Keywords: Mackerel
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store
"He worked on the island as a mackerel seiner and was the captain of several schooners. Mackerel fishing declined in the late 1800s, and Smith may…"
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"Mackerel fishing could be done from any size of boat. Vessels fit out in early spring, fished for mackerel in southern waters, and returned around…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering
"… of the major fishing times for cod, haddock or mackerel, lobsters were also caught. Walter Joyce with lobster, Swan's Island, ca."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work
"… was a factory that baited trawlers coming into Mackerel Cove. Swan’s Island fishermen worked hard and were successful at their trade."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4
"… boats summer afternoons, taking groups to catch mackerel, pollack, flounder, cod and haddock along the coast."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4
"… packing plants in South Blue Hill canned clams, mackerel, and herring. Local men fished through the ice for smelt in the winter, packing them with…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII
"The mackerel population had been fished to exhaustion by 1900, and around 1857 lobster fishing began to grow in popularity."