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From 1983 to 2013 the “Maid of the Mist-V” operated as a 72-foot passenger boat that took guests for a tour among the swirling currents and numerous eddies that lie below Niagara Falls, New York. Some boat called the Maid of the Mist had been operating in the rapids below the falls since 1846.
You might be thinking, “What the heck does the Maid of the Mist have to do with Cape Cod and fishing?” Appropriate question. My wife did work for the Maid of the Mist Company when she lived in Lewiston, NY before we met in college. An indirect but significant connection.

An e-blast earlier this month from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned about growing conflicts between lobstermen and draggers. The message came with a warning: It is unlawful to negligently and without authorization remove, damage, or tamper with fishing gear owned by another person.
In the early 1970s there was no such law, and when hundreds of lobster traps off Chatham were being destroyed by fishermen dragging for flounders, some lobstermen took matters into their own hands.
This is the story of a series of battles in “The Lobster Wars,” reported and produced by Angela McNerney of Lower Cape TV, told mostly through Captain John Our and edited for clarity and length.

Back in 1990 I started hearing scary things about what might be lurking on the sea floor between here and Gloucester, due east of Boston.
For anything ocean-related, my first stop always was to Louie Rivers, Provincetown’s great fishing captain.
“Louie, you ever heard of a fisherman from Gloucester named Salvatore LoGrasso?” I asked. “Everyone calls him Sammy.”