When Elisha Linder and his wife Pnina joined Kibbutz Ma’agan Micha’el in 1955, trawler fishing was a major source of livelihood for the kibbutz. Quite often, pottery vessels of various shapes and sizes were hauled up in the nets along with the catch. Most of these pottery vessels were completely intact, “decorated” by sea encrustation. The kibbutz fishermen would collect them and make small private exhibits in their homes.