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GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF THE FISHERIES. 



Detailed statement of the quantities and valius of tlic products Continued. 



3. THE FISHERIES OF CALAIS, ROBBINSTON, AND PERRY. 



CALAIS. Calais is a town of 6,000 inhabitants on the west bank of the Saint Croix River 

 about 30 miles above Eastport. It includes the city of Calais, the village of Milltown, and a scat- 

 tered settlement known as Red Bank. The residents of Calais and Milltown are engaged in the 

 manufacture and shipment of lumber, having extensive saw-mills and a large vessel fleet. Red 

 Bank is iu the midst of an agricultural region, in the lower part of the town, with granite quarries 

 and plaster mills. 



Having so extensive a water-line, the town has naturally a certain interest in the fisheries; 

 but, with the exception of a few lobsters and clams taken along the shore, the fishing is confined 

 largely to the capture of salmon (Salmo solar) and alewives (Pomolobus vernalis) in small weirs. 

 A few salt-water species are taken, chief among which is the herring (Clupea liarengus), which is 

 used as a dressing for the land. The section is too far removed from the fishing-grounds of the 

 coast to have any boat-fisheries of note, though a few of the inhabitants go occasionally to the outer 

 headlands to catch a supply of pollock (Pollachius carbonarius), hake (Phycis chuss and P. tennis), 

 and cod (Gadus morrhua) for family use. 



Prior to 1878 it is said that no fishing-vessels were owned in the town. At that time parties 

 bought small schooners and engaged in the Bay of Fundy cod and hake fisheries. At the present 

 time (1880) there are four vessels, of 25 to 50 tons each, fishing from the town. These employ 

 forty-three men during the fishing season, which lasts from April to December. One of the vessels 

 is sailing under British papers, and for this reason is omitted from the list of American fishing 

 vessels. 



In 1879 there were cured at the city of Calais, where the vessels are owned, about 2,125 

 quintals of cod, 2,175 quintals of hake, 700 quintals of pollock, and COO quintals of haddock 



