Hooked on the Sea
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Theyre the dorymen of Newport Beach, California who belong to the last family-owned dory fleet in the United States.
Read about the courage and determination of these farmers of the sea who risk their lives to support their families.
Since the 1890s, when a small group of their Portuguese ancestors first launched their wooden Gloucester dories into the early morning darkness of cold pounding waves and powerful ocean currents, these dorymen have returned at dawns edge to sell their catches.
Locals, as well as tourists, who come to buy the freshest fish in town, love their colorful presence on the beach next to the Newport Pier. Favorite choices include crabs, sea bass, cod, sea trout, sablefish, vermilion rockfish and yellowtail.
Dorymen continue to keep this tradition from the past alive and display down-to-earth work ethics valued by all, while adding a rich quality of life to the residents of Orange County, an area growing in contrasts and complexity.
Some fishing methods have changed, but dorymen continue to adhere to strict United States fishing regulations, which protect fish populations.
While the Historical Society of Newport Beach, California declared their location on the beach a historical site in 1989, this unique fleet faces an uncertain future as increasing regulations threaten their existence and create challenges as dangerous as the sea.
Nancy B. O’Connor
Following graduation from UCLA, marriage, and her husband’s business transfers, Nancy taught elementary grades in Los Angeles, Modesto, Sacramento, California and Jackson, Wyoming. With their four sons in school, and a move to Newport Beach, California, she entered Orange Coast City College to study photography. Her interest and admiration for the Dory Fleet became the focus of her camera from 1976 on. Fascinated by their history, work ethics and service to the ever changing, expanding community of Orange County, she recognized their importance as the area grew in contrasts and complexity and combined text with photos here.
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Hooked on the Sea - Nancy B. O’Connor
Copyright © 2008 by Nancy B. O’Connor. 42129-OCON
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Chart a course to the NewportPier in Newport Beach, California and you might just hear Sir Walter Scott’s words from long ago, It’s no fish you’re buying, it’s men’s lives.
Those words are only a tip-off to the daily dangers met by the fishermen who belong to the last family-operated dory fleet, still in existence, in the United States. There, one will see skilled and daring men, young and old, launching their fishing boats into the surf.
These men labor through hard work, long hours and risks that are all part of bringing the freshest fish to market.
In the 1890’s, the first Portuguese dorymen used a seine with a team of horses. A seine was a