BREATHTAKING VIEWS WITH COLORFUL CHARACTERS.
>> THESE ARE BRIGHT, ARTICULATE, CREATIVE, GENEROUS PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE REMARKABLE THINGS.
ANTHONY: WATER YOU WILL FALL FOR.
>> YOU CAN DO WERE EVER YOU WANT, AND EVERYONE HAS AN OCEAN.
ANTHONY: ARTISTIC INSPIRATION.
>> THE WATER AND THE ISLAND AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE AND THE VIBE, IT HAS A MILLION ATTRIBUTES THAT I APPRECIATE.
ANTHONY: WELCOME TO GLOUCESTER.
FOR NEARLY 400 YEARS, THE CITY HAS DRAWN IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE, HOME TO AMERICA’S OLDEST SEAPORT.
GLOUCESTER’S TAKING PRIDE IN ITS MARITIME HISTORY FOUNDING -- FOUNDED ON THE BACKBREAKING WORK OF FISHERMEN.
>> YOU CAN TELL A FISHERMAN BY THE WAY THEY WALK BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY HAD A CROOKED WALK BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK.
YOU COULD TELL THE CALLUSES ON THEIR HANDS.
UNTIL TODAY, IF YOU SEE A FISHERMAN HE NEVER HAS A CLEAN HAND.
IT IS CALLUSES.
THAT IS THE HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER.
>> EVERYTHING IS STATE-OF-THE-ART.
ANTHONY: THIS FISHERMAN MAKES HIS LIVELIHOOD OFF THE COAST BUT SAYS THE INDUSTRY IS FALLING ON HARD TIMES.
>> I DON’T FISH AS MUCH AS I USED TO.
I DON’T HAVE THE QUOTA TO FISH EVERY DAY.
I’M A FISH TWO DAYS PER WEEK.
I AM ONE OF THE YOUNG GUYS.
ANTHONY: SALARIES FOR FISHERMEN VARY GREATLY BETWEEN DIFFERENT FISHERIES.
THE AVERAGE INCOME HOVERS AROUND $40,000 PER YEAR.
>> THERE IS NOBODY COMING INTO IT BECAUSE IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO GET INTO IT BUT YOU DON’T MAKE ANY MONEY.
WE ARE SPINNING OUR WHEELS.
HOPEFULLY IF WE GET THINGS TURNED AROUND WE CAN ENTICE YOUNG PEOPLE BACK INTO IT TO KEEP THE PORT GOING.
WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
LOBSTER IS BOOMING, THE OFFSHORE FLEETS ARE DOING WELL.
THE POTENTIAL IS THERE TO GROW MORE.
ANTHONY: SOME OF THE POTENTIAL IS IN TOWN.
RESTAURANTS ARE COMMITTED TO SERVING GLOUCESTER FRESH SEAFOOD , DISPLAYING THIS LOGO ON THEIR DOORS AND MENUS.
>> ASK FOR A LOCALLY LANDED SPECIES.
IT IS GUARANTEED FRESH.
>> IT IS SO MUCH BETTER.
ANTHON LENNY IS OWNER OF THE GLOUCESTER HOUSE, A FAMILY BUSINESS SINCE 1957.
>> ARE FISH ARE LOCALLY CAUGHT, OUR LOBSTERS.
WHEN THE BOATS RUN CALAMARI WE BUY FRESH CALAMARI.
ANTHON IT IS SERVED WITH LOCAL PRIDE.
>> LOCAL PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE.
THE PEOPLE THAT COME HERE ARE LOCALS.
DID YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY AT SCHOOL TODAY?
WE ARE IN THE TOURIST INDUSTRY BUT IF YOU ARE A DESTINATION IN A TOURIST LOCATION, YOU WANT TO PROVIDE THE EXPERIENCE THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO OFFER.
ANTHON BUSINESS IS GOOD BUT IT IS TOUGH TO WATCH THE FISHING BOATS DWINDLE OVER THE YEARS.
>> THIS LITTLE PLACE IN GLOUCESTER IS CALLED HARBOR CODE.
NOT LONG AGO WHEN I WAS LITTLE, THIS HAD 16 BOATS.
THE BOATS WERE SO THICK, YOU COULD ALMOST WALK ACROSS THE BOATS ALL THE WAY ACROSS.
IT IS LIVING HISTORY.
IT IS SAD BECAUSE YOU WATCH THE INDUSTRY GO BUT LIKE LIFE, ONE THING GOES AND SOMETHING ELSE COMES AND I THINK EVERYBODY IS WAITING FOR THE NEW OPPORTUNITY.
ANTHONY: AL HOPES THE TIDE WILL TURN.
>> THE HEALTH OF THE INDUSTRY RESOURCE-WISE IS GREAT BUT WE ARE STRUGGLING BECAUSE OF THE WILL DOES.
THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE CITY, WE ARE PRIMED TO TAKE IT VANTAGE ONCE SCIENCE CATCHES UP WITH REALITY.
WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE.
WE HAVE BOATS TO HARVEST THE FISH.
WE ARE IN POSITION TO BE A LEADER.
THE SKY IS THE LIMIT.
SHAYNA: IT IS SUCH A TOUGH AND DANGEROUS JOB.
THE MAYOR SAYS TODAY, THEY LOSE SO MANY FISHERMEN AT SEA.
ANTHONY: EVEN WITH MODERN EQUIPMENT, YOU STILL LOSE FISHERMEN.
IT IS A DANGEROUS JOB.
MANY FISHERMEN FISH ALONE BECAUSE THEY CAN’T OF OR TO HAVE A CREW -- A FORD TO HAVE A CREW -- AFFORD TO HAVE A CREW.
THERE IS HOPE THE INDUSTRY WILL SWING BACK.
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