SHEEPSHEAD BAY BOATSMEN'S ASSOCIATION, Brooklyn, NY – 1933 This 1933 membership roster lists many of the famous boats that sailed from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY. The Association, comprised of party boat owners and Captains, created a list of bylaws for conducting business in an orderly fashion along the piers of Sheepshead Bay. They also recognized the damage that unfettered commercial fishing activities were doing to the environment and to the fish stocks, and encouraged a ban on commercial fishing at certain inshore areas.