Dangerous fishing, quaint B&B's share NJ resort

By GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated Press Writer

March 28, 2009, CAPE MAY, N.J.

Danger constantly awaits the hundreds of commercial fishermen based in this coastal New Jersey resort town best known for bird-watching and its quaint bed-and-breakfasts.

While tourists in the town that bills itself as the nation's oldest seaside resort eat part of the catch hauled in locally, the gritty world of deep-sea fishing is a contrast from the nearby downtown dotted by Victorian inns, antique shops and ice cream parlors.

This week, the fishing world was hard to forget...

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Associated Press writers Estes Thompson in Mesic, N.C., and Samantha Henry in Newark contributed to this report.