﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  113 
  

  

  Alamoosook 
  Lake. 
  In 
  this 
  district 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  weirs 
  catch 
  alewives 
  

   exclusively, 
  a 
  larger 
  number 
  catch 
  alewives 
  principally, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  

   salmon, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  remainder, 
  while 
  salmon 
  are 
  taken 
  chiefly, 
  alewives 
  

   form 
  an 
  important 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  catch. 
  In 
  other 
  towns 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  

   alewife 
  fishery 
  seems 
  to 
  decrease 
  with 
  the 
  distance 
  from 
  Orland. 
  In 
  

   Verona, 
  Bucksport, 
  and 
  Penobscot 
  the 
  fishery 
  is 
  still 
  quite 
  important, 
  

   but 
  much 
  less 
  so 
  in 
  Castine, 
  Stockton 
  Springs, 
  and 
  more 
  distant 
  

   localities. 
  It 
  is 
  estimated 
  that 
  in 
  this 
  fishery 
  in 
  1901, 
  in 
  all 
  localities, 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  weirs 
  fished 
  was 
  112, 
  and 
  the 
  catch 
  592,587 
  ale- 
  

   wives, 
  and 
  that 
  in 
  1902 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  weirs 
  was 
  132, 
  and 
  the 
  catch 
  

   106,265 
  alewives. 
  The 
  catch 
  is 
  disposed 
  of 
  in 
  various 
  ways. 
  A 
  few 
  

   are 
  marketed 
  in 
  a 
  fresh 
  condition 
  at 
  about 
  50 
  cents 
  a 
  hundred 
  fish, 
  

   some 
  are 
  pickled 
  and 
  sold 
  in 
  barrels, 
  but 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  

   is 
  smoked 
  and 
  disposed 
  of 
  in 
  the 
  local 
  markets 
  at 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  about 
  

   80 
  cents 
  a 
  hundred 
  fish. 
  The 
  fishermen 
  sometimes 
  receive 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  

   from 
  1 
  to 
  li 
  cents 
  per 
  fish. 
  Alewives 
  are 
  rarely, 
  if 
  ever, 
  sold 
  by 
  the 
  

   pound 
  in 
  this 
  region. 
  

  

  The 
  "blueback" 
  {Pomolobus 
  sestivalis) 
  is 
  taken 
  in 
  nearlj^ 
  all 
  the 
  weirs 
  

   with 
  the 
  alewives, 
  but 
  makes 
  its 
  appearance 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  season. 
  It 
  

   has 
  been 
  reported 
  as 
  sometimes 
  taken 
  at 
  Orland 
  Falls, 
  above 
  the 
  lower 
  

   dam. 
  Though 
  of 
  excellent 
  quality 
  when 
  fresh, 
  its 
  extreme 
  fatness 
  

   renders 
  it 
  difiicult 
  to 
  cure 
  in 
  good 
  condition, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  therefore 
  used 
  

   chiefly 
  for 
  fertilizer, 
  without 
  any 
  record 
  being 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  

   caught. 
  While 
  in 
  some 
  districts 
  it 
  is 
  taken 
  in 
  greater 
  numbers 
  than 
  

   the 
  alewife, 
  the 
  catch 
  in 
  the 
  aggregate 
  is 
  probabl}^ 
  not 
  so 
  large 
  as 
  of 
  

   that 
  species. 
  

  

  Shad. 
  — 
  Shad 
  are 
  taken 
  in 
  very 
  small 
  numbers 
  with 
  the 
  salmon. 
  The 
  

   fishermen, 
  when 
  referring 
  to 
  their 
  catch, 
  distinguish 
  between 
  the 
  large 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  river 
  shad 
  " 
  and 
  the 
  smaller 
  ' 
  ' 
  sea 
  shad. 
  " 
  Following 
  is 
  approximately 
  

   the 
  relative 
  quantity 
  of 
  shad 
  and 
  salmon 
  obtained 
  in 
  the 
  weirs 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  

   localities: 
  In 
  Penobscot 
  10 
  fishermen 
  caught 
  473 
  salmon 
  and 
  106 
  shad; 
  

   in 
  Verona 
  9 
  fishermen 
  caught 
  389 
  salmon 
  and 
  56 
  shad; 
  in 
  Bucksport 
  

   5 
  fishermen 
  caught 
  75 
  salmon 
  and 
  37 
  shad, 
  and 
  in 
  Winterport 
  2 
  Usher- 
  

   men 
  caught 
  33 
  salmon 
  and 
  70 
  shad; 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  970 
  salmon 
  and 
  269 
  

   shad. 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  explained 
  that 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  estimates 
  only 
  the 
  

   ^' 
  river 
  shad" 
  are 
  included, 
  the 
  ''sea 
  shad" 
  being 
  omitted. 
  The 
  rela- 
  

   tive 
  number 
  of 
  shad 
  may 
  therefore 
  be 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  the 
  

   figures 
  indicate. 
  

  

  Striped 
  hass. 
  — 
  Striped 
  bass 
  are 
  obtained 
  in 
  the 
  Eastern 
  River, 
  

   where, 
  in 
  1902, 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Orland, 
  86 
  were 
  caught 
  by 
  7 
  fishermen, 
  

   and 
  in 
  Verona 
  47 
  were 
  caught 
  by 
  3 
  fishermen. 
  

  

  Pollock. 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  bay 
  in 
  unusual 
  

   numbers 
  in 
  1901, 
  and 
  a 
  considerable 
  quantity 
  of 
  them 
  was 
  in 
  some 
  

   instances 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  weirs. 
  A 
  fisherman 
  in 
  Penobscot 
  reported 
  the 
  

   capture 
  in 
  his 
  weirs 
  of 
  132 
  pollock. 
  In 
  1902, 
  in 
  Searsport, 
  300 
  pollock 
  

  

  F. 
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  1903 
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