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George Morton moved to Orleans from Central Massachusetts when he was in his 30s. Before he purchased the Rock Harbor Coffee Shop in the 1960s, he became part of the cast of characters who fished out of the port.
Their camaraderie is why Morton became “Cass a Boo Boo” and the restaurant “Cap’n Cass.” It’s also why Michelle Lamy is painstakingly striving to keep the unique personality of the place alive.
“It’s an iconic establishment needing preservation. I’m into preservation,” she said.
Moments before Captain Ken Baughman walked around Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. to talk about the importance of the Young Fishermen’s Development Act, he got a text that he shared at a dozen meetings at various offices.
“Fifteen minutes or so ago my classmate bought a new lobster boat,” he said.
Senator Julian Cyr was at an event at the Chatham Fish Pier on a recent warm May day, pleased that with the pandemic receding he could speak without a mask, but troubled by one thing that hadn’t diminished; the pervasiveness of hunger.
“People are really struggling and continue to struggle,” he said. “I think it’s important to remember how much need we have on the Cape and Islands.”
In the 1980s, Alex Brown was in the East End of Provincetown when he met a fellow who, finding out Brown was a fisherman, started talking. The man’s name was Steve Kennedy.
Brown asked him if he was any relation to the noted photographer and painter of the same name. Brown said he had an oil painting by Kennedy of the well-known Provincetown fishing dragger Barracuda – she had a red, toothy mouth painted on her green hull – hanging in his living room.
Our Haddock Chowder and Provencal Fish Stew have had a busy several weeks. The Small Boats, Big Taste program keeps on growing and we have an increasing number of wonderful partners. Take a look through this gallery and see students at Barnstable High School seeking out the the soups at lunch, families at a YMCA fun fair enjoying them, staff at Cape Abilities prepping them for distribution, and state and non-profit representatives celebrating the offerings.
Every year NOAA, meaning the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration as opposed to the guy with the ark, ships to Congress a report with a straightforward title:
“Status of US Fisheries.”
The report has some Biblical aspects, meant to be the definitive word delivered from on high so to speak. It always offers big-picture info, for example that commercial and recreational fisheries created 1.7 million jobs across the nation in 2022, and generated $253 billion in sales.
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