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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of Maine, 1928 — Continued 

 CATCH: By counties— Continued 



INDUSTRIES RELATED TO THE FISHERIES 



Transporting trade. — In 1928 there were 263 persons in Maine 

 engaged primarily in transporting the catch of fish. In this trade 

 3 steam vessels and 128 motor vessels having a total capacity of 

 1,378 net tons were operated. The size of vessel in most popular 

 use ranged from 5 to 10 net tons. 



Wholesale trade. — There were 103 wholesale estal^lishments in 

 Maine engaged chiefly in handling fresh and frozen products. This 

 number includes 2 in New Hampshire. This is 34 per cent of the 

 total number of such establishments in the New England section. 

 These establishments employed 427 persons who received $432,493 

 in salaries and wages. Knox County accounted for 27 of these 

 establishments; Hancock County, 24; Washington County, 22; and 

 Cumberland County, 17. 



Prepared and by-products trade.— -T\i&re, were 119 establishments in 

 Maine during 1928 engaged primarily in the manufacture of pre- 

 pared fishery products or by-products. This is 78 per cent of the 

 total number in the New England section. They employed 3,019 

 persons who received $1,704,135 in salaries and wages. The prod- 

 ucts manufactured consisting principally of canned sardines and 

 clam products w^ere valued at $10,291,561. Detailed statistics of 

 most of the items manufactured may be obtained from "Fishery 

 Industries of the United States, 1928." Bureau of Fisheries Docu- 

 ment No. 1067. 



In addition to the above, 614,054 pounds of fresh salted and 

 smoked products valued at $21,030 were prepared by the fishermen. 



