NEW BEDFORD, Mass. โ January 8, 2015 โ Beautifully printed by Reynolds-Dewalt in New Bedford, the booklet is a respectful and compelling telling of two fishing boat disasters of recent years: the Northern Edge in 2004 and the Lady of Grace in 2007. The stories are lavishly illustrated by photographs from families and from The Standard-Times' Peter Pereira.
Say that commercial fishing is the most dangerous occupation in America and you won't get much of an argument, except perhaps from loggers. Danger is, and always has been, an integral part of fishing, and whaling before that. It is simply not acceptable to leave it unspoken, especially if one is the curator of a museum display about the industry.
Don Cuddy, a Mattapoisett journalist who for a time covered fishing for The Standard-Times, is the author of a curious but elegant little book, or perhaps you'd call it a booklet, titled "Lost at Sea: The Human Cost of Fishing," that has appeared on the shelves of the Whaling Museum's gift shop for the modest price of $1.
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