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Lobster pot floats hanging on wall of house

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Description

Lobster pot floats hanging on wall of house. In New England, nearlyevery port has a group of lobstermen each of whom has his own distinctivecolorful floats. Pots belonging to each fisherman can easily be located whenthey are in the water.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; P. 168 of Our Changing Fisheries 1970 Centenary NMFS centenary volume

Location

New England

Collection

Historic Fisheries