Heading down to the wharf at three o'clock in the morning, Herbert Baum is ready to learn about lobstering from his father and Dave Burnham. Baum documents the work that lobsterman do on their boats and how they got into the business.

On Great Nash Island, Lynn Kippax Jr. captures the action of culling island sheep.

In Maine, souring clock faces are part of a still living tradition of public clocks. Lynn Kippax Jr. and Robert Warner capture how these clocks are still in use by communities.

Taking a break from work, Lynn Kippax Jr. takes a photograph of Charlie Torrey, a blueberry raker.

Readers write in response to the work Salt has done.

Lynn Kippax Jr. captures Moses Pike in action as he removes cases of packed sardines from the steam report at the Port Clyde sardine factory.

Lynn Kippax Jr. captures the moment after a vote when Eastport City Councillors voted against renewing lease of the city airport land to Pittston Company.

Struggling to get by year by year, the Bubier family in Washington County piece together a year of income from seasonal work. Mark Childs documents how the Bubier family survives in rural Maine.

Inside back cover of March 1979 Salt Magazine with mission statement and information.

Along the coasts of the United States, the U.S. Coast Guard enforces maritime law and provides safety for people out on the waters. Patrick Williams speaks to members of the Coast Guard at Southwest Harbor and discusses their work and daily lives.

Shannon Gallagher highlights the work of veterinarian, Dr. David Jefferson, a practitioner of chiropracty. Gallagher discusses Dr. Jefferson's veterinary practice and how he performs chiropracty on horses as a form of alternative healing.

During the 1950's, a colony of Slavic immigrants came to Richmond, Maine. Scott Vlaun captures how the Slavic community integrated into the town.