Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"… was a clarifier put into beer made out of fish gills and tongues. After four years, a more economical and efficient way of creating the isinglass…"

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."

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

"In 1894, a steamboat company contracted to bring a daily mail run from Rockland, and in 1898 when Dr."

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 - Lubec History

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

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…"

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 - 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."

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

"Occasionally, when winter fishing or fishing in very deep water, one line had two traps (doubles); but most of the time only single traps were on a…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… was purchased by he Standard Sardine Company and fish was processed there for several years. This photo, taken around 1930, also shows the house…"

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 - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Early 1600s ships' logs had accounts of fishing and fur trading along the coast. Fish, particularly cod, was abundant and a very profitable commodity…"

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."

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 - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"Moses Banks’ 1784 survey map became the basis for all marsh lot purchases, work and disputes involving these companies."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… third of the land was good for farming, but the fishing was excellent. Travel was difficult at all times but especially in winter on roads built…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"… of summer trips describe the social aspects of fishing trips, gear used and fish harvested. Later on she would discuss in detail efforts to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… opened the Pine Point Seafood Market and sold fish, lobsters, clams and other seafood. By 1971 the market moved to a larger building on the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"The salmon and brook trout are occasionally stocked to make fishing even more popular. See Maine Fish Species Return to Student Research"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"Work began and by the next spring Harold was back fishing from the Cappy. In a later diary entry, Queenie commented on the Cappy being repaired."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… temporarily on loan to the American Museum of Fly Fishing in Manchester Vermont as part of an exhibit entitled: “A Graceful Rise – Women in Fly…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"These days, people will catch one or two fish a day. A "Take-Out Dinner" fresh from the brook, Strong, ca."

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… presented their case to International Steamship Company officials, including records of goods shipped to and from Lubec in sailing vessels and…"