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FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



THE PRODUCTS BY APPARATUS. 



Lobster and eel pots and traps. — The lobster being the most im- 

 portant product of the fisheries of Maine, the apparatus used in its 

 capture shows, therefore, the largest and most valuable yield — 

 9,018,759 pounds, worth $989,799. I^obsters are taken in the ves- 

 sel fisheries, but the greater part of the catch is obtained by small 

 boats. 



Statement, by Counties, of the Catch with Eel Pots, Eel Traps, and Lobster 



Pots in Maine in 1905. 



Lines. — Trawl and hand lines are very generally used along the 

 Maine coast, and yielded, in 1905, 39,346,015 pounds, valued at 

 $621,301. Of this quantity 22,425,126 pounds were taken in the 

 vessel fisheries and the remainder in the shore fisheries. 



