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Title |
"A family affair," |
Collection |
National Fisherman Articles by Larry Chowning |
Catalog Number |
2020.9.2.328 |
Date |
MAY, 2006 |
Scope & Content |
NATIONAL FISHERMAN, MAY, 2006, Pg. 35a "A family affair," Tim Benavidez Sr., 67, was 12 years old when he started pulling nets by hand on a shrimp boat out of Rockport, Texas. "My dad has a fifth-grade education, but now he is a boat owner and owns a maintenance shop," says Andy, his son. "I'm real proud of him, and it has all come from fishing. And he’s got the snarled hands to prove it." In 1977, Tim was on the shrimp boat the Little Joe, when its owner asked him if he wanted to shrimp in Mid-Atlantic waters. He said yes, and it was a decision he never regretted. "I went back and forth from Virginia to Texas for 10 years. In 1987, I came up here to work in the scallop fishery full time. It was a good move for me and my family,"Tim says. He worked for Bill Wells of Seaford Scal- lop Co., of Seaford, Va.Then in 1991, Wells financed a couple of boats forUm and his family. "We couldn’t have owned a boat without Mr. Wells’ help, because no bank was going to lend us money," Andy says. Andy and Tim always kept the boats they ran for other owners as if they were their own, and they feel this contributed to their becoming boat owners. "Mr. Wells told me once that I would be a good boat owner because of the way I looked after his boats," Andy says. Urn, his four sons —Tim Jr., Andy, Daniel and Eddie — and two grandsons are all scallopers. The Benavidez family owns five boats, and Tim Jr. will captain the Miz-B. — L.C. |
Source |
Chowning, Larry |
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