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$1,500 to $7,000 each. Portland also receives a large part of the catch 

 of ground-lish and other species taken by vessels, although many of 

 the larger v^essels sometimes land their fares in Boston. 



The herring catch in Washington and Hancock counties is for the 

 most part disposed of locally at the sardine canneries and smoke- 

 houses. 



The following tables give statistics of the fisheries of Maine in con- 

 densed form for the year 1902: 



Persons employed. 



Table of apparatus and capital. 



Items. 



Vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels transporting 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Apparatus— vessel fisheries: 



Gill nets 



Seines 



Lines, hand and trawl... 



Eel pots 



Lobster pots 



Harpoons 



Dredges 



Hoes 



Apparatus — shore fisheries: 

 *Pound nets, trap nets, 

 and weirs 



Gill nets 



No. 



451 

 6,838 



131 

 2,132 



1,873 

 50 



92 

 18, 205 



780 

 1,430 



Value. 



S489, 085 



193, 346 

 233, 405 



34, 196 

 305, 181 



15,388 



16,137 



26, 694 



43 



18, 526 



1,467 



150 



47 



189, 077 

 14, 198 



Items. 



Apparatus — shore fisheries — 

 continvied. 



Fyke nets 



Dip nets 



Hoop nets 



Bag nets 



Seines 



Lines, hand and trawl . . . 



Eel pots and traps 



Lobster pots 



Fish traps 



Gunner traps 



Dredges 



Spears 



Hoes 



Shore and accessory property 

 Cash capital ." . 



Total. 



21 



277 



9 



221 



179 



671 



148, 232 



1 



26 



86 



98 



1,855 



Table of jnoducXs. 



Species. 



Alewives, fresh ... 

 Alewives, salted .. 

 Alewives, smoked. 



Butter-fish 



Cat-fish 



Cod, fresh 



Cod, salted 



Gunners 



Cusk, fresh 



Gusk, salted 



Eels 



Flounders 



Haddock, fresh ... 

 Haddock, salted .. 



Hake, fresh 



Hake, salted 



Halibut 



Vessel fisheries. 



293, 333 



6,489,413 



6,131,704 



633 



2,128,005 



153, 870 



17, 700 



30, 779 



3, 849, 488 



270, 539 



14,226,909 



1,629,722 



149, 548 



Value. 



82, 730 



129, 961 



156, 124 



22 



27, 755 



3, 045 



1,000 



622 



75, 269 



3,337 



94, 054 



16, 634 



10, 024 



Shore fisheries. 



Lbs. 



1, 006, 853 



862, 750 



519, 850 



7,780 



186, 100 



4,413,497 



355, 850 



60, 120 



206, 142 



4,500 



203, 350 



538, 141 



2, 792, 588 



90, 625 



2, 597, 999 



321,125 



60, 223 



Value. 



86, 955 



4, 875 



9,902 



382 



1,272 



79, 820 



10, 771 



1,156 



2,616 



92 



11,083 



11,329 



45, 046 



1,340 



28, 554 



5, 049 



4,171 



Total. 



Lbs. 



1,006,853 



862, 750 



519, 850 



7,780 



479, 433 



10, 902, 910 



6, 487, 664 



60, 753 



2, 334, 147 



158, 370 



221, 050 



568, 920 



6, 642, 076 



361,164 



16, 824, 908 



1, 950, 847 



209, 771 



F. C. 1904—17 



