"Lost at sea" is the ultimate
tragedy of fishing.
Historians have estimated that 8,000 to 10,000 men who went fishing out of Gloucester have
perished since the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony at Cape Ann in 1623.
Here are the stories of the fishermen who have lost their lives fishing out of Gloucester,
as well as some history of the industry and the families that made Gloucester the oldest
active seaport in the United States..