Rich County Reaper | 1938-03-04 | Page 6 | Home of the Cod Relies upon Alien Fishermen

home of the cod relies upon alien fishermen boston massachusetts is known as the home of the cod a famed old fis hermans state boasting such fishing ports as gloucester new bedford boston and provincetown Province town yet it is estimated that 80 per cent of the men engaged in the industry in this section today are aliens chiefly nova Scot ians owners of boston fishing vessels have appealed to washington to let down the immigration bars to fishermen i from canada hoping in this i way to take care of a current shortage of labor in the industry