Christine Hochkeppel

Fishermen

  • HYANNIS -- 013013 -- Seafox deck hands Mark {quote}Gilligan{quote} Santos, far right, and Gary Sharron rig one load of 320 total bushels of surf clams to be transferred to a delivery truck amidst a thick fog on Hyannis Harbor.
  • Ken Macara of Chatham, crewman on the 48-foot scalloper, Moonraker, performs maintenance on their new rake, putting on a new net and adding chains in Saquatucket Harbor. Macara is shown working through a scallop ring, which lets the undersized scallops pass through and allows for the optimum yield of legal catch. © Christine Hochkeppel
  • CHATHAM -- 062712 -- First mate Andy Pickrell of Chatham hauls up a tote of lobsters from the 32-foot Brady R. at the Chatham Fish Pier. Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel
  • CHILMARK -- 02/17/11 -- Menemsha Harbor oyster farmers Emmett Carroll, captain of the 32-foot vessel {quote}Kathie C,{quote} and Hutch Kirwin pull a cage of mature oysters from their line on Menemsha Pond. {quote}We're oyster farmers now instead of fisherman, switching gears, that's okay though,{quote} Kirwin said of the shift in the oystering process.Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel 021711ch15
  • FALMOUTH -- 010914 -- A fisherman hauls up his catch near an ice-coated jetty off Surf Drive on Vineyard Sound. Christine Hochkeppel/Cape Cod Times
  • CAPE COD BAY -- 1/07/2011 -- Ken Weeks, 52, looks out at a pod of whales spouting in the distance off of Provincetown while his brother, Greg, 48, tosses a sponge back into the bay as they sort throguh a pot. 010711ch09 Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel
  • SANDWICH -- 081611 -- From left, Alex Leoni, 9, pulls up a little fish with Joe Lascola, 4, Michael Leoni and Michael Leoni, 6, at the Cape Cod Canal on Tuesday evening. The foursome of Newton and Sandwich is keeping up with an occasional ritual of having dinner at Seafood Sams and then casting out on to the Canal using hotdog pieces for bait. Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel 081611ch06
  • Senator Hillary Clinton, (D-N.Y.), celebrates narrowly winning the New Hampshire Democratic primary over Senator Barack Obama, (D-Ill.) surrounded by her supporters at the Southern New Hampshire University Athletics and Recreation Center on Tuesday, January 8, 2008.
  • Cape Cod Times/ Christine Hochke/Cape Cod Times/Christine HochkepCHATHAM -- 03/02/11 -- Chatham fishermen Andy {quote}L.B.{quote} Tatzel, left, and Kenny Tolley sort through 75 nets in preparation for their 34-hour monkfish and skate fishing trip in a couple weeks. They will travel about 90 miles out from the Chatham fish pier aboard the 44-foot vessel, Dawn T.030211ch03 Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel
  • CAPE COD BAY -- 1/07/2011 -- Greg Weeks, 48, tosses an under-sized lobster back into the water while sorting through their catch. The Division of Marine Fisheries of Massachusetts requires fishermen to throw back lobsters that measure smaller than 3 1/4 inches from the eye socket to the end of the body. If they come across an egg-bearing female they also must forfeit the catch to preserve the population.010711ch06 Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel
  • PROVINCETOWN -- 03/23/11 -- New Bedford fisherman Alfred Conde, 61, repairs an 80 by 50 foot section of net aboard 75-foot dragger Lady Patricia docked at MacMillan Pier. The crew's brand new net became all chewed up when it got caught in the mud as they fished for haddock, cod, pollock and sole.Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel 032311ch05
  • YARMOUTH PORT -- 01/23/11 -- Matthew St. Thomas of Sterling checks one of his tilts in the hopes of discovering a perch or bass on the line at Dennis Pond on Sunday morning. {quote}As soon as there's ice, we're here,{quote} he said of how often he and his crew come to the Cape. {quote}There's less snow and better fishing.{quote} 012311ch02 Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel
  • CHATHAM -- 062712 -- From left, onshore processors Mario Botelhofilho of South Yarmouth and Jared Taylor of Chatham catch a little sun while they chat on a break from culling catch at the Chatham Fish Pier. Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel
  • CHATHAM -- 122711 -- Kurt Martin of Orleans, left, chats with a friend while stacking a trap onto a trailer while his nephew, John Martin, works from the 36-foot vessel, Time Bandit, at the Chatham Fish Pier. Many crews were taking advantage of the relatively mild weather and taking their gear out of the water before the end of lobster season. Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel 122711ch02
  • CHATHAM -- 120511 -- Commercial fisherman Chris Fontaine of Chatham digs up steamers for dinner with his daughters Christiana, 10, center, and Rabecca Fontaine, 9, and stepson Maddy White, 9, left, near the Fish Pier. The kids were able to accompany Chris on his clamming expedition because they had a half day of school. Chris was trying to fill a bushel basket before taking Maddy to his yoga class. For this family of seven, planning meals can be a challenge. He and his wife will enjoy the steamers but the kids don't have the palate for shellfish. They said they are voting to decide between tacos and burgers. Cape Cod Times/Christine Hochkeppel 120511ch01
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