This weekend, Seattles fishing fleet will be honored in the 92nd annual Blessing of Fleet to mark the start of the 2020 fishing season. <\/p>\n
The event, happening Sunday, March 8 at Fishermens Terminal, will bring together crews, friends, family, and the greater community to send the fishing fleet off with a ceremony and blessing from Pastor Elise Scot of Ballard First Lutheran Church.<\/p>\n
Along with wishing them a good season and a safe return to their loved ones after a summer on the high seas, the blessing also remembers those who have lost their lives in this dangerous profession, the King County Council stated in a press release about the event. Since 1988, the Seattle Fishermens Memorial at Seattles Fishermens Terminal has served as a tribute to the lives of its women and men lost at sea. Last year, the Dutch Harbor-based Scandies Rose sunk off the coast of Kodiak. Five crew members perished, many of whom had connections to the Puget Sound region. Just two members survived the tragedy.<\/p>\n
The ceremony will happen at 2pm sharp at the Central Plaza at Fishermens Terminal.<\/p>\n
File photo of a previous years Blessing of the Fleet<\/p>\n
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