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Mark Kurlansky

This person worked on commercial fishing boats for several years and worked as a journalist for the Chicago Tribune and the International Herald Tribune.

John Cabot

This person was an Italian navigator and explorer and is often credited as the first European to discover North America, in 1497.

John Adams

This person was an influential founding father of the United States of America and served as the fledgling nation's second president and first vice president.

Clarence Birdseye

This person was an American inventor and is today considered the founder of the modern frozen food industry for his work on food preservation techniques.

William Hooper

This person was a large and powerful man and is the skipper of the 135-foot boat, Daisy Christiane.

Sam Lee

This person participated in a limited cod catch designed to monitor the local cod population as commercial, and even most private cod fishing...

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