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Punta Gorda Fish Co.
Punta Gorda Fish Co. was a fishing company established in the late 19th century in Punta Gorda, Florida. At least ten of the fish shacks and icehouses built by the company have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
==Company history==
In the 1890s, with the construction of a large ice plant and the extension of the Florida Southern Railroad, the port at Punta Gorda, Florida, became a center for southwest Florida's commercial fishing industry. The Punta Gorda Fish Company was established in 1897 by Eugene Knight and Harry Dreggors and became one of the largest commercial operators in Punta Gorda.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Fish Cabins of Charlotte Harbor )〕 The company had certain areas designated as its fishing territory. It built a network of ice houses and residential fish cabins throughout Charlotte Harbor, Pine Island, and the Pine Island Sound. The fish cabins were widely used until World War II and allowed fisherman to work longer shifts without returning to port for shelter, food and supplies. The crew of a fishing boat would sleep in the fish cabins and deliver their catch to the ice houses, where the company's ice keepers would weigh the fish and provide fishermen with receipts that could be cashed at the company's office. The company's "run" boats delivered ice, mail and supplies to the fish cabins and ice houses, returning to the company's dock in Punta Gorda with the fresh fish.〔〔〔
By 1897, the company employed 230 persons on its offshore fisheries and operated 140 boats. In 1927, the Matlacha Bridge linked Pine Island to the mainland, reducing the need for runboats. The demand for the area's fresh fish declined during the Great Depression, and the area's fishing industry declined further when a fire destroyed Punta Gorda's major fishing dock in 1939. The Punta Gorda Fish Company was one of the few companies to survive the fire and acquired some of the fish cabins previously operated by its competitors.〔〔 As roads and bridges were improved after World War II, the company increasingly used refrigerated trucks to collect the area's catch, and the need for fish shacks and icehouses declined. The company thereafter sold many of its fishing cabins, which were then used for private sport fishing,〔 as "crash pads by recreational anglers,"〔 or converted into vacation cabins.
The company continued to operate until 1977.〔
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