12-5 Correlation of lobster catch (thousands of metric tons) 

 and number of traps fished (hundred thousands) in 

 Maine, for 1897 to 1976 (Maine Department 

 of Marine Resources 1977) 12-18 



12-6 Pounds (x 1CP , solid line) and dollar values (x 1CT , 



dotted line) of rock crab landed in coastal Maine from 



1968 to 1978. (December, 1978, data are estimated.) .... 12-21 



12-7 Pounds (x 1CP , solid line) and dollar values (x 10 , 

 dotted line) of shrimp landed in coastal Maine from 

 1968 to 1978. (December, 1978, data are estimated.) .... 12-21 



12-8 Pounds (x 1CT , solid line) and dollar values (x 10 , 



dotted line) of bloodworms landed in coastal Maine from 



1968 to 1978. (December, 1978, data are estimated.) .... 12-29 



12-9 Pounds (x 10* , solid line) and dollar values (x 10* , 



dottei line) of sandworms landed in coastal Maine from 



1968 to 1978. (December, 1978, data are estimated.) .... 12-29 



14-1 Trends in populations of nesting herring gull, eider, 

 black guillemot, and puffin in Maine since 1900 

 (adapted from Drury 1973 and Korschgen 1979) 14-11 



14-3 Trends in populations of nesting great black-backed gull, 

 double-crested cormorant, arctic and common tern, and 

 razorbill auk in Maine since 1900 (adapted from 

 Drury 1973 and Korschgen 1979) 14-11 



14-3 Timing of egg laying, incubation, and breeding of 



seabirds in coastal Maine (crosshatch represents overlap) . . 14-18 



14-4 Relative abundance and migration of the migratory 



shorebirds of coastal Maine from April through November. 



Band width reflects relative abundance for individual 



species only (adapted from Morrison 1976a, McNeil 



and Burton 1973, Palmer 1949, and Gobeil 1963) 14-31 



15-1 The wildlife management units (large numbers, heavy 

 lines) and the characterization regions (small 

 numbers, light lines) in Maine (Maine Department 

 of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife) 15-11 



15-2 Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 

 winter waterfowl inventory units (large numbers, 

 dotted lines) and characterization regions (small 

 numbers, light lines) in Maine (Maine Department 

 of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife) 15-12 



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