Vanderbilt’s Whale Shark and the Island Life of the Last East Coast Ocean Pound Trap Fishermen
Vanderbilt’s Whale Shark and the Island Life of the Last East Coast Ocean Pound Trap Fishermen
Ron Schaper will give a lecture at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum on Vanderbilt’s Whale Shark and the Island Life of the Last East Coast Ocean Pound Trap Fishermen.
Schaper is the author of Setting Leaders: The Island Life of the Last East Coast Ocean Pound Trap Fishermen (2024). He will examine how a decision made by the influential urban planner Robert Moses changed the course of the fishing industry on Long Island forever.
Thursday, September 19, 2024
7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium
180 Little Neck Road
Centerport, NY
Tickets: $10 | Members Free.
Registration: https://www.vanderbiltmuseum.org/portfolio/vanderbilts-whale-shark-the-sunrise-fish-company/