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New Bedford is known as the Whaling City and since the halcyon days of whaling, it’s become a multi-ethnic, multicultural city.

New Bedford's fishing industry has been a cornerstone of the South Coast economy for centuries.

When he had his chance, Cuban-born net maker Miguel Sanchez escaped his home country, jumping from a Cuban fishing boat aboard a ship heading to Canada.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sAUPcOp-l0&t=5s Originally published on the Globe’s YouTube channel November 10, 2021 In the early to mid-1800s, New Bedford was the capital of the global whale ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiyS4tNouMwSeptember, 2024. New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center has installed a striking new landmark in the heart of the City’s Seaport Historic District. Catch the Tradition ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPFlvRY0ma4In this episode, host Richard Wiese heads for New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he explores its maritime history and tries his hand at scalloping. Co-host Amy ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ovru2nP_nYNEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Women have been involved in essential jobs within the commercial industry since its inception, particularly on shore. At New Bedford’s Fishing Heritage ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSCPrttOmmo   In the Bendiksen family kitchen, framed photos of the fishing boats they have owned hang on the wall. For Captain Reidar Bendiksen and his ...

Retired engineer John Ryan spent hours and hours at the hurricane barrier taking thousands of photographs of fishing vessels going in and out of New ...

“This is just going to be an economic disaster for us,” said Tim Linnell, who has been fishing from Chatham for 30 years and whose ...