Abandoned Wooden Fishing Vessel an Environmental Concern for Louds Island Residents
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Portland Press Herald] by Kevin Miller August 22, 2017
Louds Island — Thirty years before it washed up on Jimmy Ellsworth’s island shoreline as a rusted derelict, The Columbia was the Maine-built pride of the man credited with helping to jump-start one of New England’s largest modern fisheries.
It was the last of a generation of wooden “draggers” that bridged the gap between the age of sail-powered fishing schooners and the rise of steel ships. But by the time Ellsworth saw it drifting ...
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