Zackry Pottla packages herring at a Jonesport fishing wharf. "This is my first week working here, and the decision to work here was pretty simple: I needed a job," Pottla said. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer

A load of herring before packaging and sorting into buckets at a Jonesport fishing wharf. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer

A salt mixture pools on the wooden floor of a Jonesport fishing wharf. The herring are packed with salt to preserve the fish from rot. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer

Robert Handy sorts herring into buckets at a Jonesport fishing wharf. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer