Description: B-roll of the workings of Gorton's factory in Gloucester. Blocks of fish are cut and breaded on an assembly line. Breaded filets are packaged in boxes. McDonald's sign hangs on the wall of the factory. Shot of box with "Mac Filet O Fish" on label. Fish filets for grocery store sale are packaged. Quality control checks. Man moved boxes with forklift.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/30/1980
Description: Eagle Hill Landing clam flats in Ipswich. Interview with clam digger Tom about red tide scare and shellfish conservation necessitating shutdown of the flats.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/07/1978
Description: Lobster fishermen are losing much boat tie-up space on the piers because of high dockage fees and eviction resulting from waterfront development.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/12/1988
Description: People buying lobsters at Bay State Lobster. Lobsters removed from tank, placed on scale, put in paper bags, some crated. Displays of seafood for sale. Newly caught lobsters, tightly packed, claws banded, move around in crate. Interview with proprietor on falling prices and fluctuation of supply and demand. Boston is principal lobster distribution point.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/07/1979
Description: Bill Zimmerman piece on a luncheon held by the town of New Bedford for the servicemen guarding the town's fishing boats. He interviews a town representative. Reporter standup in front of sailors enjoying the luncheon.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 12/07/1970
Description: Boat owners and union officials at contract negotiation stalemate in New Bedford fishermen's strike. Mayor comments. Buckets of just caught fish being hauled up from boat.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/27/1986
Description: Man who started toxic waste dumping business in 1947 tells of nuclear, explosive and chemical barrels in Mass. Bay. Fisherman caught barrels in net, became ill from contents. Photos of dumping. Julie Belaga.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/26/1990
Description: Cleanup of no. 2 diesel oil spilled in Quincy Harbor. Suds on surface of water. Pump on dock. Jet-Line Services oil pollution control tank truck. Seagull on pier. Vacuum barge. Wide of bay. Estimated 28,000 gallons spilled. Interview with Mike Downey of Coast Guard Marine Safety Division says oil spills not unusual in state and talks about method of cleanup. Man in hip boots and rubber gloves wades in water with pitchfork. Brown residue visible near surface. Interview with fisherman Tom Galgana about secret clam flat and lobster grounds being damaged by spill for at least ten years.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/07/1979
Description: Decline of commercial fishing off Provincetown. Fishing boat. Unloading catch from nets. Sorting eels, sole, whiting, dogfish.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/23/1989
Description: Retail Fish Industry shots at Commercial Wharf, .
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/15/1982