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These images form part of an exhibit on the perils of the fishing industry. From the exhibit description: "Commercial fishing is now this nation's most dangerous occupation. This exhibit chronicles a brutal week-long trip in December on an eighty-five foot long stern trawler out of Portland, Maine into the North Atlantic. The toll on New England's inshore fishers is chronicled from Eastport, Maine, south to historic Gloucester, Massachusetts, as lobsters and scallops are hauled in."

These three black-and-white prints date from Dotter's time as an art and photography student in New York City at the School of Visual Arts, and are the earliest dated images in this collection. One is a portrait of Earl Dotter taken by a classmate.