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FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 

 Products of the Fisheries of Maine in 1905. 



Products. 



Vessel fisheries. 



Pounds. Value. 



Shore fisheries. 



Pounds. 



Value. 



Pounds. 



Value. 



Alewives, fresh 



Alewives, salted. . 

 Alewives, smoked. 



Butterflsh 



Catfish 



Cod, fresh 



Cod, salted 



Cunners 



Cusk, fresh 



Cusk, salted 



Dogfish 



Eels 



Flounders 



Haddock, fresh.. . 

 Haddock, salted.. 



Hake, fresh 



Hake, salted 



Haliljut 



Herring, fresh 



Herring, salted. .. 

 Herring, smoked . . 

 Mackerel, fresh... 

 Mackerel, salted.. 



Pollock, fresh 



Pollock, salted 



Salmon 



Sculpin 



Shad, fresh 



Shad, salted 



Skates 



Smelt 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Caviar 



Suckers 



Swordfish 



Tomcod 



Whiting 



Lobsters 



Clams, fresh 



Clams, salted 



Scallops 



Winkles 



Fish roc 



Livers 



Sounds, fresh 



Sounds, salted 



89,000 



4, 335, 300 

 1,045,281 



1,250,300 

 10,800 



11,500 



1,000 



5, 173, GOO 



21,050 



9,389,300 



267,000 



70,000 



7,501,600 



100,000 



408,000 

 120,000 

 814,300 

 72,000 



103,900 



23,000 



779,980 



742,075 

 33,000 

 54,000 

 48,800 



10,000 



204, 470 



147, 825 



2,500 



Total 32, 833, 981 



$475 



20 



88,582 

 42,797 



19, 155 

 288 



632 



10 



95,082 



515 



96, 499 



3,185 



6,642 



46,607 



2,000 



27, 690 



10,400 



7,089 



707 



1,890 



49,888 



88,233 



990 



1,350 



6,100 



300 

 2,173 

 6,019 



100 



608,887 



2,251,286 



175, 700 



239,250 



5,950 



33, 700 



5,031,580 



401,850 



281,500 



322,068 



40,500 



190,000 



243, 650 



96, 100 



3.421,610 



73,400 



4, 794, 150 



295. 800 



48,075 



56,318,000 



352, 800 



713,700 



347,250 



2,006,693 



198,960 



86, 298 



15,000 



541,156 



22,200 



25,000 



564,985 



4,200 



6,400 



400 



7,000 



119,200 



124, 500 



8,276,684 



2,694,100 



947,400 



366, 800 



48,000 



94,250 

 62,660 



91,889,805 1,777,519 



$12,042 



2,393 



4,714 



301 



167 



92,702 



15,201 



4,060 



5,448 



1,117 



340 



14,905 



1,766 



50, 349 



1,451 



43,711 



5,110 



4,242 



239, 413 



3,875 



18, 863 



22,458 



16,400 



4,722 



20, 137 



75 



38,312 



765 



50 



62,114 



1,040 



590 



300 



140 



1,918 



1,085 



901,566 



108,850 



23,970 



45,800 



1,400 



1,103 

 2, 554 



2,340,286 



175, 700 



239,250 



5,950 



37, .500 



9,366,880 



1,447,131 



281,500 



1,572,368 



51,300 



190,000 



255, 150 



97,100 



8, 595, 210 



95,050 



14, 183, 450 



562,800 



118,075 



63,819,600 



452,800 



713,700 



755, 250 



120,000 



2,820,993 



270,960 



86,298 



15,000 



.'541,156 



126, 100 



25,000 



587,985 



4,200 



6,400 



400 



7,000 



779,980 



119,200 



124,500 



9,018,759 



12,727,100 



6 1,001,400 



c 415,600 



d 48, 000 



10,000 



298, 720 



210, 485 



2,500 



$12,517 



2,393 



4,714 



301 



187 



181,284 



57,998 



4,060 



24,60" 



1,405 



340 



15, 537 



1,776 



145, 431 



1,966 



140,210 



8,295 



10,884 



286, 020 



5, 875 



18, 863 



50, 148 



10,400 



23, 489 



5,429 



20, 137 



75 



38, 312 



4,234 



50 



04,004 



1,040 



590 



300 



140 



49,888 



1,918 



1,085 



989,799 



109,840 



25, 320 



51,900 



1,400 



300 



3,276 



8,573 



100 



124,723,786 



2, 386, 406 



a 272,710 bushels. 



t> 100,140 bushels. 



c 69,267 bushels. 



d 4,800 bushels. 



THE FISHERIES BY COUNTIES. 



Ten counties of Maine were interested in the coast fisheries (hiring 

 1905. These w^ere Cumberland, Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Lincohi, 

 Penobscot, Sagadahoc, Waldo, Washington, and York. The fish- 

 ing in Kennebec County was mainly for shad in the Kennebec River. 

 In Penobscot County most of the fishing was in the Penobscot River. 



Hancock County leads all others in the value of its fisheries, which, 

 in 1905, amounted to $629,067. The lobster was by far the most 

 important product. The herring, cod, clam, scallop, and hake fish- 

 eries were also valuable. 



The fisheries and related industries of Washington County employed 

 8,740 persons in 1905. Most of those not engaged in fishing were 

 employed in sardine canneries or smokehouses. This county leads 



