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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Statement, 
  by 
  months, 
  of 
  quantities 
  and 
  values 
  of 
  certain 
  fishery 
  products, 
  etc. 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  THE 
  SALMON 
  FISHERY 
  OF 
  PENOBSCOT 
  RIVER 
  AND 
  BAY. 
  

  

  The 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  fishery 
  of 
  Penobscot 
  

   River 
  and 
  Bay, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  G. 
  Atkins, 
  are 
  here 
  presented 
  for 
  

   the 
  years 
  1900 
  and 
  1901, 
  together 
  with 
  notes 
  on 
  certain 
  fishes. 
  The 
  

   statistics 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  fishery 
  for 
  1902 
  will 
  be 
  published 
  at 
  a 
  later 
  date 
  

   in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  returns 
  on 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Maine 
  collected 
  for 
  

   that 
  year 
  by 
  the 
  field 
  force 
  of 
  this 
  division. 
  

  

  The 
  salmon 
  fisheiy 
  of 
  Penobscot 
  River 
  and 
  Bay 
  is 
  located 
  mainly 
  

   in 
  the 
  river, 
  but 
  extends 
  along 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  bay 
  to 
  Brooksville 
  on 
  

   the 
  eastern 
  side, 
  to 
  Lincolnville 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  side, 
  and 
  to 
  Islesboro 
  in 
  

   the 
  central 
  bay. 
  A 
  few 
  salmon 
  were 
  also 
  taken 
  at 
  Criehaven, 
  or 
  Ragged 
  

   Island, 
  in 
  1901 
  and 
  some 
  earlier 
  j^ears, 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  fisheries 
  

   for 
  herring 
  and 
  other 
  species. 
  In 
  the 
  river 
  the 
  salmon 
  are 
  taken 
  in 
  

   weirs, 
  and 
  with 
  set 
  and 
  drift 
  gill 
  nets, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  bay 
  they 
  are 
  caught 
  

   chiefly 
  in 
  trap 
  nets. 
  The 
  weirs 
  have 
  a 
  leader 
  and 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  floored 
  

   pounds 
  supported 
  b}^ 
  stakes 
  driven 
  firmly 
  in 
  the 
  ground. 
  The 
  leaders 
  

   and 
  the 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  pounds 
  are 
  usually 
  constructed 
  of 
  twine 
  or 
  wire 
  

  

  