The Garden State Seafood Association honored the late bayman James Harry, of Brick, with its Commercial Seafood Award during a ceremony Jan. 18 at the New Jersey State Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City.
Ocean County Agriculture Agent Gef Flimlin and James Lovgren, a Point Pleasant fisherman and friend of Harry’s, accepted the award for Jim Harry's wife, Patricia.
Harry, a founding director of the Commercial Fishermen’s Association and the Garden State Seafood Association, died in September at the age of 70.
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In addition to his leadership in the fishing community, Harry was known as a long-time member of the New Jersey Farm Bureau, Ocean County Farm Bureau, and the Ocean County Board of Agriculture, serving as its president for 15 years.
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