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Description

They that go down to the sea in ships. Statue of Gloucester fishermancommemorating 300-year anniversary (1623-1923) of fishing from this NewEngland port and also the thousands of men who have lost their lives in the NewEngland fisheries.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; P. 170 of Our Changing Fisheries 1970 Centenary NMFS centenary volume

Location

Massachusetts, Gloucester

Collection

Historic Fisheries