pound may be filled by the family owning it 

 or the pound operator may become a dealer 

 for part of the year, buying from fishermen 

 until he has the pound stocked. A third use 

 of the pound is leasing to a full-time dealer 

 for his own stocking activities. If the family 

 does not operate the pound on a part-time 

 basis, the employment provided rarely ex- 

 ceeds one job. The two full-time lobster dealers 

 on Beals employ between two and four labor- 

 ers each. The 12 boatyards are father and 

 son operations although occasionally one non- 

 family employee may be hired. The two clam 

 shops on the island employ a total of between 

 25 and 30 persons together — mainly women 

 who shuck clams for shipment outside the 

 area. The service industry employment avail- 

 able on Beals consists of jobs in three general 

 stores, one garage, one oil company, one 

 television and radio sales, the local elementary 

 school, and various part-time jobs available 

 in the town government (mostly elective posi- 

 tions) (Table 3). 



Table 3. — Occupational distribution of the work force 

 in Beals, 1960. 



Source: 1960 Census Special Report for Maine Employment 

 Security Commission. Approximately 90'/' of the 

 "laborers" may be classified as lobster fishermen. 



In Jonesport employment opportunities are 

 in much the same industries as they are in 

 Beals. Ninety-nine lobster licenses, 60 worm 

 licenses, and 81 clam licenses were issued by 

 the Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries. 

 Employment opportunities available in Jones- 

 port include jobs in one restaurant, one bank, 

 one sardine factory, two grocery stores, one 

 clothing store, one drug store, four gas stations, 

 three gas or oil companies (total employment 

 each is no more than three), one dentist's 



office, one doctor's office, two lobster dealers 

 and a lobster cooperative which has four em- 

 ployees. Other firms in the area providing sub- 

 stantial employment are two sardine factories 

 — one in Milbridge and one in Machiasport. 

 This employment is part-time and seasonal. 



The 1969 value of product given by the 

 Census of Maine Manufacturers for Beals is 

 $283,258, the total gross wages are $70,856, 

 and average gross $2,443. These figures are 

 for manufactured products only and do not 

 include income from lobstering, shrimping, 

 or other fishing unless the catch has been 

 processed in some manner. Total employment 

 in these industries is given as 29. For Jones- 

 port the corresponding figures are value of 

 product — $681,509, gross wages — $192,495, 

 and average gross wage — $2,406. Total em- 

 ployment was 80. 



Total assessed value of property on Beals 

 in 1969 was $237,560. The town budget shows 

 total receipts of $99,376, and total expendi- 

 tures of $73,910, of which about $55,000 was 

 for wages distributed to inhabitants of the 

 town. 



Table 4. — Occupational distribution of the work force 

 in Gouldsboro, 1960. 



Source: 1960 Census Special Report for Maine Employment 

 Security Commission. Approximately 90^? of the 

 "laborers" may be classified as lobster fishermen. 



Corea (Gouldsboro): The community in 

 Corea is part of the township of Gouldsboro. 

 The 1970 population of Gouldsboro is 1,270, 

 an increase of 170 people over the 1960 figure 

 of 1,100. In 1960 there were 363 households. 

 There were 420 males over 14 years of age 

 and 406 females. 



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