Week of April 3, 2017

FishermenAcademy D LCO

Rockland, ME — March 30, 2017 — Payten Simmons (left) works with her instructor Terry Moore on a band saw at the Apprenticeshop (CQ) in Rockland during her fisherman's academy class. Six Oceanside High School students are participating in the school’s program designed to keep young fishermen in school instead of dropping out without a high school diploma. The program allows these students to pursue their commercial fishing life while giving them an education that will help them in the fishing industry or other marine-related industries. The students work once a week at the Apprenticeshop in Rockland learning woodworking and boatbuilding skill. The students are working together to build two skiffs.
Linda Coan O’Kresik | BDN