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Photojournalism: Peter Jacobi 4/5After what Peter Jacobi describes as a hard day’s work - with a strong hint of sarcasm - he returns his ship to port to pass the day’s catch on to a fish-auction. Here, they will be sold to the highest bidder, a good catch averaging the equivalent of two hundred dollars. Afterwards, the sunny skies call for a cold beer, and when Jacobi is joined by one of the few remaining fishermen, a handful more are put on the deck. The talk between them range from anything from fishprices to Viagra, but one subject is hard to avoid; the fact, that they are a dying breed.Year by year, as the large corporations launch their bigger, faster and more cost-effective vessels, more of the town’s old fishermen retire - and the old boats join their fates.

Photojournalism: Peter Jacobi


4/5

After what Peter Jacobi describes as a hard day’s work - with a strong hint of sarcasm - he returns his ship to port to pass the day’s catch on to a fish-auction. Here, they will be sold to the highest bidder, a good catch averaging the equivalent of two hundred dollars.

Afterwards, the sunny skies call for a cold beer, and when Jacobi is joined by one of the few remaining fishermen, a handful more are put on the deck. The talk between them range from anything from fishprices to Viagra, but one subject is hard to avoid; the fact, that they are a dying breed.

Year by year, as the large corporations launch their bigger, faster and more cost-effective vessels, more of the town’s old fishermen retire - and the old boats join their fates.

This was posted on Tuesday the 17th, August, 2010