Before they graduated, Caleb Neal and Kaycee Gilley took the Fishermen Training course as part of the Career Education program at Monomoy Regional High School.
By Doreen Leggett
The summer is heating up and piers across the Cape are bustling as commercial fishermen pick up more crew to take advantage of growing demand and – fingers crossed – long stretches of good weather. Earlier this spring we held a Fishermen Training and we have another one planned, in partnership with the Brazilian Resource Center, in Hyannis in July. Check out our second training gallery that provides a glimpse into on-the-water training and how to set off flares and extinguish fires.
Fire extinguishers are at the ready as instructors Fred Mattera and Mitch Hatzipetro of Commercial Fisheries Center of Rhode Island and University of Rhode Island prepare to light a fire in the parking lot of the Fishermen’s Alliance.
Students practice putting out a fire in the parking lot of the Fishermen’s Alliance.
The Coast Guard was on hand to show attendees how to pump out a flooding vessel.
The class practiced setting off different kinds of flares, including parachute flares, at Harding’s Beach in Chatham.
Instructor Fred Mattera had the students set off multiple flares, so they would be more comfortable in an emergency situation.
Instructor Mitch Hatzipetro, of the University of Rhode Island, shows the group how to quickly get the survival suit out of the bag.
Instructor Mattera offers Michelle Silva, 30, daughter of Provincetown Captain Mike Silva, some advice as she gets into her survival suit.
Sam Jones, 28. who fishes on the F/V Nemesis, practices entering the water at Stage Harbor,
Fishermen Training attendees practiced linking up in the water, similar to what they would do at sea.
The group also practiced getting in and out of the life raft.