tales-of-Fogo-Island

The FisheryL- R: NV Rowe, Hubert Dawe, ? , Dorman Dawe, Eliol Dawe.The boat is the "Moonie" and was owned and operated by NV Rowe.The fishery is the driving force behind Fogo Island. Fishing was not alwaysproductive, yet the work was always hard. Fisher people would spend longhours in the boat and then come in for several more hours of back-breakingwork.If catching fish was difficult, preparing it for sale was not much easier. First,the fish had to be split. Sometimes the fish was so big that two people wouldhave to lift it up on the splitting table. Workers would cut the throat and thenremove the gut and head.Gutting and heading fish on the plant wharf.A busy night on the plant wharf.