Title
Fishermen in Cortez
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Publisher
s.n.
Abstract
Sally Watt reports from Cortez, in Manatee County on the Florida Gulf Coast. Cortez was once a thrving community with 200 fishermen and five fish houses making a livng off fishing. A statewide ban on the use of gill nets, enacted in 1995, severly cut the ranks of commercial fishermen. Now only six fishermen and one fish house are still in business in Cortez. Thomas "Blue" Fulford, a Cortez resident who was a local leader in the efforts to stop the net ban from being enacted, talks about the old days in Cortez and the hardships the net ban has imposed.
Keywords
Fisheries Florida, Fishers Florida, Cortez (Fla.)
Description
1 audio file (ca. 3 min.) : digital, MPEG3. ;
Subject: topical
Fisheries; Fishers
Subject: geographic
Florida; Cortez (Fla.)
Time Period
200-?
Type
Sound
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Collection
Sally Watt Radio Programs
Identifier
W02-002
Recommended Citation
Watt, Sally, "Fishermen in Cortez" (2022). Sally Watt Radio Programs. 2.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/watt_radio/2
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