Record #:

36004

Author(s):

Scarborough, Alan

Abstract:

Old time crabbing meant trot lines instead of wire pots, and income of three cents a pound versus the contemporary rate of twelve. From Edward Scarborough’s observations about facts like these, one ironic conclusion could be drawn. A better living could be made in the midst of the Great Depression than forty years later.

Source:

Sea Chest (NoCar F 262 D2 S42), Vol. 5 Issue 1, Fall 1978, p18-21

Subject(s):

Crabbing; Depressions--1929; Crabs; Fisheries--Hatteras Island; Hatteras Island--Social life and customs; Outer Banks--Culture; Outer Banks--History; Hatteras Island--History