THE LOBSTER FISHERY. 755 



Summation of the lobster falieries in Castine district in 1880. 



Number of fishermen 311 



Number of marketmen 50 



Number of vessels above 5 tons burden 17 



Value of same $7,630 



Number of boats 390 



Value of same .. $12,785 



Number of lobster pots 28,050 



Value of same $21,038 



Total amount of capital invested in tbe fishery $41,453 



Number of barrels of bait used 16,860 



Value of same $8,430 



Quantity of lobsters sold to the market smacks and local fresh trade, iu pounds 868,500 



Value of same $31,845 



Quantity of lobsters sold to the canneries, in pounds 2,099,360 



Value of same , $20,994 



Total quantity of lobsters taken and sold, in pounds 2,967,860 



Value' of same $52,839 



Summation of the lobster canneries in Cattine district in 1880. 



Number of canneries 5 



Value of buildings and fixtures $15,550 



Additional cash capital required $38, 500 



Number of boats 15 



Value of same $7,350 



Total amount of capital invested $61,400 



Average number of men employed 79 



Average number of women and children employed 86 



Average number of smackmeu employed 25 



Total number of persons employed 190 



Number of pounds of live lobsters used 2,099,360 



Amount paid to the fishermen for the same $20, 994 



Number of 1 -pound cans of lobsters put up 411,804 



Number of 2-pound cans of lobsters put up 13,416 



Enhancement in value of lobsters in process of canning $31,393 



Value ofthe canned lobsters $52,387 



Summation of the entire lobster industry in Castine district in 1880. 



Total number of persons employed 5il 



Total amount of capital invested $102,853 



Value of the products as they entered into consumption $84,232 



BELFAST DISTRICT. 



The principal lobster fisbiug stations iu this district are Searsport, Belfast, Liucolnville, Kock- 

 port, Islesboro', North Haven, and Vinal Haven. 



BELFAST TO OWL'S HEAD. Along the mainland of this district the lobster fishery was car- 

 ried on iu 18SO as follows : From Searsport, by two men ; from Belfast, by two men ; from Lincoln- 

 ville, by four men ; from Rockport, by ten men ; from Rockland, by eight men, and from Owl'a 

 Head, by ten men. The lobster season iu this region is mainly limited to the period when the can- 

 neries are open, but some lobstering is also done in the spring and fall. More lobsters are taken in 

 May than in any other month. The pots are set in depths of 1 to 20 fathoms, dependent upon the 

 season. The best lobstermen will earn as much as $ 10 per mouth iu good seasons. The average 

 price of smack lobsters is 4 cents each, and of the small or canning lobsters $1 per 100 pounds. At 

 retail they sell in the markets at about three times the price ofthe commoner fish of the same region, 

 and arc, therefore, rabher beyond the means of the poorer classes. Flounders, sculping, and 

 herring in small quantities, are used as bait. The men go singly and set, on an average, eighty 

 pots each. The boats are mostly valued at $15 each. After July a majority of the lobstermen 



