"No record was mads of the quantii-y or value of fish taken in 

 any one year, but between thirty and four hundred barrels of 

 shad and alevri.ves were usually taken at one tide at each of 

 the several places or eddies - the average would be from ?5 

 to 100 barrels. At Treat's Falls sometimes liO salmon were 

 taken in a day. 



"The fishing season, in the spring, continued about five weeks j 

 time of greatest plenty, two weeks. Salmon were taken during 

 three months at least, but they were not too abundant. From 

 $1 to $1«25 per barrel were paid f rem t he vessels for alevaves, 

 and what were thea considered fair prices for shad. Newburj'^- 

 port vessels were engag-.ed in the trade and took large quantities 

 of fish to Southern markets and the West Indies for plantation 

 purposes." (Ford, l882, p. i^?) . 



Describing events in Bangor for the year l827, Ford wrote: 



"Some opinion may be formed in regai-d to the immense quan- 

 tities of fish in the Penobscot at the head of tide, when 

 it is understood that 7,000 shad and 100 barrels of tie- 

 wives vrere taken at one haul of the seine, about the mid- 

 dle of May this year. This was an unusual fish jezr. Shad 

 were sold at Oldtown at 5^ a hurdred, and alewives were 

 deemed hardly worth saving," (Pord, l882, p. 6.35). 



By the time the Bangor Dam of the Bangor Water V/orks was completed in 

 1877, a shad fishery had ceased to exist. Because brackish water back up 

 nearly if not quite to the city of Bangor, there are no suitable spawriing areas 

 for shad between the Bangor dam and the sea. 



Narraguagus Fciver 



The Narraguagus River, although free from barriers to the passage 

 of fish to the Beddington dam and although one of the best remaining salmon 

 streams in the state, has no record of a shad run. Because it offers access 

 to suitable spavming areas and because it is almost completely free from pollu- 

 tion, the river might be considered as a possible site for stocking attem.pts 

 at some future date, (particularly in view of the fact that the Beddington 

 Dam was breached in 1951) . 



Pleasant and Harrington Rivers 



The Pleasant and Harrington river estuaries yield some shad each 

 year. In an interview with coastal warden Bertram Davis, South Addison, it 

 was learned that there are two or three local fishermen who drift for a short 

 period in late May and early June, Fishing comes to an end when lobster traps 

 placed in the area interfere with drifting operations. No estimate of the 

 catch could be obtained. The fish are consumed locally, 



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