When the Island had Fish is the story of a tiny island, Vinalhaven
Maine, that offers a close look at the significant history of Maine
fishing particularly, but also offers perspective on the impact of
industrialized fishing on small fishing villages all over the
United States and the world. Vinalhaven's documented habitation by
fishermen dates back over 5000 years, and still today lobstering is
the primary source of employment for its 1100 year round residents;
islanders currently harvest lobsters at a rate almost unrivaled
nationally. The book investigates the changing meanings of the
notion of a "fishing community" and of community members changing
relationships with the natural world and with international
commerce. Through this broader lens, it sheds light on the way that
species, including humans, are impacted by - and at moments
contribute to - climate change, environmental degradation, and
sustainable and unsustainable uses of natural resources. When the
Island had Fish also provides a meditation on America's past and
future. Vinalhaven's fishing history is in every way America's
history. It's a story of habitations by native peoples and
European-American settlers, their use of natural resources, their
communities and kin, and their efforts to find ways to live in a
harsh environment. Anyone interested in creating a viable
collective future will learn from reading about the Penobscot Bay
fisheries and fishermen, and about Vinalhaven's citizens' expansive
knowledge of craft, husbandry, self-governance and community
independence, and interdependence.
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