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Looking After Eel-Fishing Gear

A women unrolls a fishing net in a field. Other nets are spread out on the ground. An empty hay trailer can be seen in the middle of the photograph and a forest in the background.

Location: Rivière-Ouelle (Québec)
Date: November 14, 2016
Photo: Judith Douville

Once the fishing gear has been removed from the foreshore, it is put into storage until the following spring. After the nets are cleaned and dried, they are rolled up. The wooden structures are repaired or modified.