Thanks for a great 2025 season! Although most harvesting is done for the year, stay tuned around the holidays for special harvests for the locals!

Emma Fernald

Emma grew up between Mount Desert Island and Little Cranberry Island. She comes from a multi-generational commercial fishing family and recently got her own commercial lobster license. She also works as a sternman on her father’s boat and runs Bay Lady Scallops. She graduated from Lesley University with a BFA in Ceramics but came back to her roots on the Cranberry Isles full time and began working on the water.

This painting was done by Stephen Hillenberg, the creator of Spongebob and longtime summer resident of Little Cranberry Island. It is a painting of Emma’s dad’s last wooden lobster boat, the Bay Lady.

Fernald Family Fishing Photos

Special Thanks…

To my amazing fiancé, mooring maker, diver and more!

And to my Dad for helping with spat collection every year.