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only after he Lad convinced them of the extent and importance of the lobster fisheries in other 

 localities, and of the advantages which they might derive from the capture of lobsters, that he was 

 permitted to engage in the work. From the first the fishery was very successful, many of the 

 fishermen soon providing themselves with pots, and from that date the industry has been of peculiar 

 importance. In 1803 a lobster cannery was built at Jonesport, since which time it has been in 

 successful operation. It now does a flourishing business in the canning of lobsters, clams, and 

 mackerel, employing over forty hands during the height of the season. 



THE BOAT-FISHERY FOR COD. After the lobster season is over many of the men turn their 

 attention for several months to line and trawl fishing, catching cod and other species for local 

 supply and for shipment. Fifty-nine men were employed in this way in the fall of 1880, seven of 

 them being professional boat-fishermen. 



THE CLAM FISHERY. In the winter the principal business of the people is clamming. Joiies- 

 port and Jonesboro' have each very extensive clam-flats, which, barring those about Sedgwick, 

 are the most important on this portion of the coast. Small vessels come to the locality from 

 Portland, Booth Bay, Deer Isle, and other points along the shore, and engage in clamming during 

 the season, which lasts from December to April. Some crews dig large quantities, which they 

 shuck and salt for sale to the offshore fishing-vessels, and others merely lay in their stock of bait 

 for the following summer. Aside from the non-residents above mentioned, seventy-nine of the 

 local fishermen made clamming a regular business during the winter of 1S79-'80. These dug over 

 1G,000 bushels, a part of which were sold to the cannery at Jonesport, the remainder being shucked 

 and salted in barrels for use as bait 



THE HERRING FISHERY. Jouesport has taken little interest in the herring fisheries of late, 

 aud at present there is but one weir within the limits of the town, though small herring are 

 reported fairly abundant. During the summer of 18SO a sardine cannery was built, and in the fall 

 several thousand cans of fish were put up. The building will be enlarged in 1881, and it is thought 

 that herring can be taken in sufficient numbers to make the business both extensive and prof- 

 itable. An Eastport firm located at the village in the summer of 1880 for the purpose of putting 

 up Eussian sardines, and succeeded in packing several hundred barrels during the season. The 

 supply of fish was obtained largely from Millbridge. In the spring of 1881 it intends building a 

 large cannery for the preparation of oil sardines. 



11. MILLBRIDGE, STEUBEN, AND OTHER TOWNS IN THE VICINITY. 



ADDISON. The town of Addisou is situated to the westward of Moose-a-bec Reach, between 

 Harrington and Jonesport. It has a population of over 1,200, composed chiefly of sea-faring men 

 and farmers. There are two post-offices; one, called Addison, is a village of several hundred 

 inhabitants at the head of navigation of Pleasant River; the other, known as Indian River, is a 

 scattered settlement of farmers and fishermen. Formerly considerable ship building was done in 

 the town, but this business has gradually died out, and no vessels have been built for several years. 



As early as 1835 Addisou sent two or three vessels each season to the Gulf of Saint 

 Lawrence for codfish. In 1857 its fleet consisted of three vessels engaged in the Bay of Fundy 

 cod-fisheries, and one "hooking" mackerel in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. In 1880 there was but 

 one fishing-vessel, of 10.58 tons, owned in the place. This vessel carried three men, and landed 

 100 quintals of cod and haddock, taken during occasional visits to the inshore grounds. There 

 are thirty-seven semi-professional fishermen, with fifteen boats, engaged in trawling and hand- 

 lining along the shore, at intervals, from May to October. About half of the catch is sold fresh, 



