Bostonia Rantida informs us that Lifetime is finally coming out with its movie on the Gloucester pregnancy pact that may not have actually existed. With Camryn Manheim as Roy Scheider in Jaws Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park the crusading contraception champion whom nobody wants to believe.

The Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba approaches the disabled lobster boat Michael and Kristen yesterday, 200 miles southeast of Nantucket (photo from the Coast Guard). It's now towing the boat to shore.

Good Morning, Gloucester, has photos of the boat in quieter times in Gloucester Harbor.

If you really want to get seasick, see the this Coast Guard photo, which shows the crew of the cutter holding on for dear life as the vessel is tilted to one side in the 15-foot seas (that link also has more info on the towing operation).

Some photos of tuna being hauled around a dock on Gloucester.

Steve Borichevsky photographs a king eider serenely bobbing in the water off Gloucester.

Good Morning Gloucester reports they're looking for actual Cape Anners to be extras in commercials (you have to talk to the producers so they can check your accents or something). Site doesn't specify what the ads are about, but wouldn't it be cool if the Gorton's Fisherman put on an eye patch and he and his merry crew boarded one of those wussy Legal Seafood boats and stole their catch and then sank the boat (like, say, Capt. Cocklegobbler's?).

What, too much coffee this morning, you say? Or maybe it's because I'm going insane because now I can't get that "Trust the Gorton's Fisherman" jingle out of my head.

There's at least one in Gloucester.

Gloucester Daily Times: Feds nix 'Man at the Wheel' for state quarter honor - even though the statue was the clear favorite in statewide voting, because it's not "federally maintained."

Instead, the next Massachusetts quarter will feature the Lowell National Historic Park. Quick, what's the first thing that springs to mind when you think of that?

Good Morning Gloucester whips up a gale of protest:

... Who the hell has ever heard of the Lowell National Park and does anyone really think that our State in any way should be associated with a park in Lowell rather than The Proud Man At The Wheel. This state was founded on Codfish you fucking idiots! What a laughing stock the state of Massachusetts will become if this travesty is allowed to happen. ...

Good Morning Gloucester shows us the triggerfish brought in by the Lady Margaret:

... In my 33 years down the dock and after handling a bajillion pounds of fish at our dock I've only seen a couple of these. ...

Good Morning Gloucester interviews a Gloucester fish inspector. Click on the "movie poster" and be prepared for some graphic scenes of fish guts.