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HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES. 



stocked over $350 eacb. Isle an Haut is favorably situated for boat fishing of all kinds. Lobsters 

 are caught around the entire island, but are most abundant on the eastern side. The bar in the 

 Thoroughfare, which is left dry at low tide, is a favorite locality for digging clams, as well as for 

 procuring lobster bait flounders and sculpins which are also to be found in all of the coves and 

 along the shores where there is gravelly, sandy, or muddy bottom. They are caught with hook 

 and lines, spears, and nets. In windy weather, when spears are employed, oil is used to render 

 the surface of the water smooth. The nets used to catch flounders and sculpins measure 20 to 30 

 fathoms in length, 2 fathoms in depth, and have a 4-inch mesh. They are set mostly on the edge 

 of the bar, where the water is about 3 or 4 feet deep at low tide. For several years previous to 

 1879 about 500 barrels of herring were used annually as lobster bait. They were employed prin- 

 cipally in the spring, and were kept salted in barrels over winter. 



CANNERIES. There are five canneries in this district, located and owned as follows: Brookliu, 

 established in 1870, and owned by J. Winslow Jones & Co.; Burnt Cove, Deer Isle, established in 

 1877, and owned by the Portland Packing Company; Green's Landing, Deer Isle, established in 

 1877, and owned by W. K. Lewis & Bro. ; Oceauville, Deer Isle, established in 1858, and run by 

 the Portland Packing Company; aud Castine, established in 1871, and owned by Littell and 

 Hunt. The products of the several canneries were as follows: Brooklin, lobsters only; Burnt 

 Cove, lobsters and mackerel; Green's Lauding, lobsters, mackerel, and clams; Oceanville, lobsters 

 and mackerel; Castiue, lobsters, mackerel, and clams. The Brooklin cannery obtains its sup- 

 plies from over an area extending east and west about 20 miles; the Burnt Cove cannery depends 

 mainly upon the fishermen at Vinal Haven, Isle au Haut, Deer Isle, and Blue Hill Bay; the 

 Green's Landing cannery mainly upon those at Deer Isle, Isle au Haut, Rockport, aud Mount 

 Desert; and the Oceauville cannery upon those at Swan's Island, Isle au Haut, Slusou's Neck, 

 Buck's Harbor, or Eggemoggiu Reach, and Hodgkins' Cove Port. The lobsters are mostly brought 

 in by dry smacks, of which there are fifteen, with a combined crew of about twenty-five men, 

 running to the five factories. 



Lixt of /o&s/ec smacks bvlonyiitg in the Castine dintrici. 

 ENGAGED IN LOBSTERING ONLY. 



ENGAGED IN OTHER FISHERIES ALSO. 



