— Jessica Scranton, Photographer
There have been ups and downs with the lobstering off Cape Ann, but the lobsters have kept coming, and I’ve made a living every year. Today I still wouldn’t trade lobstering for any other job in the world, and if I had to do my life all over again, I wouldn’t change a thing. In what other occupation can one simultaneously earn a living, be one’s own boss, work close to nature and be in sync with her rhythms and seasons, experience solitude (most of the time), and also get fresh air, exercise, and your own seafood?”
— Jessica Scranton, Photographer
Joey Ciaramitaro, Wholesale Lobster Dealer Captain Joe and Sons, Founding Editor www.goodmorninggloucester.org
Brightly colored buoys with unique color combinations identify an individual lobsterman’s traps. Although lobstering is prohibited in the inner harbor, you can spot these buoys along Gloucester’s shoreline.
B. Anthony Stewart. Photograph. 1945. National Geographic
Consolidated Lobster Co of Gloucester stores huge numbers of crustaceans in tanks through which 8,000,000 gallons of sea water circulate daily.