Fred G. Milliken, the photographer wrote, "Regulation lobster traps used by Frontier Maine fishermen at Eastport. Very few Eastport boatmen take to lobster fishing and less than 100 traps are owned at 4 mile island seaport. These traps are valued at $2.00 each."

This is part of the Atlantic Fisherman collection, which includes correspondence, photographs and news articles related to the publication "Atlantic Fisherman," a journal concerned with commercial fishing.