Mackie Greene is a fisherman and a whale watching guide. He also leads the Campobello Whale Rescue Team, a group of ocean experts who work like a volunteer firefighters to untangle whales from fishing lines and netting.

Caroline Hirsh documents the lives of seven women who work on the waterfront. She discusses their jobs and how their businesses were started.

Living in Kennebunkport most of his life, Albert Hutchins is a Maine lobsterman. Fran Ober visits Hutchins to learn how to knit a lobster trap head.

During the winter at Biddeford Pool, one of the few boats in the wharf is the De-Dee-Mae, a lobstering boat. Herb Baum and others document the work Marshall Alexander does a lobsterman during the winter.

Title page to new section of magazine, with a quote on factory work.

In order to conserve the lobster population and industry, individuals have turned to artificial reefs and fishing regulations. Jessica Miller highlights how fishery conservation is done through different methods.

At the only sardine factory in operation in Eastport, workers speak about their experiences. Pamela Wood documents work and life at the sardine plant.

Andrea Downs and Cynthia Pinkham highlight the life of Cecil Kelley, a fisherman from Jonesport. Kelley shares several of his stories as well.

A lobsterman for over 40 years, Stilly Griffin hauls traps from his boat, the Lorraine E. Herbert Baum III and Kristy Bunnell capture Griffin's story of working as a lobsterman.

Heading down to the wharf at three o'clock in the morning, Herbert Baum is ready to learn about lobstering from his father and Dave Burnham. Baum documents the work that lobsterman do on their boats and how they got into the business.

With no work to do for the day at the fish plant, Frances Miller shares her story about living in Eastport and working at the plant.

Understanding how lobsters might be thinking is important for a lobsterman. Herbert Baum III speaks to his father about getting to the next lobstering spot before others.