1912
Sidney Gordon Anderson was born at Bonne Bay (Shoal Brook????) on the 22 Apr 1912.
1963
Where Experience Counts
Accordingly, the author met with Dunphy's Captain Sid Anderson of the "Dunville" to discuss their problems.
Captain Anderson's echo sounding charts showed extremely dense and large schools of herring but as reported, the "Dunville's" seine was too
shallow to reach the schools. The vessel could not carry a deep enough 61 seine owing to the lack of deck space aft, and the seine in use was carried on an old-fashioned seine table. Furthermore, they were not equipped with a power skiff for towing off, or a power block for hauling the seine.
The author recommended modernization of the "Dunville", which would allow a deep seine to be carried and thus produce all the herring
Dunphy's required. Midwater trawling had not advanced sufficiently to give such certainty.
Not being a purse seine specialist, the author arranged for the contracting of Captain Walter Steen, a Vancouver, British Columbia, herring
seine skipper, to supervise the modernization of the "Dunville" and teach its captain and crew the latest techniques.
It was decided also to attempt midwater trawling for herring and the Newfoundland Fisheries Development Authority provided a 60 foot, 160
h.p. longliner called the "Cape Ballard" for this purpose.
The "Dunville's" seine table was removed, the deck was squared and bulwarks were built around it to carry a longer and deeper seine. A
power block was also installed to handle the seine while a long range recording type sonar, the first of its type in Canada, was installed to locate
the herring.
The "Dunville", needless to say, was an immediate success and caught more herring off Bonne Bay than Dunphy's had dreamed of.
The "Cape Ballard" was rigged for midwater trawling and equipped with the first net sounder in North America.
Unfortunately, the trawl winch was not powerful enough to haul the trawl against a fair propeller thrust and when the propeller thrust was reduced to allow the winch to haul, the herring would swim out of the trawl. As a result, the "Cape Ballard's" catches were small with the best single
hauls yielding about 10 tons and the best day's fishing producing some 20 tons of herring, far below what the "Dunville" could do.
Accordingly, the author met with Dunphy's Captain Sid Anderson of the "Dunville" to discuss their problems.
Captain Anderson's echo sounding charts showed extremely dense and large schools of herring but as reported, the "Dunville's" seine was too
shallow to reach the schools. The vessel could not carry a deep enough 61 seine owing to the lack of deck space aft, and the seine in use was carried on an old-fashioned seine table. Furthermore, they were not equipped with a power skiff for towing off, or a power block for hauling the seine.
The author recommended modernization of the "Dunville", which would allow a deep seine to be carried and thus produce all the herring
Dunphy's required. Midwater trawling had not advanced sufficiently to give such certainty.
Not being a purse seine specialist, the author arranged for the contracting of Captain Walter Steen, a Vancouver, British Columbia, herring
seine skipper, to supervise the modernization of the "Dunville" and teach its captain and crew the latest techniques.
It was decided also to attempt midwater trawling for herring and the Newfoundland Fisheries Development Authority provided a 60 foot, 160
h.p. longliner called the "Cape Ballard" for this purpose.
The "Dunville's" seine table was removed, the deck was squared and bulwarks were built around it to carry a longer and deeper seine. A
power block was also installed to handle the seine while a long range recording type sonar, the first of its type in Canada, was installed to locate
the herring.
The "Dunville", needless to say, was an immediate success and caught more herring off Bonne Bay than Dunphy's had dreamed of.
The "Cape Ballard" was rigged for midwater trawling and equipped with the first net sounder in North America.
Unfortunately, the trawl winch was not powerful enough to haul the trawl against a fair propeller thrust and when the propeller thrust was reduced to allow the winch to haul, the herring would swim out of the trawl. As a result, the "Cape Ballard's" catches were small with the best single
hauls yielding about 10 tons and the best day's fishing producing some 20 tons of herring, far below what the "Dunville" could do.
1999 Obitauary
Shoal Brook, Bonne Bay April 22, 1912 - October 6th, 1999 It is with great sadness that the family of the late Sidney Gordon Anderson announce his passing on Wednesday, October 6th, 1999 at the Western Memorial Regional Hospital, in his 87th year. He will be sadly missed by his loving wife Lucy (nee Simmonds); five sons: Ross (Joyce) of Parsons Pond, George (Mary) of Woody Point, John of Isle au Mort, Gordon (Vivian) and Sidney Jr. (Cindy) both of Brampton, Ontario; three daughters: Vivian (Philip Payne) of Parsons Pond, Doreen Targett of Corner Brook, and Daisy (Jerome Murray) of Brampton, Ontario; 15 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren; one brother George (Marion) of Corner Brook; one sister Myrtle Simmonds of Glenburnie, Bonne Bay; also a large circle of relatives and friends. Visitation will take place from the United Church in Shoal Brook today Thursday where also funeral services will take place on Friday at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Elizabeth Kozbial officiating. Interment to follow at the family plot. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Parsons Funeral Home, 63 Northmain Street, Deer Lake. Flowers or donations to the church memorial fund or the Heart & Stroke Foundation would be gratefully accepted. Thursday, October 7, 1999, edition of The Western Star