with moss, and hooked the rope onto the back of the truck and pulled it over the cape. Then you'd spread it where the grass was good. At that time you had to dry the moss. They were only buying it over in . They weren't buying it on the . There weren't any moss plants there like there are now. You'd just gather it along the shore, and pick everything out of it. It had to be one hundred percent Irish Moss. It was a lot of work, on your hands and knees, turning it and twisting it until it got dry. By evening it would be dry. You never had to worry about someone stealing your moss in those days. It turned into something like that later on when it became a big industry. We piled it on the truck, and it was very, very light when it got dry. I think we got eight cents a pound. A truckload of moss would probably have given us thirty or thirty-five dollars, which we would get in one day. Then they opened up a dry moss plant at Naufrage . We sold it there and the price went up to twenty or twenty-two cents. (39) By the 1970s, much of the world's Irish moss was found on the shores of PEL Eleanor Sutherland recalled that "sometimes the shore would be black" with all the moss. (40) In April of 1970, The reported an immense amount of Irish Moss, "probably the single biggest haul made in the area since Irish Moss gathering started some years ago," on the north shore resulting from high winds of a storm. (41) According to Eldon MacDonald, there have been a total of three Irish Moss plants, including the one currently in Naufrage , over the years. (42) Roddie " Josie Tildey " MacDonald of Naufrage who worked at the moss in Naufrage recalled the "line of trucks that would be in Naufrage from early morning to dark," and what hard work it was baling the moss. (43) THE WHITE BUOYS IN THE BAY After remarking on the scenic beauty of the Bay, the next comment from tourists visiting our area is usually a question of what exactly those white buoys in the Bay are for? Since the early 1980s, the Dockendorff family has engaged in a family business revolving around the mussel industry. Twenty years later, the success of their Mussel King Inc . is evident to many across the Island. This family business began with family members investing everything they had, including two lobster licenses, owned by Russell and his sons Russell Jr . and Stewart. According to Russell Jr ., "Lobster fishing was seasonal. We were looking for something that would be year- round. Lobster fishing at that time was not as lucrative as it is today, and we were looking for something that would support the family." (44) Currently, the Dockendoff s family business not only supports their own family, but also has provided employment for as many as seventy-five people in the area. 74