the fishery each year fluctuates widely 

 from about 6 to more than 50. 



Lobster fishery . --The low level of 

 United States lobster landings--less than 

 1,000 pounds valued at less than $400-- 

 makes it a subsistence fishery only carried 

 on by some 15 to 20 part-time fishermen. 

 Lobster traps have a total value not 

 exceeding $400. 



MoUusk fishery . --Landings ofmollusks 

 (soft clams, scallops, and periwinkles) 

 have averaged less than 300,000 pounds 

 worth about $80,000 each year for the 

 past decade. Clam landings have declined 

 100,000 pounds since 1957 and scallop 

 production in 1958 dropped to less than 

 4,000 pounds, the lowest level since 1948. 

 An average of 108 diggers were engaged 

 in the clam fishery with investnnents in 

 equipment not exceeding $3,000. Invest- 

 ments in locally owned scalloping equip- 

 ment amounted to less than $5,000. 



Fisheries for anadromous species . -- 

 Commercial landings of alewives and 

 smelts in the United States averaged 

 280,000 pounds worth between $5,000 

 and $6,000 annually during the past 



decade. Investnnents in equipment do not 

 exceed $1,000; not nnore than a ^-dozen 

 fishermen are engaged in the alewife 

 fishery and less than 50 in the smelt 

 fishery. 



Miscellaneous . --In 1958, sand worms 

 were taken commercially for the first 

 time in the Passamaquoddy area. Pre- 

 liminary surveys indicate concentrations 

 of probable commercial importance in 

 Lubec, Pembroke, and Eastport. 



Fish processing . --The survey of the 

 secondary fisheries covered the herring- 

 processing industry of the Quoddy Region 

 for 1957. There were 11 sardine and 2 

 pet -food canneries, 6 smoke houses, and 

 9 fishmeal and pearl-essence plants. Total 

 value of herring products was more than 

 $11,000,000. Pet-food plants accounted 

 for 49 percent of this value, compared 

 with 37 percent for the "sardine" plants. 

 Although the operation of "sardine" 

 plants is seasonal in nature, employment 

 in them accounts for about 80 percent of 

 the total number (1,671) employed in the 

 fish-processing industry. Reduction and 

 pet-food plants employed more than 11 

 percent. 



Figure 17.- -A United States sardine cannery. 

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