deep sea fisherman and trading

hi all,

I heard that in the 1980s morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch, etc. incorporated deep-sea fishermen in trading because apparently, they had great patience and risk-reward perception.
Is that right? can I get more literature on that?

thanks

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