White-tipped orange masts: Gloucester's fishing draggers

The Eastern-rigged side trawler

The fishing method: the otter trawl and doors

The fishing grounds

The sought-after species

All about the fleet: vessel and crew photos

The crews

The lifestyle

Family worries

The inshore and the offshore fisherman at work

Fate of the fleet and the fisherman since the early 1970's

In Memorium: Gloucester fishermen lost at sea 1940-2006.