THE LOBSTER FISHERY. 



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CANNERIES. There are three lobster canneries in this district, as follows : One at Prospect 

 Harbor, Gouldsboro', worked for one season, in 1863, and re-established in 1867, run for the Portland 

 Packing Company; one at Hammond's Cove, South Gouldsboro', established in 1870, and owned 

 by the Portland Packing Company; and one at Southwest Harbor, Mount Desert, established in 

 1853, and owned by William Underwood & Co. The Prospect Harbor cannery puts up lobsters 

 only, and obtains its supplies mainly from Schoodic Point and Boisbubert. The cannery at Ham- 

 mond's Cove cans both lobsters and clams, and that at Southwest Harbor puts up lobsters, clams, 

 mackerel, salmon, clam chowder, and fish chowder. The latter cannery obtains its supplies from 

 a radius of about 20 miles, or from the region lying between Naskeag Point, Isle au Haut, and 

 Prospect Harbor. Eighty lobstermen fish regularly for this cannery. 



List of lobster smacks owned in Frenchman's Bay district, all of which carry lobsters only. 



Name. 



Where owned. 



How rigged. Well or dry. Tonnage. Value. Crew. 



Markets supplied. 



Citizen Gonldsboro' Sloop Well 18.81 $400 2 Prospect Harbor cannery. 



jfaiad do Schooner Dry 8.76 200 2 Gouldsboro' .cannery. 



T ota l 26.97 600 4 



Summation of the lobster fisheries in Frenchman's Bay district in 1880. 



Number of fishermen 176 



Number of marketmen 4 



Number of vessels above 5 tons burden 



Value of same ' $940 



Number of boats 198 



Value of same $4,747 



Number of lobster pots 12,990 



Value of same $9,742 



Total amount of capital invested in the fishery $15,429 



Number of barrels of bait used 6, 600 



Value of same - - - $3, 300 



Quantity of lobsters sold to the market smacks and local fresh trade, in pounds 269, 000 



Value of same $9,863 



Quantity of lobsters sold to the canneries, in pounds .1, 368, 726 



Value of same - - $13,687 



Total quantity of lobsters taken and sold, in pounds 1,637,726 



Value of same to the fishermen $23,550 



Summation of the lobster canneries in Frenchman's Bay district in 1880. 



Number of canneries 



Value of buildings and fixtures $11,000 



Additional cash capital required $41,000 



Number of boats 6 



Value of same $3, 150 



Total capital invested $55,150 



Average number of men employed 



Average number of women and children employed 65 



Average number of smackmen employed 12 



Total number of persons employed 119 



Number of pounds of live lobsters used 1,368,726 



Amount paid to the fishermen for the same $13, 687 



Number of 1-pound cans of lobsters put up 155,244 



Number of 2-pound cans of lobsters put up 33,336 



Number of other brands of lobsters put up 127,801 



Enhancement in value of lobsters in process of canning $32, 900 



Value of the canned lobsters $46,587 



Summation of the entire lobster industry in Frenchman's Bay district in 1880. 



Total number of persons employed 



Total amount of capital invested $70,579 



Total value of the products as they entered into consumption $56, 450 



