THE LOBSTER FISHERY. 



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List of lobster smacks belonging in Waldoboro' district. 

 ENGAGED IK LOBSTERING ONLY. 



ENGAGED IN OTHER FISHERIES ALSO. 



Summation of the lobster fisheries in It'aldoboro' district in 1880. 



Number of fishermen 250 



Number of market men 33 



Number of vessels above 5-tons burden 14 



Value of same $12,370 



Number of boats 220 



Value of same $17,600 



Number of lobster pots 12,500 



Value of same $9,375 



Total amount of capital iuvested in the fishery $:>9,345 



Number of barrels of bait used '. 9,595 



Value of same $4,798 



Quantity of lobsters sold to market smacks and local fresh trade, in pounds 947,700 



Value of same $34,749 



Quantity of lobsters sold to the canneries, in pounds 748, 182 



Value of same $7,482 



Total quantity of lobsters taken and sold, in pounds 1,695,882 



Value of same to the fishermen $42,231 



The statistics of the South Saint George cannery are given in connection with those of the 

 Wiscasset district. 



WISCASSET AND BATH DISTRICTS. 



The principal lobster fishing stations in the Wiscusset district are Boothbay Harbor, North 

 jind East Boothbay, Southport and Westport; and in the Bath district, Georgetown and Small 

 Point. 



When the lobster fishery was first started in Boothbay Harbor, the waters between the 

 numerous islands which dot the entrance to the harbor abounded in lobsters from the early 

 spring until December, and some lobsters remained there even during the winter. So plentiful 

 were they, and so easily obtained from the sheltered waters of the harbor and bay, that those 

 who first engaged in this industry did much better than the other fishermen. This circumstance 

 naturally tended to draw fishermen from the other branches of fishery, and the older men and boys 



