Table 1. --Catch location and average standard lengths of Maine herring "brit" samples, 1955 



Location 



Gill cruise 2 



Date 



Length 



Gill cruise 3 



Date 



Casco Bay: 



Middle Bay , 



Hussey Bay, south , 



Broad Sound , 



Cundy Harbor , 



Sheepscot Bay: 



Mouth of Ebenecook Harbor , 



Off mouth of Hendricks Harbor. 

 West of lower Mark Island , 



Muscongus Bay: 



Marsh Island, \ mile east of.,.,. 

 Port Clyde , 



Penobscot Bay: 



Isle au Haut, Duck Island , 



Isle au Haut , 



Blue Hill Bay: 



Union River 



Frenchman Bay: 



Skillings River , 



Great Moose Island 



Nash Island, 5 miles south of , 



Machias Bay 



Average , 



May 24 



May 26 



May 27 



May 27 

 May 28 



Jan. 10 



June 1 1 

 June 11 



Inches 

 2.4 



1.8 



1.9 



1.9 

 2,1 



2.0 



2.2 

 1.7 



June 28 

 June 28 

 June 29 



July 6 



July 7 

 July 7 



July 8 

 July 8 



2.0 



