Oldest Employee at Brooks Trap Mill



The wood shop at the Brooks Trap Mill in Thomaston. George Bartlett is the oldest employee at the trap at Brooks, which has been building traps since they were all made of wood back in 1949. George started working at the Brooks Mill in March, 1977 before lobster traps were made with wire. ©Photo by Sam Murfitt

CONTENTS

Bait Futures

Colonial Pemaquid

Editorial

Herring and Menhaden Pressuring Lobstermen

Oldest Employee at Brooks Trap Mill

The Undermining Nature of Oversize Lobster Processing

Some Fishermen Zone Out

How to Buy a Boat

Friendship Trap

Snowe Opposes Overtuning Clean Air Rule

Dennis Damon - Shrimp Again

Green Boat Update

Race to Save the Salmon

Fishermen’s Co-ops

New Monitoring System Shines Spotlight on Red Tide Hot Spots

Accumulation Limits and Diversity Draw Uproar at NEFMC

An Open Letter to the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture of Nova Scotia

ASMFC Northern Shrimp Section Sets 2012 Fishing Season Specifications

Lash Bros. Boats Building a Holland 38

Back Then - Easport Sardine Factory

Book Review - Notes From a Desserted Island

Cooke Aqua Charged in Lobster Deaths

Lee Wilbur - Bird Camp 2011

Capt. Perry Winkle - Rushing

Capt. Mark East

Classified Advertisements

NOAA to Review Petition for River Herring on Endangered List

Network Update

Closed Areas Notice

Call for Abstracts

Meetings