THE LOBSTEli FISHERY. 



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List of lobster smacks belonging to the Saeo district, all of ichich engage both iit lobstering and in other fisli eries. 



All of these smacks set pots ia the vicinity of Bffldeford Pool. 



Summation of the lobster fisheries in Saco district in 1880. 



Number of fishermen 



Number of inarketinen 



Total number of persons employed 



Number of vessels above 5 tons measurement 



Value of same 



Number of boats 



42 



21 



63 



5 



$3,450 



- 33 



Value of same $1,250 



Number of lobster pots 1,860 



Value of same $1,395 



Total amount of capital invested in the fishery $y ) Q95 



Number of barrels of bait used 870 



Viilue of same $435 



Quantity of lobsters sold to the market smacks and to the local fresh trade, in pounds . . 405, 600 



Value of same to the fishermen $14,872 



KENNEBUNK DISTRICT. 



In this district lobster fishing is carried on principally from Cape Porpoise, Kenuebuuk Port, 

 and Mousam River. 



CAPE PORPOISE. The winter fishery of Cape Porpoise is mainly limited to the catching of 

 lobslers. About twelve hundred traps are set during that season outside of the harbor, and to a 

 distance of 4 miles from laud. In the spring the number of traps is increased to fifteen hun- 

 dred or two thousand. They are generally set in trawls of fifty pots each. The boats used in 

 this fishery are mostly dories. The catch for the past few years has been poor. In 1880, 34,400 

 lobsters, by count, valued at $2,064, were taken. 



KENNEBUNK PORT. About four hundred lobster traps are set near the mouth of the river 

 at this place. The fishery is confined to the spring and summer, and is carried on by five men 

 with five boats. 



MOUSAM ErvER. Four men fish for lobsters from this place, using four boats and setting three 

 huudred and fifty traps. The catch for 1880 amounted to 5,000 lobsters by count, valued at $300. 



List of lobster smacks belonging to Kennebunk district. 



Both of these smacks engage in setting lobster pots along the coast of Maine, and also in other fisheries. 



Summation of the lobster fisheries in Kennebunk district in 1880. 



Number of fishermen 



Number of inarketmou 



Total number of persons employed 



Number of vessels, above five tons burden 



55 

 8 



63 

 9 



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