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  REPOET 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  were 
  taken 
  in 
  3 
  weirs; 
  in 
  Stockton 
  Springs 
  85 
  pollock 
  were 
  caught 
  in 
  

   4 
  weirs, 
  while 
  from 
  2 
  other 
  weirs 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  locality 
  1,200 
  pounds, 
  

   dressed 
  weight, 
  were 
  taken. 
  In 
  Brooksville, 
  in 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  years 
  1900 
  

   and 
  1901, 
  about 
  200 
  pollock, 
  weighing 
  from 
  12 
  to 
  15 
  pounds 
  each, 
  

   were 
  caught 
  in 
  2 
  salmon 
  traps. 
  The 
  presence 
  of 
  these 
  active 
  and 
  

   ravenous 
  fish 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  noted 
  as 
  having 
  a 
  possible 
  influence 
  in 
  decreasing 
  

   the 
  supply 
  of 
  both 
  salmon 
  and 
  alewives. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  supposed 
  that 
  they 
  

   will 
  attack 
  adult 
  salmon, 
  but 
  the 
  young 
  salmon 
  on 
  their 
  way 
  to 
  the 
  

   marine 
  feeding 
  grounds 
  must 
  run 
  the 
  gauntlet 
  of 
  these 
  foes, 
  in 
  conse- 
  

   quence 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  improbable 
  that 
  their 
  numbers 
  are 
  greatly 
  

   reduced. 
  

  

  Dog-Jish. 
  — 
  Dog-fish 
  appeared 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  in 
  and 
  near 
  Penobscot 
  Bay 
  

   in 
  unwonted 
  numbers 
  in 
  1902, 
  and 
  committed 
  great 
  havoc 
  among 
  the 
  

   deep-water 
  fishes. 
  They 
  appeared 
  earlier 
  than 
  usual, 
  being 
  found 
  

   near 
  Monhegan 
  Island 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  May, 
  and 
  becoming 
  

   quite 
  plentiful 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  in 
  June; 
  but 
  August 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  

   been 
  as 
  usual 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  greatest 
  abundance. 
  As 
  illustrating 
  their 
  

   abundance 
  and 
  the 
  damage 
  wrought 
  by 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  shore 
  fisheries, 
  

   Mr. 
  John 
  N. 
  Harriman, 
  of 
  Stockton 
  Springs, 
  who 
  fishes 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  

   in 
  the 
  lower 
  Penobscot 
  Bay, 
  near 
  Matinicus, 
  at 
  Isle 
  au 
  Haut, 
  etc., 
  

   stated 
  that 
  he 
  never 
  knew 
  dog-fish 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  plentiful. 
  They 
  came 
  into 
  

   the 
  ba}^ 
  early, 
  about 
  June 
  1, 
  and 
  remained 
  until 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  season. 
  A 
  

   Searsport 
  fisherman 
  also 
  caught 
  dog-fish 
  just 
  outside 
  of 
  Brigadier 
  

   Island. 
  Mr. 
  Alvah 
  G. 
  Dorr, 
  of 
  Bucksport, 
  who 
  fishes 
  for 
  haddock, 
  

   cod, 
  etc., 
  near 
  Gotts 
  Island, 
  found 
  dog-fish 
  troublesome 
  about 
  the 
  last 
  

   of 
  June. 
  Around 
  Mount 
  Desert 
  Rock, 
  the 
  large 
  fleet 
  of 
  fishermen 
  

   usually 
  at 
  work 
  there 
  were 
  all 
  driven 
  from 
  the 
  fishing 
  grounds 
  by 
  the 
  

   dog-fish 
  earl}^ 
  in 
  July, 
  and 
  had 
  hardly 
  begun 
  again 
  September 
  9. 
  The 
  

   dog-fish 
  not 
  only 
  seize 
  the 
  bait 
  on 
  trawls, 
  but 
  attack 
  other 
  fish 
  that 
  have 
  

   been 
  hooked. 
  On 
  August 
  9 
  Mr. 
  Dorr 
  set 
  his 
  usual 
  trawl, 
  one 
  "tub" 
  

   of 
  600 
  hooks, 
  about 
  1 
  mile 
  outside 
  of 
  Gotts 
  Island, 
  and 
  secured 
  at 
  one 
  

   haul 
  217 
  dog-fish, 
  5 
  haddock, 
  and 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  heads 
  of 
  haddock 
  of 
  

   which 
  the 
  rest 
  had 
  been 
  eaten 
  off 
  by 
  dog-fish. 
  On 
  the 
  same 
  day 
  

   another 
  man 
  fishing 
  in 
  that 
  localit}-, 
  with 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  number 
  of 
  

   hooks, 
  caught 
  at 
  one 
  haul 
  224 
  dog-fish, 
  2 
  hake 
  heads, 
  and 
  3 
  skates. 
  

   Mr. 
  Dorr 
  opened 
  perhaps 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  dog-fish 
  and 
  found 
  that 
  nearly 
  

   all 
  were 
  females 
  with 
  living 
  j^oung 
  within, 
  about 
  8 
  .young 
  fish 
  to 
  each 
  

   mother, 
  which 
  would 
  swim 
  off 
  on 
  being 
  thrown 
  into 
  the 
  water. 
  In 
  the 
  

   Penobscot 
  River, 
  near 
  Sandy 
  Point, 
  a 
  trawl 
  set 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ernest 
  A. 
  

   Partridge, 
  of 
  Stockton 
  Springs, 
  in 
  15 
  fathoms 
  of 
  water, 
  took 
  50 
  dog-fish 
  

   in 
  one 
  day. 
  Occasionally, 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  often, 
  dog-fish 
  are 
  caught 
  in 
  

   the 
  salmon 
  weirs. 
  The 
  fishermen 
  report 
  9 
  dog-fish 
  caught 
  in 
  weirs 
  at 
  

   Stockton 
  Springs, 
  6 
  at 
  Penobscot, 
  and 
  9 
  at 
  Verona. 
  

  

  