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Published: October 13, 2008
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EmailA new commercial fishing event was held on Saturday October 11th, 2008 in Ocean City Maryland. Entitled "Harbor Day - At The Docks," the event was a family friendly program highlighting Ocean City’s important local maritime culture and traditions, including both commercial and sport fishing heritage. The program was held along the waterfront and parking lot adjacent to Sunset Avenue in West Ocean City. The location provided space for exhibitor’s tents, educational displays, small stages for demonstrations and access to commercial and sport fishing boats.
The event focused on maritime traditions such as commercial fishing, sport fishing, marine aquaculture, safety at sea and local seafood processing. Highlights included seafood cooking demonstrations, fish cleaning techniques, net mending, marlin rigging, children’s games and many other local maritime related topics. Also present were several government organizations as well as local artists and musicians.
Visitors that were curious about commercial fishing seemed to take great interest in talking to fishermen, examining the gear and seafood and listening to the presentations of from local captains about the industry.
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