Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"It would provide another fishing industry source in addition to the lobstering, scalloping, and shrimping already in place."

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"He moved to Patten in 1840. Ira Fish drawing by Miranda Johnson X Ira Fish accomplished many things."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Nets supported the fishing industry, as they were needed for crab and lobster pots and other fishing endeavors."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering

"Lobstering Lobstering has kept the fishing industry on Swan’s Island the major industry from the mid 20th century to today."

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… Brothers from Portsmouth, New Hampshire sent Ira Fish and 17 other men north to build dams for saw mills on Mattanawcook Stream."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"Seine fishing (hand line fishing) was one form of fishing used by island fishermen. These fishermen were mostly fishing for herring."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Better fishing practices were also adopted; around 1871 the hook and line method was replaced with seining."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Despite efforts at expanding industry, lobster fishing could not support the number of jobs brought in by the earlier fishing and quarrying."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"Lobster fishing is the main trade, and islanders continue the tradition of living off the sea that was started when the first human foot hit island…"

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"Thus, box sizes and grades of quality and fish size interested him Toward the last years of his operation, McCurdy packed only one grade, in one size…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Library Due to increases in retail activity, fishing and fish processing employment opportunities, shipping and farming, Lubec’s population grew…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"Was everyone working in fishing or fish processing? S: Yes, in the factories, and at the can plant … and then, when they couldn’t do that, that’s why…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"… will serve to introduce what was done to the fish to transform them for the market. Part II is a Web-based “museum” of the tools and implements…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… the close of other island industries, lobster fishing remains predominant. A successful trap limit was enforced in 1984 that reduced the pressure…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… canned there were really little herring, the same fish that provided the basis of the other mainstay fishery industry in the area, smoking herring."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"… were turned into tasty ready-to-eat smoked fish. There was Rosemary Ranck, who at some point in 1975, walked into McCurdy’s."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… in Lubec – produced 50 to 60 thousand boxes of fish annually. Became national leader in smoked herring production into 1880s 1824 • Solomon Cushing…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - -Across the Sea- a history through transportation

"… Island Historical Society Four men line fishing from a dory, Swan's Island, ca. 1910Swan's Island Historical Society What is life like on a…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Sports

"Even though it was the height of the fishing season, team members willingly sacrificed part of their income (for lack of time to tend their lobster…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"Mackerel fishing declined in the late 1800s, and Smith may have turned to shopkeeping to compensate for the loss."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… finish hauling early enough to undertake a second fishing-related job such as fishing for shrimp or dragging for hen clams."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… there are also remains of oysters, sea urchins, fish, waterfowl and deer. Their size and quantity suggest longer periods of use rather than short…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"He was primarily a farmer who also fished and did other odd jobs. Besides singing and playing the accordion, Clyde loved to tell stories and would…"