Maine’s Youngest Fishermen: Hooked on Tradition, Challenged to Innovate
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Forecaster] By Callie Ferguson - July 13, 2017
HARPSWELL — Josh Todd’s memories of growing up aboard his father’s fishing boat are of deck hands shoveling shrimp and being allowed to place rubber bands on lobsters as they came out of the ocean.
When he was old enough, the Chebeague Island native was allowed five lobster traps of his own. Now a rising junior at Freeport High School, Todd – whose hulking frame belies the fact that he will turn 16 this month – wakes at 5:30 a.m. several days a week to haul 150 traps.
Watching, learning, and paying attention: that’s how Todd became the fisherman he is today, he said earlier this ...
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