This is a story about passion, Nico Bacon’s passion, as the veteran fisherman reflects with pride and pleasure – albeit tinged with sad memories – at rich harvests from the sea and the growth and well-being of his Viking Fishing Group. For more than 60 years, come rain or shine, the Grand Old Man of…
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