294 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES, 
25. Table showing by apparatus and species the products of the vessel fisheries of Maine. 
[The weights given represent the fish, etc., as sold, regardless of the condition in which marketed. ) 
Apparatus and species. 
1887. 
1888. 
Pou nds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Hand lines and trawls : 
21, 600 
22, 495, 201 
484, 922 
3, 948, 730 
5, 056, 272 
706, 951 
181, 355 
129, 500 
8, 400 
6, 000 
$1, 152 
543, 654 
30, 473 
54, 112 
52, 928 
6, 956 
1,691 
4,069 
231 
270 
5,300 
19, 914,935 
406, 552 
3, 954, 755 
5, 263, 220 
1, 019, 850 
217, 632 
188, 809 
16, 500 
11, 000 
$371 
511, 698 
26, 042 
62, 555 
61,839 
10, 218 
2, 000 
5, 238 
402 
452 
Cod 
Pollock . . 
Total 
33, 038, 931 
695, 536 
30, 998,653 
680, 875 
Purse seines : 
Mackerel 
3, 615, 372 
700, 000 
8, 000 
192, 223 
1, 750 
320 
1, 180, 041 
1, 572, 200 
32, 000 
79, 535 
3, 035 
1, 500 
Menhaden 
Shad 
Total 
Gill nets : 
Mackerel 
4, 323, 372 
194, 293 
2, 784, 241 
84, 070 
397, 842 
10, 000 
2, 724, 075 
21, 218 
175 
27, 546 
254, 018 
11, 900 
3, 569, 025 
9, 600 
19,247 
16, 511 
209 
38, 940 
59 
385 
Cod..... 
Herring 
Ale wives 
Cunners 
Total 
3, 131,917 
48, 939 
3, 863, 790 
56, 104 
Traps and pots: 
Eels 
8, 000, 
508, 828 
480 
16, 401 
23, 000 
424, 912 
1,380 
12, 360 
Lobsters 
Total 
516, 828 
16, 881 
447, 912 
13, 740 
Harpoons : 
Swordfish 
228, 721 
10, 409 
429, 523 
18, 239 
Dredges and rakes : 
Clams 
34, 720 
450 
90, 725 
823 
9 
4, 763 
40, 130 
340 
14, 460 
1, 327 
7 
750 
Mussels 
Scallops 
Total 
125, 895 
5, 595 
54, 930 
2, 084 
Grand total 
41, 365, 664 
971, 653 
38, 578, 949~ 
855, ll2 
26. Table showing the number of vessels engaged in each fishery in Maine, in 1888, together 
with their tonnage, value, and number of crew. 
Fishery 
No. of 
vessels 
engaged. 
Net ton- 
nage. 
Value 
of 
vessels. 
Number and nationality 
of fishermen. 
Amer 
i< ans. 
British 
provin- 
cials. 
All 
others. 
Total. 
Cod on banks, east of 65° W. longitude .. 
66 
5, 350. 06 
$247, 400 
730 
269 
5 
1, 004 
Halibut 
4 
348. 29 
28, 000 
43 
10 
5 
58 
Mackerel, Gulf of St. Lawrence 
7 
512. 13 
35, 300 
97 
14 
1 
112 
Mackerel, New England shore 
- 65 
2, 595. 75 
162, 575 
471 
62 
37 
570 
Shore 
211 
4, 498. 86 
194, 115 
993 
44 
3 
1, 040 
Market 
35 
2, 013. 86 
116, 200 
349 
63 
412 
Herring 
118 
2, 281. 16 
79, 000 
418 
8 
426 
Swordfish 
24 
751.25 
38, 600 
155 
16 
171 
Menhaden 
5 
184. 08 
11, 200 
41 
41 
Clam 
19 
330. 52 
13, 725 
93 
93 
Scallop 
3 
41. 68 
1, 140 
14 
14 
Mussel 
2 
74. 31 
4, 500 
17 
17 
Lobster '. 
28 
370. 34 
13, 050 
98 
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