Interview with Gary Libby of Port Clyde, ME. Libby was born in Thomaston on April 26, 1958. born in Camden. Lives in Port Clyde, ME. Gary has served on shrimp and groundfish Advisory Panels and on a forage fish group as well. He grew up in Thomaston and started digging clams at 12 years of age. His father purchased a groundfish boat and Gary began to work aboard ship. He has also worked in scallops and aboard trip vessels, dragging for groundfish. He worked on deck for a number of years while fishing with his brother.

Interview with fisherman Leonard E. Young, III, born September 9, 1944 in Bar Harbor, Maine. Young describes his entry into the commercial fisheries and discusses both lobstering and groundfish fishing.
 

Interview with former sardine cannery employee Lynn Bowden. Bowden was born in Eastport, ME on December 20, 1938 and worked as an adolescent at local canning facilities. As a third generation Eastport native, Bowden moved back to Eastport fifteen years prior to the interview after living in Portland, ME for forty eight years. Retired at the time of interview, Bowden mentions her career at Blue Cross Blue Shield and her early involvement with Eastport's canning factories at the age of 15.

Interview with Hollis Matthews (born 1925) and Wayne Wilcox (born 1954) of Eastport, ME.
 

Dan Miller was born on January 29, 1949 in Waterville, Maine. He began lobstering at the age of seven and started commercial fishing for groundfish in 1973. At the time of this interview, he resided in Tenants Harbor, Maine.

Interview with William R. Modden, born July 21, 1934 in Bar Harbor, Maine. Modden began fishing commercially in 1952 at the age of 18. He participated in the scallop and groundfish fisheries in Maine and Massachusetts.

In this oral history with Doug Anderson, born December 16, 1948 in Rockland, ME, he describes his fishing career in Port Clyde, ME. The interview includes descriptions of Port Clyde, the social impacts of commercial fishing, the Maine lobster and groundfish industries and his views on tensions between fishing communities and environmentalists.

In this interview, fisherman Paul Molyneaux of East Machias, Maine discusses his work in the groundfish fishery from 1978 to 1996.

Interview with Jim (born September 21, 1943) and Andy Barstow (born December 8, 1969) of Tenants Harbor, ME. As providers of shoreside services and cruises, they offer observations on rules and regulations as well as the challenges of succeeding in business in a small community.

In this interview with seafood buyer John Phinney, he discusses the community of Lubec and his work in the seafood business.