by Seaboard History Editor | Feb 16, 2026 | Fishing
Andrew Vass [Jock] was, in July 1891, with the Seaboard fishing fleet in Burghead. According to newspaper articles of the time the night was dark and it was raining. Several fishermen, one of them was Andrew Vass, were standing on the railway line on the South pier...
by Seaboard History Editor | Feb 28, 2014 | Fishing
Fish Wives and Herring Girls Fishing was very much a family affair in the Seaboard Villages with all of the grown up family members participating in some way. The women of the Seaboard Villages didn’t work at sea but sometimes life back on the shore was just as...
by Seaboard History Editor | Feb 13, 2014 | Fishing
Although the main occupation of the Seaboard was herring and white fishing, by the mid-1900’s salmon fishing came close behind. Read more about fishing in the Seaboard Villages in Chapters 3-7 of Down to the Sea here. Women carrying menfolk to stop their feet...
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