THE LOBSTElt FISHERY. 763 



point, where in 1871) four men from Portland, living on a scow, caught and sold to tho Portland 

 smacks and Kennebec lliver boats. 



At West port five men were fishing for lobsters from November to April, and two men during 

 the entire year. They set an average of thirty-five traps each and made on an average about one 

 dollar each daily. The catch is disposed of as at Georgetown. At Southport there were thirty 

 men fishing from November to April and five men during the entire year, using on an average 

 about fifty traps each. During the canning season the small lobsters are sold to the Boothbay 

 cannery. 



There were fifteen lobstermen at North Boothbay fishing from November to April, and to 

 some extent also during the summer, with about twenty-five traps each and stocking about one 

 dollar each daily. Sales were made to the Boothbay cannery, to the Portland smacks, and for 

 local consumption. In Bcothbay Ilarbor and East Boothbay there were seventy lobstermen, with 

 thirty-five boats, fishing from the 1st of February to the middle of March, about thirty -five men 

 from the latter date until June, and ten men from Juno to November 1. The Boothbay cannery 

 takes the smaller lobsters during the canning season, the remainder being sold to the Portland 

 smacks and the local markets. 



CANNING. There is but one lobster cannery in the Wiscasset district, and none in the Bath 

 district. Tho Wiscasset cannery is located at Boothbay, on the eastern side of the strip of land 

 known as Spruce Point, adjoining Liuuegau's Bay. It is owned by J. Wiuslow Jones & Co., 

 and was established iu 1S7(J. Clams and mackerel, as well as lobsters, are put up. The lobsters 

 for this cannery are procured from the fishermen living between Cape Small Point, on the west, 

 and Pemaquid Point, on the east. 



Summation of tlie lobster fisheries in Wiscasset district in 1880. 



Number of fishermen 130 



Number of boats 106 



Value of same 86,200 



Number of lobster pots 5,895 



Value of same 8-M21 



Total amount of capital invested in the fishery - 810>621 



Number of barrels of bait used 2,700 



Value of same 1, 350 



Quantity of lobsters sold to the market smacks, and local fresh trade iu founds 428,800 



Value of same 815, 723 



Quantity of lobsters sold to the canneries, iu pounds 367, :'.42 



Value of same 8 : ', <"> 



Total quantity of lobsters taken and sold, iu pounds 796, 142 



Value of same to the fishermen 819,396 



Xiiiiuiititioii of the lobster canneries in ITaldoboro' and iriscassct dixtrii't-t in 18SO. 



Number of canneries " 2 



Value of buildings and fixtures $8,750 



Additional cash capital required 818,411 



Number of boats 5 



Value of same 81,500 



Total amount of capital invested 828,661 



Average number of men employed 35 



Average number of women and bo\ s employed 



Average number of smacUmen employed 



Total number of persons employed ' ' 



Number of pounds of live lobstc-rs used 1, H", "24 



Amount paid to the fishermen lor I lie s.i - X H. 1 ;) 5 



Number of 1-pound cans of l.ibs'ers put up 185,340 



Number of 2-pouud cans of lobsters put up 21, 'Jl 



Enhancement in value of lobsters by process of canning 15,.53l 



Value of the canned lobsters 826,680 



