132 FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
FISHERIES OF MAINE. 
Maine ranks first among the New England States in the number 
of persons engaged in the fisheries and related industries, but is 
surpassed by Massachusetts in the amount of capital invested and 
the quantity and value of fishery products. In 1919 the number of 
persons engaged in the various branches of the fishery industry in 
Maine was 14,386, of whom 1,004 were on vessels fishing, 339 on 
vessels transporting fishery products, 5,332 in the shore or boat 
fisheries, and 7,711 in the wholesale fishery trade, canning sardines, 
and other fishery industries. : 
The amount of capital invested amounted to $17,544,969, which 
includes 351 fishing and transporting vessels, valued at $2,105,905, 
with a net tonnage of 5,004 tons and outfits valued at $300,036; 
5,849 power, sail, row, and other small boats, valued at $985,719; 
fishing apparatus to the value of $1,259,031, of which gear to the 
value of $165,051 was employed in the vessel fisheries and gear to 
the value of $1,093,980 on boats; shore and accessory property to 
the value of $11,864,571; and cash or working capital to the amount 
of $1,029,707. 
The products of the fisheries amounted to 147,956,369 pounds, 
valued at $3,889,035. This represents 31.65 per cent of the total 
quantity and 19.60 per cent of the total value of the products of the 
fisheries of the New England States in 1919. Compared with 1905 
there was an increase of 18.62 per cent in quantity and 62.96 per 
cent in value to the fishermen. Compared with 1908 there was a 
decrease of 14.89 per cent in the quantity and an increase in the 
value of 19.40 per cent. Among the products of special importance 
were the following: Lobsters, 5,545,884 pounds, valued at $1,411,548; 
cod, fresh and salted, 14,078,389 pounds, valued at $542,139; herring, 
fresh, salted, and smoked, 86,813,876 pounds, valued at $462,506; 
haddock, fresh and salted, 11,197,811 pounds, valued at $335,027; 
and hake, fresh and salted, 16,113,635 pounds, valued at $329,483. 
FISHERIES BY COUNTIES. 
‘Statistics as to number of persons employed, investment, and 
products of the fisheries of Maine in 1919 are given by counties 1 
the following table: 
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Persons ENGAGED, INVESTMENT, AND PRopucts oF THE FISHERIES OF MAINE IN 
1919, BY COUNTIES. 
Item. Cumberland. Hancock. Kennebec. knox. 
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PERSONS ENGAGED. | | | 
Number. | Value. | Number. Value. |Nuwmber.| Value. | Number. Value. 
On vessels fishing. .-.-| Alt rae See | QO ar ake Paes ee ye eet sae Diy oneek 2 ae 
On vessels transport- | | 
ic ae) ef ce | 10a er ane CI ROARPT St I eeergh LF reo | AT. Sone 
In shore fisheries. . ---- | 620) peas | 1 ARG]. otk es 36| erre 3 676) uae 
Shoresmen........---- 852 [eae areas ae 1, 145) 55. i538. 08 less tears Ber eete | 668): -A22 222k 
