Table 11-8. Landings (pounds) and Value (dollars) of the Major 

 Commercial Fish Species in Maine in 1977 a 



Species 



Rank Rank Utility Recent 

 and pounds and dollars catch 



(1000s) (1000s) trends 



Herring 



Red fish 



Pollock 



Cod 



Flound er : sp ec ies 



1 73,050 



2 20,801 



3 10,685 



4 9126 



5 8272 



1 3545 Food and Increasing 



industrial 



2 3140 Food 

 5 1406 Food 

 4 1974 Food 



3 2869 Food 



Increasing 

 Increasing 

 Increasing 

 Increasing 



Red & white hake 

 Alewif e 



Menhaden 



Haddock 



Cusk 



Mackerel 



Whiting (silver hake) 



Eel 



6 



7 



8 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 



13 



6600 7 



3374 10 



3289 12 



2250 6 



1000 9 



330 11 



225 13 



176 8 



744 Industrial Increasing 



120 Industrial Fluctuating/ 

 increasing 



71 Industrial Fluctuating/ 

 decreasing 



960 Food 



163 Food 



77 Food 



Increasing 

 Increasing 

 Fluctuating 



17 Food and Decreasing 



industrial 



263 Food and Fluctuating 



industrial 



a Lewis 1979. 



11-39 



10-80 



