I remember this about my father's work and responsibilities:

Yeah, he was a fisherman, he was a hard worker, he wasn't lazy or nothing, he was tough and had big shoulders and big arms, they used to haul the nets by hand, he would go out in dorys - which are big sorta row boats - they are built so they can take a lot of the sea and carry a heavy load. He did cook for fishing boats, draggers, he was a deck hand. He used to order all the food, they bought a lot of cheeses and stuff that was salted, stuff that would last a long time. You couldn't make a pie because the boat moved too much, it isn't like you see on TV where the boat is rocking and moving and the dishes are all still sitting on their shelves, you had to tie everything down. He was in lots of hurricanes and storms, the Coast Guard couldn't always find them. Back then if someone passed away on the boat they would wrap them up and put them on ice, keep right on fishing.

He made good money in the summer months, and then in the winter months they would have lots of bills and when he couldn't get out he would go clam digging. Then he would just bring the clams home and shuck them, in the big slate sinks we used to have back then, I don't know where they used to sell them to, restaurants or clam shops, they always bought the best food for the ships though. The ham and stuff that they bought, the roast beef and stuff, if it got a little moldy after being out there for a while they would just saw it off and cook it.