"In the morning when the sardine fleet has made a catch, the purse-seiners waddle heavily into the bay, blowing their whistles....

the deep laden boats pull in against the coast where the canneries dip their tails into the bay."

from "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

We lived here one year, This cannery is now a very nice (pricey) restaurant, 

What would Steinbeck have had to say about that, I wonder?