FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 

 Persons Engaged in the Fisheries of Maine in 1905. 



15 



How engaged. 



Number. 



On vessels, fishing 



On vessels, transporting. 

 In shore or boat fisheries 

 Shoresmen 



Total 



1,126 



330 



5,986 



8,439 



15,881 



Investment. — The amount of capital invested in 1905 in vessels, 

 boats, apparatus, shore property, and cash capital was $8,972,049. 

 This is an increase of $2,032,546, or more than 22 per cent, since 1902. 

 Of the total investment, $758,675 represents the value of 412 vessels 

 with their outfits; $420,100, the value of 5,569 boats under 5 tons; 

 $427,584, the value of apparatus used in the shore and vessel fisheries; 

 $4,404,140 the value of shore and accessory property, and $2,961,550 

 the amount of cash capital employed. 



Investment in the Fisheries op Maine in 1905. 



Items. 



Vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels transporting 



Tonnage , 



Outfit 



Boats, sail and row 



Boats, gasoline 



Apparatus — vessel fisheries: 



Gill nets 



Seines 



Lines, hand and trawl. . . 



Eel pots 



Lobster pots 



Gunner traps 



Dip nets 



Dredges 



Hoes 



Harpoons 



Number. 



269 

 3,561 



4,771 

 798 



b 1, 186 

 C38 



30 



10,465 



4 



4 



17 

 20 



Value. 



8325,651 



128,409 

 257,600 



47,015 

 187, 165 

 232,935 



10,314 



9,215 



16,771 



15 



10,490 



6 



20 



441 



13 



1,338 



Items. 



Number. 



Apparatus — shore fisheries: 



Pound nets, trap nets, 

 and weirs 



Gill nets 



Fyke nets 



Dip nets 



Bag nets 



Seines 



Lines, hand and trawl. . . 



Eel pots and traps 



Lobster pots 



Gunner traps 



Dredges 



Spears 



Hoes 



Shore and accessory property 

 Cash capital 



669 

 d 1,335 

 29 

 164 

 120 

 e95 



Total. 



579 



132,962 



217 



71 



74 



1,348 



Value. 



$198,873 



12,835 



667 



626 



3,948 



6,630 



15,126 



625 



136, 532 



261 



1,685 



119 



1,034 



4,404,140 



2,961,550 



8,972,049 



a Includes one steamer worth $500. 

 t> 90,730 yards in length, 

 c 7,555 yards in length. 



d 80,672 yards in length 

 « 10,415 yards in length. 



Products. — The aggregate catch in 1905 by all forms of apparatus 

 was 124,723,786 pounds, valued at $2,386,406. This is a decrease 

 since 1902 of 117,666,585 pounds and $532,366 in value, or 48 per 

 cent and 18 percent, respectively. The leading products, with their 

 weights and values, are as follows: Lobsters, 9,018,759 pounds, val- 

 ued at $989,799; herring, 64,986,100 pounds, valued at .$310,758; 

 cod, 10,814,011 pounds, valued at $239,282; hake, 14,746,250 pounds, 

 valued at $148,505; haddock, 8,690,260 pounds, valued at $147,397; 

 clams, 372,850 bushels, valued at $135,160; smelt, 587,985 pounds, 

 valued at $64,004; mackerel, 875,250 pounds, valued at $60,548. 



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