San Diego Tuna Boats

This photo gives you a shot of Samoa with the Seiners the nets being worked on and the Island. Send your pictures to sdtunaboats@cox.net

Great shot of the Conte Bianco sent in by Castagnola family. Send in your pictures to sdtunaboats@cox.net

Worker unloading unknown seiner at Van Camps in San Diego in the 70s. Wonderful times. Send in your pictures to sdtunaboats@cox.net

Very Sad news, I need to report the passing of a great fisherman . Joseph Scafidi. He was born in San Gregorio , Sicily in 1924. He moved to the United States in 1950 and earned  Masters papers a few years later. He was skipper of many boats in his career , his favorite the Finisterre. In 1982 he made his last trip on the Antonina C,  28 day trip Full load 750 tons. My condolences to his family. sdtunaboats@cox.net

Wow! I don’t know what to say.  I started this site to preserve the history and memories of the San Diego Tuna Fleet. I just want to say thank you to everyone who has contributed pictures over the years. I need to say a special thanks to my good friend Tom Walsh. So lets keep moving! We always need photos. I can’t do this without your support and all of those who are generous enough to send photos whenever they can. If you have any photos, please send them to sdtunaboats@cox.net.

Great shot of the Friesland at Port Nelson in New Zealand. Photo Courtesy of Michael Burt, Nelson New Zealand. Huge Thank You to Michael. Please send your pictures to sdtunaboats@cox.net

Owner Bob Pringle, He just killed them with this small seiner. Making some years up to 15 trips locally. One of the best skippers around and definitely one of the Best Men around you will ever meet. Later owned and operated Molly N and the America Thanks again to Kevin Madruga for the info. Send your pictures to sdtunaboats@cox.net

Great shot of the Judibana . Old Dominator in San Diego. Thank You to Robert Silva for sending in this shot. Send your pictures to sdtunaboats@cox.net

American Eagle with Chopper issues. Although its a great weather day for a problem like that. Again thanks to Mike Ryle for the pictures. sdtunaboats@cox.net

American Eagle rolling net as Sunset approaches . All of the American Eagle shots are compliments of  Mike Ryle. sdtunaboats@cox.net