
The Bait Company - Galilee, Narragansett, Rhode Island
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Andrea Incollingo started The Bait Company in 1984. Today, she sells about 1,000,000 skate to Point Judith fishermen each year to bait their lobster traps.
Waymark Code: WM14N7R
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2021
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Rhode Island native Andrea Incollingo started The Bait Company in 1984. Today, she sells about 1,000,000 skate to Point Judith fishermen each year to bait their lobster traps.
Set just back from Great Island Road, beyond a lightly but deliberately landscaped plot, the white office door on the narrow end of an unassuming, sky blue, former ice house leads to the desk. All the action happens a few steps away at the Point Judith docks behind the building where the bottom trawlers offload their "just in time" catch and the employees process 200,000 skate strings for lobster traps annually.
Read more about Ms. Incollingo and the business here:
- The Independent, Sea Change: Women in the Galilee Fishing Industry
- Providence JournalOn the R.I. fishing docks: Sales are down, but they still work hard in the heat
- Rhode Island Monthly, Salty Dames
Watch a short film of Ms. Incollingo's personal history in her own words of delight here:
Andrea Incollingo and the Founding of The Bait Company (Run time: 15 minutes)