F/V JANICE ANN fishes for swordfish

F/V JANICE ANN fishes for swordfish

Small scale fishing boats on the beach

Small scale fishing boats on the beach

Small scale fishing boats on the beach

Part of the inshore lobster fleet

Part of the inshore lobster fleet

Part of the inshore lobster fleet

The F/V ACES HIGH is a coastal lobster boat

Commercial lobster boat tied up at Aquidneck Lobster Co.

Lobster are caught in the channel just beyond the F/V SANDRA&CINDY

The STORMY ELIZABETH and BARBARA ANN are offshore lobster boats

F/V MONITOR with a load of skates for lobster bait

The lobster boat STORMY ELIZABETH heading out of port

A shark fishing boat at Crosby's Fish & Shrimp Company pier

A shark fishing boat at Crosby's Fish & Shrimp Company pier

Bringing ice along a shark longliner - a colorful shrimp trawler is tied up forward of the longliner. Note Turtle Excluder Devices (TED's) in the nets.

Humor in names - the F/V LIEN MACHINE tied up at Crosby's Fish & Shrimp Co.

Shrimp boats in the Shrimp Basin

Shrimp boats in the Shrimp Basin

Shrimp boats in the Shrimp Basin

Some of the shrimp trawlers that operate out of Port Isabel

Shrimp trawlers and cactus - a seemingly incongruous but normal sight in south Texas.

Dead end for some - opportunity for others

Shrimp boats tied up at Conn Brown Harbor

Shrimp boats tied up at Conn Brown Harbor

Small shrimpers

Small shrimpers

A shrimp boat heads out for the fishing grounds

A shrimp boat heads out for the fishing grounds

A small shrimp boat in the Intracoastal Waterway

A small shrimp boat in the Intracoastal Waterway

Shrimp boats tied up on the Padre island side of the JFK Causeway

Shrimp boats tied up on the Padre island side of the JFK Causeway

The O'Neil fleet of scallop dredgers

The O'Neil fleet of scallop dredgers

Independent scallop dredgers at Seaford Scallop Company

Billy Wells' scallop dredgers tied up at the Seaford Scallop Company pier

A blue crab boat and crab holding pens at Fleet's Island

Small Chesapeake Bay waterman's boat on the blocks for maintenance

Small Chesapeake Bay waterman's boat at the pier

F/V PRISCILLA LANE is a Chesapeake Bay waterman's boat built in 1955.

Chesapeake dead rise pound net boats tied up along the bgank of a creek

Small Chesapeake Bay waterman's boat at the pier

Small-scale fishing boats at Frenchtown Harbor

A master fisherman taking a break on the gear of human counterpart

Closeup of a master fisherman

Part of the small-scale fishing fleet at Frenchtown Harbor

Fishing vessels at Fishermen's Port

Fishing vessels at Fishermen's Port