most of them are now gone. and we're really like a minority. used to be a fishing community with a homosexual problem. now it's a homosexual community with a fishing problem. >> anthony: the first portuguese fishermen arrived here in 1840. the main families created a community built around fishing, and this town lived off that industry well into the 20th century. it persisted even when i was here, keeping up old catholic fishing traditions like the blessing of fleet. these days however, there are fewer and fewer boats to bless. >> scott: my name's scott roe, i'm a commercial fishermen. sea scallops, fourth generation. i started when i was 5. it was cool back then. there was like 70, 80 boats here, they were five or six feet deep. now it's just down to like 7 or 8. i'm wicked proud of my heritage. and i would never do anything else. this is my office man, look at it. i'm going to do this until i