According to the sources the 87-foot by 24-foot by 11-foot Father Casimir, a former Gulf shrimper owned by Anchor Seafood and based in Palacios, Texas, will replace Lisa T Corporation’s aging, approximately 79-foot dragger Midnight Sun, purchased in 1992. The new vessel will be renamed the Midnight Sun. The captain of the vessel, Cpt. Tom Testaverde will seasonally hunt down whiting and groundfish inshore and offshore.
According to Tom replacement of Midnight Sun is good as far as the survival in the fishing industry is concern. He said when he saw Father Casimir he liked it. He told that they had the vessel sandblasted, painted, and all new zincs added to the hull there. They even put in all new Lexan windows and had all of the vinyl reupholstered. The whole boat is fully insulated with foam. You don’t feel any vibrations, said Tom. He added that the longest trip this boat has ever made shrimping in the Gulf lasted 70 days.
This big vessel will definitely boost the fishing fleet business in Gloucester. Tom said that the government should allow flying fish harvest so that it would benefit the harvesters, the shoreside infrastructure and seafood eaters instead of bottom scavengers like crabs and slime eels.
