Corea's major industry is lobster fishing, 

 providing some 70-80 jobs. Other types of 

 fishing, which are part-time or supplemental, 

 include seining, clamming, and worming. 

 There are some nine stores, a boatyard which 

 employs six-seven people year around, fish 

 cannery, a naval tracking base, and eight 

 teachers employed by the town's elementary 

 school. These activities employ 109 full-time 

 and part-time workers. 



Table 5. — Occupational distribution of the work force 

 in Phippsburg, 1960. 



Source: 1960 Census Special Report lor Maine Employment 

 Security Commission. Approximately 80'/ of the 

 "laborers" may be classified as lobster fishermen. 



Phippsburg: In 1970 the population of 

 Phippsburg was 1,180, an increase of 59 people. 

 Of the 1,121 people listed in April of 1960, 

 397 were in the labor force; 358 were employed, 

 and 39 were unemployed. Of those over 14 

 years of age, 394 were men and 403 were 

 women. There were 335 households. 



Phippsburg's major industry is the summer 

 tourist and summer resident trade. At Phipps- 

 burg there are several large tenting grounds, 

 a state park, and many summer residences 

 located on its several miles of ocean frontage. 

 Other local industries include fishing, which 

 consists of a fish factory, several large offshore 

 fishing boats, and a fleet of lobster boats. 

 There are also two small construction com- 

 panies that build and repair summer homes. 

 The bulk of Phippsburg's employed popula- 

 tion, however, commute to other towns and 

 cities for employment. Probably the largest 

 employer of Phippsburg people is Bath In- 

 dustries located in the adjacent city of Bath. 



Selected Socioeconomic Characteristics 

 of the Sample Lobstermen 



Average age of the lobstermen in the sample 

 is 42.6 years. There are 15 below the age of 

 19 and 18 in the age bracket of 65 and over. 

 The median income for the group is $5,280 

 and average income in $6,213. There are 13 

 fishermen with income less than $1,000 and 

 15 with income over $14,000. Of the 118 fisher- 

 men who gave reasons for lobstering, 33 

 (which includes 3 students) responses may 

 be categorized as "economic" and the rest 

 "non-economic" including home consumption, 

 preference for the particular way of life, in- 

 fluence of family, and so on. 



Of the 109 fishermen who supplied informa- 

 tion on number of traps, slightly over 50% 

 owned less than 300 traps; 23 fishermen owned 

 more than 500 traps. Of the 93 fishermen who 

 gave information on investment in trap gear, 

 approximately 50% had investment of less than 

 $2,000; only 3 had investment of $8,000 and 

 over. The average years of education was 9.8. 

 Approximately 40% had less than 9 years of 

 education. Of 131 fishermen, 41 indicated that 

 they received some type of formal vocational 

 training in areas including carpentry, metal 

 working, mechanic, professional and clerical 

 work. Of 81 fishermen asked about preference 

 for receiving vocational training, 63 indicated 

 no preference. Only a small fraction express- 

 ed preference for training in electrical, pro- 

 fessional, and carpentry work. 



Among the 109 fishermen who supplied in- 

 formation on income from part-time jobs, 77 

 indicated that they had little or no income 

 from this source. Only 7 indicated that they 

 received more than 50% of their income from 

 alternative jobs.^ 



Analysis of Target Groups 



In order to analyze the potential socioeco- 

 nomic impact of limited entry, it is necessary 

 to identify the possible candidates who might 

 be considered targets for limited entry or any 



' More detailed information on these and other aspects 

 of the study may be found in the complete final project 

 report, available from the Economic Research Labora- 

 tory, National Marine Fisheries Service. 



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