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Chesapeake Bay Watermen |
| Section: LIFE / PROFILE |
| Author: Meredith B. Jordan |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 4/1/1990 |
| Size: 1,598 Words, 8,797 Characters |
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Mirrored sunglasses hide Capt. Ed Farley's eyes. "Count them," he says, holding out a handful of "good" oysters that he has just pulled up from the side of his skipjack, the Stanley Norman.
"There are only eight. A three-minute dredge used to get four times this." No melancholy. Just plain fact.
His gaze follows the smooth expanse of the Chesapeake Bay, his silver lenses reflection the glare of sun and water. He smiles and leans his tanned face closer, like he's going to share some privileged information. "The local watermen don't know it. They keep thinking things are going to get better. Sad thing is that here, everyone's a waterman."
Farley's talking about the small backwater towns that line the eastern shore of Maryland, where generations have been born to be ...
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...My daddy was on the water for a long, long time. But now he has a good job, as janitor of the school."
To some, there is sadness in the changing complexion of Chesapeake Bay's eastern shore. But the bay's working watermen will hold onto their past because it is the only life they know. And for many visitors, it is a refreshing glimpse into times that somehow seem simple and honest. vbcrlf
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