FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 259 
canneries, large quantities are also sold for bait to fishing vessels from 
Boston, Gloucester, and other ports along the coast. The species 
taken in largest quantities in this county are cod, hake, herring, 
mackerel, smelt, lobster, and clam. 
Cumberland County also has extensive fisheries, which center chiefly 
at Portland, where the fishermen market the greater part of their 
catch. The products consist principally of cod, haddock, hake, mack- 
erel, sword-fish, lobsters, and clams. Compared with-1898 there has 
been considerable decrease in the catch of some of these species. The 
decline in the clam catch has been so great that in some localities a 
close season has been established with a view to improving the condi- 
tion of the fishery. The catch of mackerel has increased in both 
quantity and value; the catch of sword-fish, while it has decreased in 
quantity, has increased in value. 
Knox County is third among the counties of Maine in the quantity 
and value of its fishery products, and fifth in the number of persons 
employed and capital invested in the fisheries. There has been con- 
siderable increase since 1898 in the catch of cod, haddock, herring, 
and lobsters, but a decrease ina number of other species, especially 
in clams. 
The most important of the 5 remaining counties were Sagadahoc, 
in which the number of persons employed was 471, the investment 
$59,368, and the products 3,732,101 pounds, valued at $85,216; and 
York, with 482 persons employed, $97,193 invested, and products 
amounting to 7,804,284 pounds, valued at $182,596. 
The following tables show the extent of the fisheries in each county 
of Maine in 1902: 
Tuble showing the number of persons employed in the fisheries of Maine in 1902. 
On On ves- | In shore} 
Counties. vessels Latreeeal or boat | pea a Total. 
fishing. | porting. | fisheries.| ™©"- 
(CARER SUES IGS os ROAR EE ea eC ae cen 497 57 756 | 385 | 1,625 
ENaC INA eee Mire eiciae elo cick ie oe ene cin ceueaimace cise 682 33 1,813 | 1,142 3, 670 
JOE O Sea Ae SE aa tee eis Ec kote Sey Za ee ge oS EES | ence ote eta Ua | Didilissesncnece 27 
GUS, Peete ie eee aecinis cya hampers Claes cases amas 311 48 | 717 | 287 1,363 
UNTO Ponne laee Seer eae oe aks Seni aan n a Dep we ckieee 289 | 19 878 719 1, 905 
LESVOLOSTOlG WE Ae Re bos ee ee as ia ee ee BAS OS otprecis §2 17 73 
[SEE OCU OXGLO aches are ae See Oe ee ee eee 44 | 1 405 | 21 471 
SUV GUNCTO) SAB 4 ep aCe aoe SS Ot eae Fee See ee ee nee Se 2 eS ON 94 
RTS PCO Mine eerie iatateiaqn ra) aye cathe nee cipetese ae ceria 150 | 152 1,772 8, 048 10, 122 
SOT ce Qo DSB GO eS a ee ene ae Lae are ame THO) | eoeneenee | 366 | 6 482 
TW AN (Seba Ree ae ree Se Eee ft 2,017 | 310 6,880 | 10,625 | 19,832 
