sweeping changes to the traditional structure and nature of the fishery. 
     
     These included efforts to reduce the number of fishers and upgrading 
     
    

    
     a number of selected ports. By then, however, the industry was on an 
     
     upswing. The landed value of the fishery doubled in the 1970s, and with 
     
     rising prices and new processing technologies, the income of fishermen 
     
     tripled. Officials of DFO turned their attention to more effective ways of 
     
     managing the resource and stimulating the growth of the industry. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Bill’s responsibilities took him to meetings across the country and 
     
     overseas. He invited Kathleen to join him on some of these trips, and, 
     
     with sitters arranged, they enjoyed the time together alone. They traveled 
     
     to Ireland, and after the meetings were over, took a few days to tour the 
     
     country. Staying in quaint bed—and—breakfast operations, they traveled to 
     
     WeXford where the Murphy’s had originated, and to Cork, home of the 
     
     Keefes. Kathleen was deeply impressed with the beauty of Ireland and the 
     
     generousity of the people of her ancestral home. 
     
    
   
   
    
     On another occasion, Bill was invited to speak at an international 
     
     fisheries conference in Norway. Kathleen accompanied him on that trip 
     
     as well, fulfilling her desire to travel and see more of the world. While in 
     
     Norway, they took a bus trip into the mountains from where they could 
     
     get a better perspective of the majestic fiords that line the Norwegian 
     
     coast. As the bus stopped on the precipice of a hill, they got out and 
     
     peered down to the waters far below them. Still, her family was never far 
     
    
   
   
    
     from her mind. What if I fell, she thought. What would happen to the 
     
     kids at home? 
     
    
   
   
    
     Then, at age 56, Bill retired as area manager of DFO. He and Kathleen 
     
     looked forward to spending more leisure time together, but Bill’s need 
     
     to remain active and involved led him to accept a position as executive 
     
     director of the newly—opened office of the National Research Council 
     
     in Charlottetown. The NRC facilitated technology transfers within 
     
    

    
     the private sector by increasing the capabilities of small and medium 
     
     enterprises, and Bill thrived with the new challenges. In one year alone 
     
     at the NRC, he helped some 62 Island firms with technologically 
     
    
   
   
    
     150 KATHLEEN MURPHY, MAITRIARC