When the Island Had Fish

When the Island had Fish is the story of a tiny island Vinalhaven Maine that offers a close look at the significant history of Maine fishing particularly but also provides a meditation on America's past and future. Vinalhaven's fishing history is in every way America's history. It's a story of habitations by native peoples and European-American settlers their use of natural resources their communities and kin and their efforts to find ways to live in a harsh environment. Anyone interested in creating a viable collective future will learn from reading about the Penobscot Bay fisheries and fishermen and about Vinalhaven's citizens' expansive knowledge of craft husbandry self-governance and community independence and interdependence.