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World Championship Sardine Packing Contest
The World Championship Sardine Packing Contest was launched in 1970 in Rockland, Maine. But by 1990 the contest had fizzled out, due largely to an inability to find anyone willing to compete in it. This reflected the decline of the sardine packing industry in the region, as well a shift to mechanization.
The contest in 1972. Source: facebook
Circa 1971. Source: Digital Maine
Five-time champion Rita Willey became known as "the Mahammad Ali of all sardine packers." There's an exhibit honoring her in the Maine Coast Sardine History Museum. According to the museum:
image source: Maine Travel Maven
Evidently there must still be sardine packing contests held on occasion, though no longer in Rockland. The video below shows a 2005 contest sponsored by the Canadian firm Connors.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jun 29, 2020 -
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Category: Sports, World Records, Fish
Clairvoyant Fishing (1956)
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 03, 2019 -
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Category: Superstition, Fish, 1950s
The War Between the Snipe and the Clam
The rare technique of cut-paper animation, by Hu Jinqing, who just recently died.
The creator's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 15, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Fish, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Stop-motion Animation, 1960s
Saved goldfish from drowning
Well, I certainly didn’t know that.
Waukesha Daily Freeman - Aug 13, 1968
Posted By: Alex - Mon May 13, 2019 -
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Category: Fish, 1960s
Skydiving fish
I never realized that wildlife managers stock lakes by dropping fish out of planes, but apparently they do, as shown by a short video recently posted online by Utah's Division of Wildlife Resources.And here's a piece about skydiving fish from CNN:
Posted By: Alex - Wed Sep 26, 2018 -
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Category: Fish
Whale Choir
British senior citizens singing like whales. More info: BBC News
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jul 03, 2018 -
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Category: Music, Fish
Indoor Fishing
Not a new idea.Source of 1931 article.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 01, 2018 -
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Category: Sports, Fish
Old Cawlija
Info at source: "Old Cawlija, a five pound black bass, eats from hand and drinks Falstaff Beer from the can. The tank is placed in front of the Didda-Wa Restaurant."
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 08, 2018 -
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Category: Regionalism, Restaurants, Fish, 1950s, Alcohol
Devolution Through Beer
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 19, 2017 -
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Category: Body Modifications, History, Advertising, Anthropology, Dinosaurs and Other Antediluvian Creatures, Fish, Alcohol
Fish Chokes Swimmer
One for the weird death file:
Great Falls Tribune - July 20, 1945
GUATEMALA CITY, July 19 (U.P.) — A swim in a river near Esquipulas proved fatal today for Lazaro Perez. An expert swimmer, Perez did not drown. A fish swam into his mouth and he died before it could be removed.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Dec 14, 2016 -
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Category: Death, Fish, 1940s
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