Table 19. — Actual Maine American lobster catch 1957,72, and 

 estimated catch, 1973-76. 



'Thousands of metric tons. 



lobstering is the predominant economic activity. Beals 

 is also higlily specialized but less isolated than Corea. 

 Phippsburg's economy is more diversified and in close 

 proximity to sources of alternative job opportunities. 



Table 20. — Number of lobster licenses issued in Maine 1961-72. 



Each of the areas has one feature in common: the lob- 

 ster fishery is a major economic activity. It is difficult to 

 say how representative these three communities are of 

 the entire lobster fishery. Sufficient information is not 

 readily available to identify the economic characteris- 

 tics of the population of lobster fishermen in Maine and 



Year 



Number of licenses 



1961 

 1962 

 1963 

 1964 

 1965 

 1966 

 1967 

 1968 

 1969 

 1970 

 1971 

 1972 



6,472 

 5,658 

 5.695 

 5,803 

 5,802 

 5,613 

 5,425 

 5,489 

 5,750 

 6,316 

 6,702 

 7,117 



Source; Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries. 



Table 21. — Age distribution of lobster fishermen 1971. 



Ellsworth _ /"^^chiasport 

 als 

 Gouldsboro 

 (Corea) 



Source: Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries. 



Figure 16. — Maine, selected geographic locations. 



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