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Category Archives: California sardines
We dust! We clean! We re-organize!
We are telling a lot of stories here at the Pacific Fishery History Project, and since we have trouble keeping them straight, we’re sure it’s a problem for our loyal readers. Postings tend to be more than a little random. … Continue reading
Posted in California sardines, Dayton Lee Alverson, Environmental History, Exploratory Fishing Base, fisheries science, Fishing, George Moskovita, History of Science, History of Technology, Maritime History, Nick Bez, Ocean fishing, Oregon pilchards, Overfishing, Pacific Explorer, Pacific Fishing History Project, R/V John N. Cobb, Rosefish, Sebastes rockfish, Soviet environmental history, Soviet fishing, Soviet history'
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Still another voice from Astoria in the 1930s
We love it when families retrace their involvement in the fishing industry. The family of Lyle Anderson, who worked at Bioproducts in Warrenton, have been compiling information about their father’s career as a chemist making fish oils, pet food, and … Continue reading
O. E. Sette and the birth of fisheries oceanography
We have just been having the best time, rooting around and finding out all kinds of interesting stuff! It all started with our old friend, Dr. Ellen Pikitch, won this year’s Oscar E. Sette award for Outstanding Marine Fishery … Continue reading
Posted in Albacore tuna, California sardines, fisheries science, History of Science, History of Technology, Ocean fishing, Pacific Fishing History Project, William F. Thompson, World History
Tagged Carmel Finley, Ellen K. Pikitch, fisheries oceangraphy, Fisheries Science, Hugh M. Smith, Pacific Fishery History Project, Pacific Oceanic Fishery Investigations
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WESTERN FLYER – 2015 Wooden Boat Festival
By Bob Hitz, Blog 35 Sept. 20, 2015 On Friday September 11, the first day of the 2015 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, I was on one of the new Washington State Ferries crossing Admiralty Inlet from Whidbey Island to … Continue reading
Posted in boat building, California sardines, Environmental History, Fishing, History of Science, History of Technology, Maritime History, Ocean fishing, Pacific Fishing History Project, World History
Tagged Allen Petrich, California sardines, Dan Luketa, John Steinbeck, Kevin Bailey, Port Townsend, sardine fishing, The Log of the Sea of Cortez, Westerm Flyer, Western Flyer
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WESTERN FLYER – BUILT AS A SEINER
By Charles R. Hitz, Blog # 34 Aug. 28, 2015 Western Flyer is an interesting vessel. I became more aware of her when I was talking to Kevin Bailey, who was writing a book about her. At that time … Continue reading
Posted in Albacore tuna, boat building, California sardines, Carmel Finley, Environmental History, Fishing, History of Science, History of Technology, Ocean fishing, Pacific Fishing History Project, R/V John N. Cobb
Tagged Allen Petrich, groundfish, John N. Cobb, Kevin Bailey, sardine fishery, seining, W. C. Nickum and Sons, Western Boat Building Company, Western Flyer
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Towards a curriculum in Pacific fisheries history
As regular readers know, we often rail about the lack of history materials about the development of fishing and fisheries science in the Pacific. Most of the history on the development of fisheries has been focused on the Atlantic, where … Continue reading
Posted in California sardines, Carmel Finley, Dayton Lee Alverson, Environmental History, fisheries science, Fishing, George Moskovita, History of Science, History of Technology, Ocean fishing, Pacific Fishing History Project, Resources About Fishing, World History
Tagged Dayton Lee Alverson, Donald Gunderson, Fisheries Science, George Moskovita, John Steinbeck, Kevin Bailey, Sea of Cortez, Western Flyer
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The Moskovita Memoir–this fall from OSU Press!
Faithful readers will know how excited we are that Oregon State University Press will be republishing Living Off the Pacific Ocean Floor, George Moskovita’s memoir about his five decades fishing on the West Coast. It is set for publication this … Continue reading
Posted in boat building, California sardines, Carmel Finley, Environmental History, Fishing, George Moskovita, History of Science, History of Technology, Maritime History, Ocean fishing, Oregon pilchards, Overfishing, Pacific Fishing History Project, Rachel Carson Center, Rosefish, Sebastes rockfish, Soviet environmental history, Soviet fishing, World History
Tagged groundfish, Pacific Fishery History Project, trawling
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The Western Flyer: Steinbeck’s Boat, The Sea of Cortez, and the Saga of Pacific Fisheries.
By Kevin M. Bailey. The University of Chicago Press, 2015. Reviewed by Donald Gunderson A rich blend of philosophy, ecology, history, and first-rate literature lies behind the unassuming title for The Western Flyer: Steinbeck’s Boat, The Sea of Cortez, and … Continue reading
The role of fish in the World War II war effort
We’ve been thinking a lot about Nick Bez and the Pacific Explorer, as we ruminate over the book we’re writing. One thing we have not realized was the depth of the relationship between the West Coast fishing industry and the … Continue reading
The long, strange voyage of the Western Flyer continues…
Kevin Bailey has an update on the Western Flyer. It sank last January and was raised again on July 5. It was towed to Pt. Townsend. Work has begun to dismantle the boat. The deckhouse will be taken off and … Continue reading
Posted in California sardines, Carmel Finley, Charles Gilbert, Dayton Lee Alverson, Environmental History, George Moskovita, History of Science, History of Technology, Maritime History, Ocean fishing, Pacific Fishing History Project, World History
Tagged Ed Ricketts, John Steinbeck, Log From the Sea of Cortez, Western Flyer
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