BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine – A collection of color-coded lobster pot buoys hangs on the wall of a shed near the Linekin Bay Resort.

Collection of color-coded lobster pot buoys. Image by Tom Adkinson.

The sailing-oriented resort is at the tip of a peninsula, and the path to Boothbay Harbor’s restaurants and pubs leads past freshwater ponds decorated with hyacinths, boats that are unlikely to see water again and more than one collection of lobster pot buoys. It’s intriguing to see the buoys in use and wonder whether a tasty crustacean has entered the lobster pot at the other end of the line.