Maine Memory Network

Friendship Museum

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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."

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

"459). He observed dip nets used to take the fish out of the brine, so they could be taken to the benches where “stringers” were working."

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."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… Pine Point never has been home port to any large fishing vessels, but it’s likely that some Scarborough men fished off shore on commercial vessels…"

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

"… captained by George Waymouth, set a small fishing net near Monhegan Island and hauled up a net filled with various fish and “thirty very good and…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Fish and clams were plentiful, as well as wild duck. Wildlife included fox and mink. Deer arrived in the 1930s and are now abundant."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

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Caribou Public Library

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… woodsplint baskets, and a scoop net for fishing. Other settlers followed. By 1789, they had incorporated the entire island as Mount Desert…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"… grounds and set nets which interfered with their fishing. The natives lived side-by-side with the settlers during those times of year when they…"

Lubec Landmarks

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Milbridge Historical Society

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Rockland Historical Society

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South Bristol Historical Society

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Abbe Museum

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 1 of 4

"… of clean-cut orange, teal and black abstract fish and other shapes, labeled "Jo Collins," the Junior Label of the Mandell Manufacturing Company of…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"They were able to go night fishing with birch bark torches. The children would hunt sea birds and spear crabs and lobsters."

Friends of Wood Island Light

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Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"… Town Hall where you can get your hunting and fishing licenses. I could get mine there. Another thing is, you can get a passport there and you can…"

Maine State Museum

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Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… this duly and daily advertised, not only brought fish to the net of Ezekiel Goodale’s “Sign of the Bible,” but brought thoughts that breathe and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… and the resulting international trade in fish, furs and lumber led to the boom period of 19th-century wooden shipbuilding."