As
you head up the coast, the drive is a scenic sequence of colorful fishing
villages, wharves, boats,
and friendly people. At some fishing villages in the area people
dry and salt fish in ways that have been proven for hundreds of years.
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Although
many aspects of the fishing industry in the area use extremely modern
approaches for catching, handling, processing, and storage, people still
enjoy the taste of fish made the old way. Many restaurants in
the area offer seafood as their specialty!
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Halibut,
like the one on the left, are ocean groundfish that can grow to huge
sizes. Occasionally the fishing net even picks up one of the
huge off-shore lobsters as an extra.
This
one would have to be
returned to the sea!
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Making
a living from the sea is hard work. Many fishermen in the area
combine a number of seasonal fishing species, and the area is one
of the most lucrative lobster fishing areas of the east coast.
The
famous "Cape Islander"
fishing boats allow fishermen to travel long distances from shore,
in seas that can change on them suddenly into towering waves!
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An
unusual industry in the area as well is the raking of Irish Moss, a
shoreline seaweed that yields valuable ingredients from processing that
might turn up in things like the ice cream you had at lunch!
Small
boats like the one in the next picture are heavily laden with moss or
other seaweed.
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Even
a great trip must end, and as evening begins you rest your camera for
once and set out on a relaxing drive back to Yarmouth, arriving in ample
time for boarding the CAT for the evening run past the famous Forchu
Light.
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