part-time fisherman

For the son of a small landowner and part-time fisherman, it was a long road to power.

Many part-time fishermen may not be as informed.

Taoca, a part-time fisherman and small-time con artist, finds a man holding on to a buoy in the middle of the ocean.

A total of 20 fishermen derive their income mainly from fishing while 280 are considered part-time fishermen and engaged in other economic activities such as farming.

Jack Ferris is a playwright and part-time fisherman living on the Mullet Peninsula, off the mountainous west coast of County Mayo.

There, she meets a part-time fisherman and chef named Aldo Domenzaín, who saves her (literally) and helps her realize her true potential.

New rules brought in by the National Rivers Authority outlaw many part-time fishermen and their small boats from traditional grounds between Flint and Mostyn.

"This is a body of knowledge that can't be duplicated," said John Cronin, a resident scholar of environmental studies at Pace University and a former part-time fisherman.

The water is never far away in this rural setting of dunes, rich farmland and woods where for more than two centuries farmers were also part-time fishermen, using fish for fertilizer.

The sport fishermen's view is profoundly unfair, said John Cronin, a resident scholar of environmental studies at Pace University and formerly a part-time fisherman and the executive director of the Hudson Riverkeeper.

"It's not been a very good season," said Thomas R. Lake, a part-time fisherman who made two trips out into the river today from the Chelsea town boat launch ramp here in Dutchess County, coming back with a catch of 34 shad.