Virginia Farming: Menhaden Fish Industry.
In this episode we travel to Reedville, Virginia and learn more about the menhaden fishing industry. These fish are wild caught, so they're not considered part of Virginia's aquaculture commodities, but it's a story with a lot of history and significance to our Commonwealth. All on this special edition of Virginia Farming.
Blessing Of The Fleet In Reedville Virginia
This is a brief sampling of video taken in recent years of the Blessing Of The Fleet annual ceremony in Reedville Virginia. This event is celebrated every year to kick off the traditional fishing season
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Virginia's Northern Neck
George Washington was born here, in this rural peninsula between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers. Now, the Northern Neck is surrounded by the urban crescent of Washington, DC, Fredericksburg, Richmond, and Norfolk - all of the beauty and history of Virginia without the traffic. Small town charm, wineries, orchestras, waterfront, state and federal parks, preserved land and viewsheds. Hold your next meeting or gathering here. Come for a visit, or a lifetime!
The Roads of Virginia's Northern Neck - Reedville to White Stone
A quiet morning drive along a few of the main roads of the NNK that I shot on September 10, 2012. Rush hour traffic is never an issue down here.
Northern Neck Refugees During The Civil War
This is the third out of four lectures for the Reedville Fishermen's Museum's 2016 lecture series. In this installment, Jo Ann Fickling discusses the trials and travails of families in Virginia's Northern Neck during the Civil War.
RFM Lecture Series: Virginia And The Civil War Sesquicentennial
This is the third in the four part 2015 Spring Lecture Series presented by the Reedville Fishermen's Museum. In this offering, Virginia Tech professor Dr. James (Bud) Robertson discusses Virginia and the Civil War. The lecture is followed by the first public performance of the new Virginia state song Our Great Virginia.
Catching Menhaden on the Hush Puppy
In this video you can see a small seine boat from the 80-foot-long snapper rig Hush Puppy as it surrounds a school of menhaden. The Hush Puppy, owned by the Rogers family, fishes out of Reedville, Virginia. The crew on the seine boat first drops a sea anchor, an underwater parachute that holds one end of a purse seine net. Then they motor in an arc and spool out the net behind, carving a circle around the fish. Once they close the loop, Captain Fred Rogers hooks the two ends together. With the purse seine now surrounding the fish, the crew begins drawing the net together, cutting off any deep escape routes. To pull in their catch, Rogers and his crew run the net ends through a mechanized pulley called a power block. They begin to haul the net up, forcing fish toward the surface, a process called zipping the purse. When most of the net with its catch has been hauled up, the seine boat heads back to the Hush Puppy. The crew ties the two boats together and sets up a hose to vacuum the fish into the hold. After the net is emptied and has been stowed, the seine boat is tied to the back of the snapper rig, which heads back to Reedville. At the dock, the fish are vacuumed from the hold into a truck that will carry the catch to dealers up and down the East Coast. The Hush Puppy's load of menhaden, like all fish harvested by snapper rigs, will be sold as bait for crabs, lobsters, and crawfish, and as feed for catfish and alligator farms.
Sinking Of The Fenwick Island
On Dec 7, 1968, the Fenwick Island, a menhaden fishing boat, sunk off the coast of North Carolina in heavy seas. Half of the crew of 14 perished. This documentary tells that story, and, in a larger sense, explores the knowledge, traditions and stories of a culture that is fast fading from the scene.
Carolina Cookers - Franklin, VA
We deliver a new grill to Linwood in Franklin, VA. See what he thinks after seeing his cooker for the very first time. More info is online at CarolinaCookers.com. You Know You Want One!
Anatomy Of A Banking Scandal: Robert S. Pasley- RFM 2017 Lecture Series
This is the third installment in the Reedville Fishermen's Museum 2017 Winter/Spring lecture series. Bob Pasley discusses a colorful banking scandal in Keystone, West Virginia in the 1980-90s that predated the 2008 market meltdown.
Northern Neck Chantey Singers
The Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Showcase 2011 at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. For more visit
Agriculture In Virginia
About agriculture education and the agriculture business in Virginia.
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