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08/31/2026

The Endangered Lobstermen 🦞
Part 3 of 3

“…And I have dedicated myself to it 100%.
Make it work, no matter what. No plan B, no other option, make it work.

I didn’t have a choice.

I was walking away from the only thing I ever knew.
You fish for 40 years and then you walk away from something when you’re 50 years old or more.
You damn sure better believe in yourself if you’re gonna do something different.
And I do.
And I’ve made it work.

I’ll always be a fisherman heart.
That’s what I am.
I have saltwater in my veins.
I always have.
That’s who I am.

But it was time for me to go.
I didn’t want to disrespect. The business, by not giving it my 100%, which I wasn’t,

I felt that the business was good to me for all those years, and it deserved more than 75% of my effort. I was slipping. So it was time for me to go.
And that was it. I’m a full-time woodcutter now, but I’ll always be a fisherman at heart.”

-Avery Scott
Owner of Resilient Tree Service
Former lobstermen for 40 years
5th generation lobsterman
Bunkers Harbor, Maine

08/30/2026

The Endangered Lobstermen🦞
Part 2 of 3

“I decided that fishing wasn't something that I loved anymore. I lost my love for it.
It became a job.
I got tired of working and working and working and paying out, paying out, paying out.
I’d make a big bunch of money. Sometimes you get everything paid.
You didn't have hardly anything left.
The expense to go was over the top and getting worse by the day.
Rules and regulations were putting even more and more and more stranglehold on us.

I didn't like the things I was hearing that were upcoming.

And so I didn't want to be out there the last two years I did it.
I did it I went through the motions but I didn't really want to be there my head wasn't in it.
So one night I dropped the bomb on my wife I said

I muted the TV and I looked at her and I said to my wife, I said, “you're not gonna believe what I'm about to tell you.”
And I didn't think I'd ever say this,
“but I don't wanna fish anymore.”

My heart isn't in it, I don't wanna do it anymore.
She asked me what I was gonna do. I said, “I'm gonna start a tree service business.”
And she asked me if I thought I could do it, and I said that I thought I could.

I believed in myself, I believed in what I can do.”

-Avery Scott
5th generation lobsterman
40 years lobster fished
Bunkers Harbor, ME

08/29/2026

The Endangered Lobstermen🦞
Part 1

“I started fishing in here with my grandfather in 1981 and I would have been 11 at the time.
First year I fished on my own 1990. I was pretty close to 100 traps at one point in time.
It was that little boat, about 13 1/2 feet long and 6 feet wide and I bought a used 25 horse Suzuki outboard off my Uncle. I had a Suzuki outboard on the back of that skiff for a motor.
And I pulled them traps up, hand over hand, pulled them up by hand.
I had a bunch of wooden ones, I had a few wire ones. I had whatever I could keep intact that would hold the lobster and catch one. Had a bunch of junk but it worked.
In the spring of ‘91,I bought a used wooden boat from Herman Anderson in Corea. He was selling out, retired. I bought his boat and his traps for $10,000. A 32 foot wooden Jonesport Beals boat built in 1967. 500 wooden traps in that boat, had a little gas engine in it.
It could barely get out of its way, but I had it for three years and I sold it.
Sold it for exactly what I paid for it, although I put quite a bit of money in it.

Sold it and built myself a brand spanking new H&H fiberglass boat. Had it built the way I wanted it in ’94.
It was $520 a month and I was scared sh*tless the whole time thinking I wasn't going to be able to make the payments on it but I paid the boat off early in 8 years.
So I owned it for a number of years free and clear it was mine. And right up until I sold it And she was top shelf A1,Never had any trouble with that boat
same engine was in it when I got rid of her as it was the day I built up.”

-Avery Scott
5th generation lobstermen
Lobster fished for 40 years.
Bunkers Harbor

08/24/2026

From my viewfinder today….

08/19/2026

The Endangered Lobstermen 🦞

“While lobstering is often times fun and I do it for enjoyment, the past two summers it has acted more so as a job than previous years. Being in college has come with a lot of expenses that even with some help from my parents and financial aid leaves bills to pay. So this summer I have spent many days each week out on the water making money to pay off my college tuition. In addition to that, I have the opportunity to study abroad in Tangier, Morocco. Which means that the lobster season will unfortunately be cut short for me this summer. But I have put a lot of time out on the water this summer, catching all the lobsters I can to pay my way through college and this upcoming semester abroad.”

-Josie Eaton
4th generation lobsterman
Deer Isle, ME

08/18/2026

The Endangered Lobstermen🦞

“Growing up, I always admired my sister’s work ethic. Through the sports she played, her academic achievements, and the jobs she pursued. Being so many years apart, our lives were pretty separate, but this summer we are back living under the same roof and have the opportunity to work together out on the water. Spending time with my big sister lobstering is something that I will always cherish. Though we may not be talking the entire time, the moments of excitement shared between us when the traps break over the side, full of lobsters, are ones I will never forget. It is a blessing that I can do this job with my big sister. Especially given that I will be studying abroad for the next 4 months, this time is even more special. And I look forward to the summers ahead that we will spend together on the water aboard F/V Sibling Rivalry. “

-Josie Eaton
4th generation lobsterman
Deer Isle, ME

“I got my commercial license in 2021 at 17, just before I graduated high school. I fished summers to pay my way through college. Lobstering allowed me to graduate debt fee from Bates College in May of 2025 with bachelors degrees in biochemistry and mathematics. While it is the norm here to have a job at 11 and wake up before the sun to get a jump on the start on the day, that work ethic I have come to realize is not common in most places.” -Rylee Eaton
4th generation lobstermen
Deer Isle, ME

08/16/2026

The Endangered Lobstermen🦞

“ I got my student lobster license when I was 11, but have been on the water way before that, going along with my maternal grandfather. My Dad had his commercial license as a young adult, but let it go thinking he’d just reapply if he ever wanted it again(not that simple now). He brought me out in our little 13’ Boston Whaler to help me hand haul 10 traps up over the side of the boat, and taught me the ins and outs of lobstering. Me and my two younger siblings all started out hand hauling on the whaler before we upgraded to a 19’ outboard a few years later and added a pot hauler the following year. We launched my late paternal grandfather’s 31’ boat in 2022 and years working to get it fixed up. I would not consider myself a career lobsterman, though it is a core part of who I am and has helped shape my life. This is my 13th summer lobstering, my 5th year with my commercial license. This summer I also have the privilege of being the sponsor for my Dad’s apprentice license. The student becomes the sponsor as he starts the process of trying to get his commercial license back.”

Rylee Eaton
4th generation lobstermen
Deer Isle, ME

08/02/2026

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07/30/2026

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07/29/2026

New work with Corey of New England Models Group. Hair & make up by Rachael Berkowitz.

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