50-Year Legacy; Vietnamese Boat People Thrive as Local Fishermen in Monterey County
Aboard his boat in Moss Landing Harbor, Tai Huynh, 71, bent over a pile of grenadier, then flung one of the deep sea fish into a large bin. Next to him, Tham Vo tipped them into a 500-pound crane lift box, swigging glass bottles of Heineken between loads.
In just over two hours recently, the pair offloaded 3,854 pounds of fish after spending 24 hours at sea and another 12 guarding their haul until daybreak.
These men are some of the oldest working refugees known as...
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