Table of contents for April 1997 Salt Magazine.

Front cover for the June 1986 Salt Magazine.

David Gavril captures the work that sea urchin pickers do in Portland.

Inside front cover for the May 1989 Salt Magazine.

Prior to the launch of Ralph Stanley's classic Friendship Sloop, Endeavor, there was much to accomplish that morning. Dorothy O'Keefe documents the work that the crewmembers had to do to prepare the ship for sailing.

Pam Berry captures an image of Fonnie, a retired fisherman, smoking outside of the Custom House Wharf in Portland.

Susannah Ross captures an image of Ruth Howarth relaxing at her home in South Berwick.

Out at Wood Island at four in the morning, Lester Orcutt is ready to start his daily routine of dragging. Herbert Baum III joins Orcutt has he drags to learn about this fishing method and the work draggers perform.

Table of contents for December 1988 Salt Magazine.

Prior to the launch of Ralph Stanley's classic Friendship Sloop, Endeavor, there was much to accomplish that morning. Dorothy O'Keefe documents the work that the crewmembers had to do to prepare the ship for sailing.

Fishing for sea urchins in the waters of Downeast Maine, Dan and Jamie Header face a changing market, along with the typical dangers of diving for urchins. Meghan Daniels discusses the methods that the Header's use for urchin diving and how the urchin industry is changing with added regulations and depressed prices.

Holly Wilmeth captures the work of Raymond Strout, a carpenter by trade, who is a blood wormer by nature.