Table 2. — Washington County herring landings, 

 1947-58. 



times the minimum, and in the low pool is 129 

 times the minimum. Combined total annual 

 catches in both pools have averaged 6,490,000 

 pounds and have ranged from 2,004,000 pounds 

 In 1958 to 10, 858,000 pounds in 1953, which rep- 

 resents a fivefold difference between minimum 

 and maximum. The average yearly catches were 

 3,613,000 pounds in the high pool and 2,878,000 

 In the low pool. The sizes of the landings from 

 the two pools do not appear to be closely 

 related, for example, in 1947 the low pool 

 catch was 49,000 pounds, while the high 

 pool had 6,273,000 poinds. In 1953, the catches 

 were 4,569,000 and 3v^9,000 pounds for the 

 high and low pools, respectively. In 1954, 

 the low pool had 6,369,000 pounds, but the 

 high pool landings were only 238,000 pounds. 



Annual landings in the Passamaquoddy Proj- 

 ect area have represented 1.1 to 12,1 percent 

 (average 4.4 percent) of the total Maine 

 catch and 5.4 to 39.9 percent (average 15,9 

 percent) of the Washington County catch. 



In the Maine area immediately outside 

 the pools (area VI In fig, 3), the catches 

 have varied between 1,566,000 and 17,838,000 

 pounds, and an elevenfold difference. 



Figures 6-11 show graphically the dlstrtbu- 

 tlon of yearly catches in the Passamaquoddy 

 Project area and the Maine coast as far 

 southwest as Cutler Harbor. 



WASHINGTON COrNTY 



US PASS4MAQU0DDY REGION 



Figure 4. --Maine herring landings in Washington 

 County andPassamaquoddy Project area, 1947-58. 



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Figure 5.— Maine herring landings in high and low pools. 



1947-58. 



