Abandoned 'Little Boats'
The little boats of Newfoundland are great to photograph, but the fishers who run them are struggling as income from fishing is too low to sustain even the low standard of living they are accustomed to. The self-reliance that was once a mainstay of outport life, when a person could combine fishing, farming, wood cutting and other forms of seasonal work to build a balanced life are numbered, and there is pressure to beach the little boats so that larger inshore boats can make a go of it. What a pity!
1/12/2017 www.allenfotowild.com
Abandoned 'Little Boats'
The little boats of Newfoundland are great to photograph, but the fishers who run them are struggling as income from fishing is too low to sustain even the low standard of living they are accustomed to. The self-reliance that was once a mainstay of outport life, when a person could combine fishing, farming, wood cutting and other forms of seasonal work to build a balanced life are numbered, and there is pressure to beach the little boats so that larger inshore boats can make a go of it. What a pity!
1/12/2017 www.allenfotowild.com