FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 263 
Table showing by counties the products of the fisheries of Maine in 1902—Continued. 
| Washington. | York. Total 
Species. | 
| Lbs. Value. | Lbs. | Value. Lbs. | Value 
{ i | 
| | | | 
Pollock, fresh ........-<:----- 1,304,035 | $11,880 364,100 | $4,152 4, 333, 372 | $36, 729 
Pollock, salted o..22. 27... 216,740 | 2.548 | 39, 425 1, 028 | 1, 042, 999 | 12,394 
Siiny iat fy Soe ae eee Oe ae ea 13, 115 SHODB ules eo eaeellgney Sire Oe 60, 768 | 13, 394 
Soult hh Sse sees coe Cees neae SeEOcso Cees PE I oe Bat IE Gig Bee 5 | ad 8, 100 56 
Shag ineshy ..2t seca ces | 87, 599 | 3, 531 950 | 18 781, 399 | 26, 128 
BAO Saved ee preemee = seca | 1, 200 | AB Kise Meet eerste eee ee errs eae | 67, 600 | 2, 831 
SnClitiose cecoer he ci enc acess | 2811 DO no BO sODE le shes ee ee es Wes Sepa ss & | 1,125, 268 | 1038, 055 
Striped bas: aes 160 | 16 15, 715 2, 650 
Shieh SOHN 5 ks oes SE oats MES noe sees See wk Dr acne, SU UE we PO escees ge F na. bs ere tie | 4,700 | 495 
BUI ORS Eee wane st enc beie eek: ae eee See See \5 Les Se ea tee Oe | 8,550 | 132 
Shicop to aos lee ee eee ees See mee eee rae eee | 74, 500 5, 200 | 642, 784 | 44,613 
TOMCOGd...<.~-- = Se TASE Ss 79, 900 798 ee eee ene | 184, 540 2,521 
SVN NON Oe orate pores acrane vere cere esa crctapeshrcrs nies IBvevsesiseteers | 8, 000 IZ 91, 500 147 
[Risse ans has We ee Sultan, Sea cepe cen pagar 0, 500 150 20, 500 | 150 
MMODSLELS) sjxiciis sis 2 tert Sawa 2, 956, 908 252, 248 618, 809 52,795 | 12,163, 389 1, 066, 407 
laren res hiss me ne nnee | 347,500 | 11, 504 | 144,654 | 8,329] «4,551,360 59, 269 
Clams snlte@ se secs sco | 108, 640 | ADM hie cece oats cia s 5 | sinc aoe oe 6995, 200 35, 217 
SOallopses--ct es teceneeas =e | 7,880 | wle)3) | Goo seco sees aeons e114, 656 14, 013 
WWAMRMEG Souk Ue sa cice csnsee oe ee ere tect ns Bereta sks | 85,000 | 1, 000 | a 85, 000 1,000 
PASE Coen eros Ke eerek sea si<| aie Saeed |lewidad cece Peretti: maaan See eee | 16, 056 129 
UTES Ree Be eee a Eee 3% 599 | 326, 800 | 1, 609 1, 839, 622 17, 849 
Sound ssp 65.8 oe ese 489 | 29,900| 3, 080 250, 329 19,510 
PRODUCES Noi aes Gaels toes | 2) yer See el een aie 7, 887 287 
(Oily 8 oe a Be eaten eis Hesssrbors 300 14 | € 9,300 314 
Ro tallerstn test ce = | 733,449 | 7,804,284 | 182,596 | 242,390, 371 2,918,772 
| | 
@ 455,136 bushels. b 99,520 bushels. 
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¢19,109 bushels. d@ 8,500 bushels. e 1,240 gallons. 
THE PRODUCTS BY APPARATUS. 
Lobster pots were the most important apparatus of capture used in 
the fisheries of Maine in 1902, with respect both to the value of the 
catch and the number of persons engaged. There is also more capital 
invested in them than in any other apparatus except pound nets, trap 
nets, and weirs. In most instances the pots are set singly instead of 
by the use of ground lines. The catch taken with pots, including 
those set for cels, amounted to 12,334,629 pounds, valued at $1,075,630. 
The catch with hand and trawl lines, which was next in value to 
that with pots, was 53,895,369 pounds, valued at $807,799. Trawl 
lines are fished in the fall, winter, and spring, but when the warm 
weather begins. and dog-fish make their appearance the trawls are dis- 
continued and hand lines are employed. During recent years dog-fish 
have been a great source of annoyance to the trawl fishermen, as they 
destroy the bait and also attack the fish on the hooks. Thus far they 
have had practically no market value, but experiments are being made 
with the view of utilizing them for food. <A firm in Nova Scotia has 
recently canned some of them. The fishermen advocate the enactment 
of a law providing for the payment of a small bounty by the general 
government for their capture. 
A trawl usually has from 2,000 to 3,000 hooks, placed about 4 feet 
apart, and in ordinary weather it is allowed to remain set from three 
to six hours. In fishing the trawls are in some instances ‘* underrun;” 
that is, instead of being hauled aboard the boat the fish are taken off, 
