Cabot Martin

"Among the responsibilities Young assumed was managing the enormous fish pond at Dobbin’s Beachy Cove home, a 450-squaremetre pool fed by ocean water and stocked with cod and lobster. Dobbin’s idea of installing a pond from which he could enjoy fresh cod whenever it appealed to him was inspired by a comment from his friend and business associate Cabot Martin. Martin, a history and archaeology buff, was describing how the Romans kept live fish in tidal ponds, pulling them out whenever they fancied a meal of fresh fish. “Can I do that?” Dobbin asked. “What’s involved?” Martin, who had been discussing Dobbin’s potential investment in an aquaculture project (which later became Sea Forest Plantation), said of course it could be done in Newfoundland. “Send me a report on that,” Dobbin said. “Tell me how it could be done at Beachy Cove.”"

"Forming another partnership with Cabot Martin, Dobbin launched NorTek Engineering as an engineering source for petroleum companies engaged in developing offshore energy sources. In a brilliant business move, he invited Norwegian Petroleum Consultants, builders of concrete production platforms for use in offshore exploration, to take a 40 per cent interest in NorTek."