carapace sizes for lobster, access to fisheries resources such as herring, tuna 
     
     and crab, declining groundfish quotas and the seal hunt. Prince Edward 
     
     Island fishers would often accuse the Department of Fisheries and Oceans 
     
     for its perceived failure to properly manage fish stocks, deny them a fair 
     
     share of quotas and provide equitable access to the resource. Bill was 
     
     often caught in the crossfire between federal and provincial politicians. 
     
     However, his first priority was the needs and interests of fishermen, and 
     
     he quickly gained their respect and confidence. 
     
    
   
   
    
     It was a challenging and demanding 
     
     job, and an exciting time to be living 
     
     in Prince Edward Island. Kathleen 
     
     and Bill arrived in the middle of the 
     
     1950s, and like many others of their 
     
     generation, settled down to make a 
     
     living and raise a family. With their 
     
     sons Shawn and D’Arcy, they moved 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     into the lower level of a duplex on 
     
     Bill Murphy working at his office Palmers Lane in Parkdale. Soon, 
     
    
   
   
    
     at the Department ofFishm’es. another child was on the way, and they 
     
     Dominion Building. Charlottetown began making plans for a home of 
     
     (circa 1958) their own. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Murphy home on Riverview Drive in Charlottetown is located in a 
     
     pleasant neighbourhood in the north—western section of the city on a lot 
     
     measuring 104 by 116 feet. It’s a average—sized home with four bedrooms, 
     
     a large and commodious kitchen, a dining room, a living room with a 
     
     fireplace, a family room and basement finished later. The home has been 
     
     added on to over the years as the family circumstances changed, but it 
     
     retains its original character. It is typical of homes built in the 1950s, 
     
     solidly constructed but not ostentatious. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The home was comfortable and cozy, and by the standards of the home 
     
     in which Kathleen grew up, modern. It had a stove and refrigerator, a 
     
     wringer washing machine and central heating. At first, the clothes were 
     
     hung out on a backyard line to dry. A clothes dryer and dishwasher came 
     
     later. 
     
    
   
   
    
     100 KATHLEEN MURPHY, MAITRIARC