Steam seine fishery 2 miles above Plymouth, NC, Roanoke River. The men in the boat are taking in the slack, while the engine is hauling the seine by means of the ground-line shown in the foreground. The man on the platform is loosening the seine from the groundline.

Image ID: fish7245, NOAA's Historic Fisheries Collection
Location: North Carolina, Plymouth
Photographer: Archival Photographer Stefan Claesson
Credit: Gulf of Maine Cod Project, NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries; Courtesy of National Archives

Category: Historic Fisheries/

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