plight, having educated himself as a lawyer through fishing and facing the same problems, he agreed to be their leader. From their first meeting in 1922, McCarthy appointed the seven fishermen as directors to work with him. They were William MacLeod , James Fitzgerald , Joseph A. Arsenault , Cletus Gavin , Earl McRae , Hubert Gaudet and Henry Doyle . Losing no time McCarthy and his directors named themselves the Tignish Fishermen's Council. Following many long days and nights, meeting and planning their motivation, McCarthy and his directors were ready. They went throughout the area, knocking on doors in an effort to sell the idea that fishermen working together could own and control their own industry. When McCarthy and Directors were not on the road with horses and wagons or sleighs, they were meeting together trying to come up with a constitution and by-laws to present to the government in power. This resulted in their incorporation under the laws of the Province of Prince Edward Island on September 12, 1925 as Station No 1 Fishermen's Union of Prince Edward Island, with Tignish as head office. That same year the fishermen's union went into the business of processing canned lobster, buying out the business owned by Dr. J. A. Johnston the local doctor. It was Dr. Johnston 's manager Fred Bennett who agreed to stay on and operate the cannery for McCarthy and the directors that first year. Factory workers were hired made up of a crew of twenty-eight women and twelve men. The directors found it a most difficult undertaking at first, but providence was on their side. Their efforts in taking control of their own industry