Table 5. --Investments and inventories, expenses, receipts, and 

 profits of seven stop seiners 



[In dollais] 



Groundfish 



Three species of groundfish are of minor 

 importance in the area (table 9). Most of the 

 catch is taken in the low pool, with only about 

 1,000 pounds being caught in the high pool. 

 Table 9 does not include illegal otter trawl 

 catches made occasionally in the area by 

 boats that violate the law under the cover of 

 darkness or fog. We have heard estimates 

 that the illegal catch of haddock is about 

 100,000 pounds annually, but have no infor- 

 mation on the accuracy of these reports. 



The legal catches of cod and haddock are 

 taken by handlines and longlines and are 

 worth only a few thousand dollars. Between 

 1948 and 1957 cod landings averaged $800, 

 with a range of $400 to $2,100. Values of 

 haddock catches ranged from $1,000 to$3,100, 

 with an average of $1,800. 



Pollock are caught principally by lift nets 

 that are effective in taking schools of small 

 "harbor" pollock, which usually occur in great 

 numbers in the region, particularly near the 

 processing plants in Eastport and Lubec. 



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