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Dead fish in Wareham

Description: Large fish kill in Wareham ponds thought to be attributable to malathion spraying. State inspector collects dead fish in nets and plastic bag. Trout hatchery.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/28/1990

FISH PIER

Description: UNLOADING LOBSTERS at FISH PIER, BOATS
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/31/1985

FISHERIES

Description: JUST-CAUGHT FISH AND PROCESSING, DECLINE OF FISHING INDUSTRY IN MASSACHUSETTS
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/29/1986

FISHERMEN

Description: FISHING BOATS AND FISH HANDLERS (LUMPERS) AT GLOUCESTER DOCKS. FISHERMEN
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/22/1985

Fish Pier renovation

Description: Boston waterfront. Dock scenes. Just caught fish in barrels on dock. Lumpers with rubber gloves and overalls. Boston Fish Market Corporation building. Press conference led by Massport director David Davis, who announces renovation of Fish Pier. Rep. Joseph Moakley speaks. He goes over the history of the fishing industry in Boston, Massachusetts, and the United States. He provides details on the redevelopment of the pier, and mentions the effects of the 200 mile limit enacted by Congress. Helen Keyes of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce speaks. George Kariotis, transportation secretary Barry Locke, Lt. Gov. Tom O'Neill are present.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/15/1979

Fish catch

Description: Charles Bennett interviews a longtime fisherman on the state of the fishing industry and the change in quota regulations. Boat docked at Fish Pier in snow flurries. Boston Fish Market Corporation building on pier. Seagulls hover over water in the Boston Harbor. Assorted catch offloaded by the bucketful and sorted by hand into wooden bins. Fishermen in yellow and orange rain gear. Tracking hauls wooden bins of fish. Men inside booth listening to the radio.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/06/1982

Fish quotas

Description: Fish being moved in buckets, barrels, and wooden crates on pier in Boston. Lumpers at work. Interview with two fishermen who say quotas prevent them from catching enough to pay their crew and make a living. Line of fishing boats tied up along pier. Close-up layers of fish with glistening skin and eyes.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/10/1978

Fish quotas

Description: Fish Pier environs. Boats tied up at dock's edge. Interview with fisherman Chris, who says catch quotas are too small to make a living. Fish weather vane. Blue rippled water surface. Harbor tour boat passes. Orange netting piled up. Heavy rope on cable pulleys on deck.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/10/1978

Fishing vs oil exploration

Description: :30 PSA on competing interests of New England fishing and North Atlantic oil exploration. Rig in ocean, docked fishing boats, fishermen pulling in catch. Handout tape from US Department of Interior Minerals Management Service.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/01/1984

Gloucester mayor

Description: Gloucester mayor William Squillace resigned to become assistant state treasurer. City Councillors are choosing replacement from among themselves. Waterfront, houses, fishermen on dock.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/06/1991

Gorton's fish

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

Ipswich clam flats

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

Lobstermen's plight

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

Lobsters

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

New Bedford

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

New Bedford fishermen's strike

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

Nuclear waste in Mass. Bay

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

Oil spill

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

Provincetown fishing industry

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

Retail Fish Industry

Description: Retail Fish Industry shots at Commercial Wharf, .
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/15/1982

STRIPED BASS

Description: INTERVIEW WITH FISHERMEN, CASTING, REELING, SHORE, ATLANTIC OCEAN, WOODS HOLE
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/22/1984

STRIPED BASS

Description: FISHERMAN HANDLING, PACKING IN ICE STRIPED BASS, WEIGHING, CONVEYOR BELT
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/14/1984

Schooner Adventure

Description: Sailing schooner "Adventure" is launched as fishing boat from Gloucester after being refurbished with private contributions.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/29/1988

Vietnamese fishermen

Description: Vietnamese fishermen inaugurate their refurbished boat "Miss Liberty," which was banned two years ago for not having the proper equipment. Interview with one of the Vietnamese refugee fishermen,who formed a cooperative and bought a fully equipped boat that would not be in conflict with the lobster industry in the Boston Harbor. Michael and Kitty Dukakis congratulate them and their families on the Fish Pier. Michael Dukakis addresses the audience. Edited story is followed by b-roll of the fishermen and their families on the pier. Michael and Kitty Dukakis arriving at the event and talking with the fishermen. Vietnamese American woman welcomes audience to ceremony and thanks government officials who helped the cooperative. More of Dukakis's address.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/28/1990