Traditional Uses Of Fish Houses In Otter Cove

Author : Charles W. Smythe
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781527815865
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (158 download)

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Download or read book Traditional Uses of Fish Houses in Otter Cove written by Charles W. Smythe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Traditional Uses of Fish Houses in Otter Cove: A Research Report According to the interviewees, fish houses were Simply constructed utilitarian structures located on the Shore in Sheltered coves and inlets in places that were convenient to fishing grounds. They served as the operations center or base for small scale fishing activities by an individual fisherman. They were used principally for cod and lobster fishing, but also for haddock, cusk, hake, halibut, Skate, herring, mackerel and menhaden. They provided a location for preparing and storing bait made from fish and shellfish, baiting tub trawls, and manufacturing, repairing and storing gear such as lobster traps and buoys, trawl lines, seines, and bait barrels, as well as tools and supplies. They were often formerly associated with flakes (drying platforms) used for curing salted cod. They also provided a social space for fishermen as they worked preparing gear and bait for the next day's fishing, particularly when associated with multiple fishermen in the same community. Fish houses were used throughout the year, and for day and night fishing, as fishermen pursued multiple fishing strategies. They were erected and used at places convenient for fishing and fishermen may or may not have owned the land upon which they stood. There was no evidence that land ownership eventually accrued or was transferable by fishermen who did not initially own the land under their Shack. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.