Tllli LOBSTKK KISHKIIY. 



769 



/.tut of 



i't' snitii'L > belongiHff In tin- >'ri> disi ric I, nil itf ic ft it'll t i"jn</i' l'fh in lithuh riiiif ami in ollu >' fixfn rii 's. 



All nf Ihr.M- sin:icks set pols in thr \ iciuily of liiddeford Pool. 



i af I he lobster fisheries in x<i<-<> iiixtriri in IP-MI. 



Number of fishermen ........... 



X ninber of market men .................................. .................... 



Total number of persons employed .................. 



X umber of vessels above 5 tons measun-nifiit .......................................... 



Y;ilne of same ................ ....... ....................... f>3, 



X umber of boats ........................................................ 



Value of same ......................................... ........ $1, 



Number of lobster pots ............ ............... 1, 



Value of same ................................ ............... $1, 



Tula I .11110 n nt of capital invested in the fishery ....................................... fili, 



X limber of barrels of bait, used ....... 



Value of same ........................................................................ i 



Quantity of lobsters sold to the market smacks and to the local fresh trade, in pounds .. 

 Value of same to the fishermen ......................................................... 



42 

 21 



63 

 5 

 45(1 



:w 

 250 



sill' 



3-j;. 

 nu5 



870 

 S435 



600 



872 



KENNEBUNK DISTRICT. 



Ill this district lobster tislriug is carried on principally from Gape Porpoise, Kennebunk Port, 

 ;iii(l Mon stun River. 



GAPE PORPOISE. The winter fishery of Cape Porpoise is mainly limited to the catching of 

 lobsu-rs. About twelve hundred traps are set during that season outside of the harbor, and to a 

 distance of 4 miles from hind. In the spring the number of traps is increased to fifteen hun- 

 dred or two thousand. They are generally set in trawls of fifty pots each. The boats used in 

 this lisher.v are mostly dories. The catch for the past few years has been poor. In 1880, 34,400 

 lc.bp.U-is, by count, valued at $2,004, were taken. 



KENNEBUNK PORT. About four hundred lobster traps are set near the mouth of the river 

 at this place. The fishery is confined to the spring and summer, and is carried on by five men 

 with five boats. 



MorsAM EIVER. Four men fish for lobsters from this place, using four boats and setting three 

 hundred and fifty traps. The catch for 1880 amounted to 5,000 lobsters by count, valued at $300. 



J.ixl nl' lnh.ilrr Mimr/.s brlougiity lo Keinn hi/iil, ilinlrii'l. 



Holh cif llirai' siiKic-ks cns;:ii;i' iii sell ins; loliitiT |its along thu coast of Maino, and also in other fisheries. 

 Siniimiiliiiii nf tin' liilixtirjixlirrirx in Keinnliii nl, ,/ixli-i<-l hi I 



Number of fishermen 



Number of market men 



Total number of persons employed.. 

 Number of vessels, above five tous burden. . 

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