﻿REPOKT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  Ill 
  

  

  netting. 
  The 
  trap 
  nets 
  are 
  also 
  set 
  with 
  a 
  leader, 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  end 
  

   of 
  which 
  are 
  two 
  pounds, 
  the 
  "outer" 
  and 
  "inner" 
  pounds, 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  salmon 
  are 
  captured. 
  The 
  trap 
  nets 
  are 
  of 
  twine 
  netting 
  supported 
  

   by 
  floats, 
  rising 
  and 
  falling 
  with 
  the 
  tide, 
  and 
  are 
  held 
  in 
  place 
  b}' 
  long 
  

   warps 
  and 
  anchors. 
  The 
  set 
  and 
  drift 
  gill 
  nets 
  are 
  each 
  from 
  100 
  to 
  

   200 
  feet 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  mesh 
  is 
  from 
  6 
  to 
  7 
  inches 
  stretched. 
  

   In 
  the 
  methods 
  and 
  location 
  of 
  this 
  fishery 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  compara- 
  

   tively 
  little 
  change 
  during- 
  the 
  past 
  thirty 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  fishery 
  of 
  

   Penobscot 
  Riyer 
  and 
  Bay 
  in 
  1900 
  and 
  1901: 
  

  

  Exlent 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  fishery 
  of 
  Penobscot 
  River 
  and 
  Bay 
  in. 
  1900 
  and 
  1001. 
  

  

  Note.— 
  Above 
  Bangor, 
  between 
  Veasie 
  and 
  Enfield 
  in 
  1901, 
  16 
  fishermen 
  operated 
  8 
  gill 
  nets, 
  

   value 
  $120, 
  with 
  8 
  boats, 
  value 
  S120. 
  The 
  catch 
  was 
  20 
  salmon, 
  weighing 
  300 
  pounds, 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  

   which 
  was 
  S40. 
  

  

  Boats, 
  scows, 
  and 
  rafts. 
  

  

  Shore 
  and 
  

   accessory 
  

   property. 
  

  

  Total 
  

   investment. 
  

  

  Brooksville 
  (Cape 
  Rosier) 
  

  

  Bucksport 
  

  

  Castine 
  

  

  Hampden 
  

  

  Islesboro 
  

  

  Lincolnville 
  

  

  Ragged 
  Island 
  

  

  Northport 
  

  

  Orland 
  

  

  Orrington 
  

  

  Penobscot 
  

  

  Searsport 
  

  

  South 
  Brewer 
  

  

  Stockton 
  and 
  Prospect 
  

  

  Verona 
  

  

  Winterport 
  

  

  Bangor 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  »310 
  

  

  742 
  

  

  265 
  

  

  69 
  

  

  350 
  

  

  728 
  

  

  880 
  

  

  1,045 
  

  

  770 
  

  

  334 
  

  

  1, 
  812 
  

  

  665 
  

  

  27 
  

  

  1,508 
  

  

  3,715 
  

  

  202 
  

  

  27 
  

  

  820 
  

  

  454 
  

  

  1,684 
  

  

  655 
  

  

  27 
  

  

  1,661 
  

  

  3,835 
  

  

  229 
  

  

  27 
  

  

  145 
  2,101 
  158 
  2,218 
  1,560 
  1,675 
  

  

  5,449 
  

  

  13, 
  612 
  

  

  