thanks, Dan and Easan.
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April 24, 2009 at 7:06 am
Soundbounder
Shad?????
April 27, 2009 at 9:44 am
paul_b
I would guess they’re going after flatfish. They’re rigged for dragging, and I can’t imagine much else of value in there.
I grew up fshing Boston harbor for lobster. God, I used to hate tugs and barges. We lose so much gear that way. Ironic that most of the guys I used to work with are now AB’s on those same units.
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May 3, 2009 at 12:41 am
Jed
Paul, us guys on tugs got issues with fishermen to be sure.
It was summed up perfectly for me one night heading up the York river. Don’t know what he was fishing for but he was in the way as I was towing my barge up to WESTERN.
“C’mon Cap, what doing in the middle of channel?”
“It’s where the fish are.”
Hard to argue with that.
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July 13, 2009 at 11:25 am
Greaser
the small commercial boats that you see are pulling crab dredges. they’re crabbin’ for blue claws to be precise.