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Interview with lobstermen Robert and Matt Joyce, Swans Island

In this interview, Swans Island based lobsterman Robert Joyce talked about his early childhood experience, first fishing boat, whales and seals along the Maine coast in the earlier years. Lobsterman Matt Joyce mainly spoke on law and legislation issues regarding lobster industry. Both of them had comments on the impact of the modern technology on the lobster fisheries.

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Contributors
Interviewee : Joyce, Robert
Producer : Bayer, Robert
Interviewee : Joyce, Matt
Film editor : Berthier, Alexandre
Producer : Billings, Cathy

Subjects
Joyce, Robert -- Interviews
Joyce, Matt -- Interviews
Lobster fishers
Lobster industry
Seals (Animals)
Whales
Fishing boats
Swans Island (Me.) -- History
Oral history
Lobster fisheries -- Law and legislation
Lobster fisheries -- Equipment and supplies
Lobster fisheries -- Catch effort
Joyce, Robert
Joyce, Matt
Fishing/Fisherman

Publisher
The Lobster Institute, University of Maine, Orono, ME

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2005

Collection
Lobster Institute

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