THE LOBSTER FISHERY. 755 



Summation of the lobster fisheries in Castlne district in 1880. 



Number of fishermen 311 



Number of marketmen 50 



Number of vessels above 5 tons burden 17 



Value of same $7, 630 



Number of boats 390 



Value of same $12,785 



Number of lobster pots 28,050 



Value of same $21,038 



Total amount of capital in vested iii the fishery {141,453 



Number of barrels of bait used l(i, 860 



Value of same $8,430 



Quantity of lobsters sold to the market smacks and local fresh trade, iu pounds 868,500 



Value of same $31,845 



Quantity of lobsters sold to the canneries, iu pounds 2, 099, 360 



Value of same $20,994 



Total quantity of lobsters taken and sold, iu pounds 2,967,860 



Value of same $52,839 



Summation of t/ie lobster canneries in Castine district in 1880. 



Number of canneries 5 



Value of buildings and fixtures $15,550 



Additional cash capital required $38, 500 



Number of boats , 15 



Value of same $7, 350 



Total amount of capital invested $61,400 



Average number of men employed 79 



Average number uf women and children employed 86 



Average number of smackmen employed 25 



Total number of persons employed 190 



Number of pounds of live lobsters used 2,099,360 



Amount paid to the fishermen for the same $-20, 994 



Number of 1 -pound cans of lobsters put up 411,804 



Number of 2-pound cans of lobsters put up 13,416 



Enhancement iu value of lobsters iu process of canning $31,393 



Value of the canned lobsters $52,387 



Summulion of the entire lobilcr industry in Castlne district in 1880. 



Total number of persons employed 551 



Total amount of capital invested $102,853 



Value of the products as they entered into consumption $84,232 



BELFAST DISTRICT. 



The principal lobster fishing stations iu this district are Searsport, Belfast, Liucoluville, llock- 

 port, Islesboro', North Haven, ami Viual Haven. 



BELFAST TO OWL'S HEAD. Along the mainland of this district the lobster fishery was car- 

 ried on in 1880 as follows : From Searsport, by two men ; from Belfast, by two men ; from Lincoln- 

 ville, by four men ; from Eockport, by ten men ; from llockland, by eight men, and from Owl's 

 Head, by ten men. The lobster season in this region is mainly limited to the period when the can- 

 neries are open, but some lobstering is also done in the spring and fall. More lobsters are taken in 

 May than iu auy other month. The pots are set in depths of 1 to 20 fathoms, dependent upon the 

 season. The best lobstermeu will earn as much as $10 per mouth iu good seasons. The average 

 price of smack lobsters is 4 cents each, and of the small or canning lobsters $1 per 100 pounds. At 

 rclail they selliu the markets at about three times the price of the commoner fish of the same region, 

 aud are, therefore, raiher beyond the means of the poorer classes. Flounders, sculpius, and 

 herring iu small quantities, are used as bait. The men go singly aud set, on an average, eighty 

 pots eacli. The boats are mostly valued at $15 each. After July a majority of the lobstermeu 



