THE LOBSTER FISHERY. 



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List of lobster smacks belonging in TTahloboro' district. 

 ENGAGED IX I.OliSTERING ONLY. 



ENGAGED IN OTHER FISHERIES ALSO. 



Summation of tlie lobster fialicrks in irahloboro' district in I860. 



250 



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



Number of marketmen .............................................................. 33 



Number of vessels above 5-tous bur Jen .............. ................................ 14 



Value of same ............ ......................... .'. .............................. $12,370 



Number of boats .................................................................... 220 



Value of same ...................................................................... $17,600 



Nn tuber of lobster pots ............................................................. 12, 500 



Valus of same ....................................... - .............................. $9,375 



Total amount of capital iuvested in the fishery ...................................... S9,345 



Number of barrels of bait used ...................................................... '', "''' 



Value of same ................................................................ ..... $4, 798 



Quantity of lobsters sold to market smacks and local fresh trade, iu pounds .......... 947,700 



Value of same ...................................................................... $34, 74!l 



Quantity of lobsters sold to the canneries, in pounds ................................. 748, 182 



Value of same ..................................................................... $7, 1-i-J 



Total quantity of lobsters taken and sold, iu pounds ................................. 1,695,882 



Value of same to the fishermen ...................................................... $42,231 



The statistics of the South Saint George cannery are given in connection with those of the 

 district. 



WISCASSET AND BATH DISTRICTS. 



The principal lobster fishing stations in the Wiscasset district are Boothbay Harbor, North 

 and East Boothbay, Southport and Westport; and iu the Bath district, Georgetown and Small 

 Point. 



When the lobster fishery was first started iu Boothbay Harbor, the waters between the 

 numerous islands which dot the entrance to the harbor abounded in lobsters from the early 

 spring until December, and some lobsters remained there even during the winter. So plentiful 

 were they, and so easily obtained from the sheltered waters of the harbor and bay, that those 

 who first engaged in this industry did much better than the other (Uhermen. This circumstance 

 naturally tended ro draw lisliennen from the other branches of fishery, and the older men and boys 



