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Description
This Lubec weir from the late 1930s was designed to catch herring. The fish are funneled by the “leader” through a narrow opening into the the net, or “seine,” and few escape.
About This Item
- Title: Herring weir, Lubec, ca. 1935
- Creation Date: circa 1935
- Subject Date: circa 1935
- Location: Lubec, Washington County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20.4 cm x 26.6 cm
- Local Code: 290 jpg
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Fish canneries--Maine--Lubec
- Canned fish industry--Maine--Lubec
- Fishing boats--Maine
- Fishing industry--Equipment and supplies--Maine
- Fishing nets--Maine--Lubec
- Fishing weirs--Maine--Lubec
- Herring industry--Maine--Lubec
- Atlantic herring fishing--Maine
- Fishers--Maine--Lubec
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Lubec Historical Society135 Main Street, Lubec, ME 04652
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