This wave of brutally cold weather is cutting into catches for commercial fishing boats that are now idle along the Jersey Shore.
With boats iced in, Sea Tow Cape May is enduring the biting cold and gusty winds as they help ferry interport pilots to and from the big ships that need to travel safely on the Delaware Bay and River so they can feed the northeast supply chain.
“A five mile wide wall of ice with two, three, four foot high, you know, icebergs sticking out of the water. And the dangerous part about that is you don’t know how much is underneath of them,” Claude Savino, of Sea Tow Cape May, explained. “It can’t stop. That’s goods coming in and out of our country and like, it cannot stop.”
Commercial fishmen said this winter has been one of the worst they’ve had to deal with in a while. They say consumers could feel the impact.
Shawn Machie and his crew are among those who say their business is frozen because of this arctic blast.
“If you’re not fishing, you’re not making money. And any time we’re sitting at the dock, it’s just a pure loss for us,” Machie said. “The less we fish, the more seafood costs.”
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