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  EEPOKT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Extent 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  fishery 
  of 
  Penobscot 
  River 
  and 
  Barj 
  in 
  1900 
  and 
  1901— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  rrSH 
  TAKEN 
  WITH 
  SALMON. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  aahnon 
  there 
  are 
  incidentally 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  trap 
  nets 
  and 
  

   weirs 
  other 
  marine 
  or 
  anadromous 
  species, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  following 
  is 
  

   nearly 
  a 
  complete 
  list: 
  Alewife 
  {Poniolohus 
  pseudohare?if/us), 
  blueback 
  

   {Pomolohus 
  adstivalis), 
  herring 
  {Olupea 
  harengns), 
  shad 
  {Alosa 
  sajyidis- 
  

   sima), 
  menhaden 
  {Brevooj'tia 
  tyrannus)^ 
  striped 
  bass 
  {Roccus 
  Uneatus)^ 
  

   cunner 
  {Tautogolabrus 
  adspersus), 
  tautog 
  {Tautoga 
  onitis), 
  sculpin 
  

   {Myoxocephalus 
  groenlandicus), 
  mackerel 
  {Scomber 
  scoml)rus),\\nn^-^^h. 
  

   {Cydoj^terus 
  lumpus), 
  cod 
  {Gadus 
  caUarias)^ 
  tomcod 
  {Microgadus 
  tom- 
  

   <?0(f), 
  pollock 
  {Pollachius 
  virens) 
  , 
  English 
  hake 
  {Merlucciushilinearis)^ 
  

   sturgeon 
  {Acipenser 
  sturio)^ 
  eel 
  {Anguilla 
  chrisypa)^ 
  lamprey 
  {Petro- 
  

   myzon 
  marimis), 
  smelt 
  {Osmerits 
  mordax)^ 
  killi-fish 
  {Fundulus 
  hetero- 
  

   ditvj<), 
  winter 
  flounder 
  (Pseudopleuronectes 
  americanus), 
  eel-back 
  

   flounder 
  {Ziopsetta 
  putnami), 
  and 
  dog-fish 
  {Sqimlus 
  acanthias). 
  

  

  The 
  list 
  includes 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  prominent 
  as 
  food 
  fishes, 
  and 
  

   others 
  which 
  are 
  used 
  extensively 
  for 
  bait 
  and 
  fertilizer, 
  while 
  a 
  few 
  

   are 
  of 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  economic 
  importance. 
  The 
  alewife, 
  however, 
  is 
  the 
  

   only 
  one 
  for 
  which 
  a 
  distinct 
  fishery 
  is 
  maintained 
  in 
  these 
  waters. 
  

   This 
  species 
  is 
  caught 
  in 
  considerable 
  quantities 
  in 
  the 
  weirs 
  and 
  trap- 
  

   nets 
  with 
  the 
  salmon, 
  but 
  more 
  extensively 
  in 
  weirs 
  set 
  especially 
  for 
  

   its 
  capture. 
  The 
  pollock 
  and 
  dogfish 
  are 
  also 
  worthy 
  of 
  notice 
  as 
  

   they 
  are 
  probably 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  inimical 
  to 
  the 
  salmon. 
  

  

  Alewives. 
  — 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  known 
  the 
  alewife 
  {Pomolohus 
  pseudoharengus) 
  

   of 
  the 
  Penobscot 
  breeds 
  almost 
  exclusively 
  in 
  Alamoosook 
  Lake, 
  

   though 
  a 
  few 
  ascend 
  the 
  main 
  Penobscot 
  to 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Bradley, 
  

   where 
  they 
  gain 
  access 
  to 
  two 
  ponds 
  in 
  very 
  limited 
  numbers. 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  fishery 
  for 
  alewives 
  on 
  the 
  Penobscot 
  River 
  is 
  at 
  

   Orland, 
  in 
  Eastern 
  River, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  avenue 
  by 
  which 
  they 
  reach 
  

  

  