One by one, the local fishing vessels are being loaded with their lobster traps at Naskeag Harbor, where the beginning of the coastal water lobster season has been unfolding for more than a week.
One of the things that is fascinating about this process is how neat and efficient most of the fishermen are in transporting and stacking their traps, each of which has been stuffed like a colorful pepper with coiled lines and bright buoys.
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on June 27 [truck] and 28 [vessel], 2022.)