Cape Native Brings Alaskan Fish To Her Hometown
Hills and sea. East Coast and West. Cubicles and ocean. Fishing and retail.
Those might appear like opposites, however in the scenario of Alaska commercial fisherman and native Cape Codder Tracy Sylvester they've been wrapped up in one single individual.
Now she is using her diverse background to benefit both the industry and the ones in the Cape through her company, w d Island Wild, a residential district supported fishery that brings New Englanders a direct link with Alaska seaf d from the company’s headquarters in Falmouth.
Tracy Sylvester cuts fish that is bait the F/V Teasha, moving out to catch halibut from Sitka, Alaska.
Sylvester was introduced up to a job in the ocean through forestry. She was an undergrad during the University of Vermont when she had the opportunity to visit Alaska and invest the summer being an intern for the U.S. Forest provider. Having grown up on Cape Cod, she was knowledgeable about seaf d and the commercial fishing industry, but had never commercial fished by herself.
“ It was a wild internship plus an amazing option to experience Alaska for the first time. The job involved flying around in helicopters, weeks of camping, and river that is long (in waders) through grizzly bear country… all using the end goal of blowing up old logging bridges and culverts,” she said. (more…)