Figure 2.- PoundageandvalueofMaineherringlandings 

 1947-58. 



The Passamaquoddy Project area forms 

 the eastern part of Washington County, for 

 which herring statistics are also available. 

 For convenience, we are considering that 

 Washington County lies in herring statistical 

 areas V, VI, VII, and VIII (fig. 3). Between 

 1947 and 1958, the Washington County catch 

 ranged from 17,867,000 to 74,022,000 pounds, 

 with an average of 40,746,000 pounds (table 2, 

 fig. 4). 



In the Passamaquoddy Project area, there 

 have been marked fluctuations in the Maine 

 herring catches in the high and low pools 

 (table 3, fig. 5). The minimum and maximum 

 landings for the 12-year period have been 

 23?,000 and 6, f^,000 pounds in the high pool and 

 49,000 and 6,369,000 pounds in the low pool. 

 Thus, in the high pool the maximum catch is 26 



AREAS ic- six: 



5 10 15 20 25 

 NAUTICAL MILES 



us FISH AND W1LDUFE SERVICE 



Figure 3.— Maine herring statistical areas (from Scattergood, 1949). 



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