San Diego’s tuna fleet then numbered 200 and accounted for eighty percent of the world’s catch. Nearly half the vessels were owned by Portuguese dynasties that had been living in Point Loma for several generations.
March 31, 1988
Frank Medina. His brother's (M. O. Medina) death symbolized the end of a 110-year-long Portuguese colonization of Point Loma.
Posted March 31, 1988
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The Portuguese fishing families of Point Loma