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Northshore October 2025
For Gloucester lobstermen Mark and Matt Ring, long stretches at sea mean days' worth of grueling work, at times with little result. But with generations of fishing in their blood and the lure of the catch in their conscience, this uncle-nephew team continues to take to the high seas in one of Gloucester's longest-lived and most celebrated traditions. By Alexandra PecciBy, Alexandra Pecci - Photo Essay by, Jared Charney"That's Kettle Island," Mark Ring says, pointing to a little green dot on the black radar screen. The island is feet away from Mark's lobster boat, the Stanley Thomas, but appears ghostly through the early morning fog that envel
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