322 KEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



FISHERIES OF MAINE. 



Among the New England States Maine occupies second place in the 

 extent of its fisheries, being surpassed onl}' by Massachusetts. The 

 lobster fishery is more important than in all the other New England 

 States combined, and the alewife, herring, salmon, shad, smelt, sword- 

 fish, and clam fisheries are more extensive than in any other State in 

 this region. There are also important cod and mackerel fisheries. 



The persons engaged in fisheries in 1898 numbered 16,954, of whom 

 1,947 were employed on vessels, 6,770 in the shore fisheries, and 8,237 

 were shoresmen. The number of vessels fishing and transporting was 

 497, valued, with their outfits, at 1720,827. The number of boats 

 was 5,741, worth $284,897. The apparatus in the vessel fisheries was 

 valued at $65,777, and in the shore fisheries at $362,975. The total 

 investment, including shore property and cash capital, was $4,013,053. 



The fishery products amounted to 123,404,561 pounds, valued at 

 $2,654,919. The lobster fishery yielded 11,183,294 pounds, worth 

 $992,855; of clams, fresh and salted, there were 9,470,000 pounds, 

 worth $323,453; cod, fresh and salted, 15,323,710 pounds, worth 

 $314,255. The cusk, haddock, hake, and pollock, taken in the cod 

 fisheries, aggregated 27,321,361 pounds, worth $299,914. The herring 

 fishery yielded 42,156,964 pounds of fresh, salted, and smoked prod- 

 ucts, worth $263,477. The products of the alewife fishery, fresh, 

 salted, and smoked, were 2,519,725 pounds, worth $25,302. 



The following tables show the number of persons employed, the 

 capital invested, and the quantity and value of products for 1898: 



Persons employed. 



How engaged. 



On vessels lishing 



On vessels transporting . 

 In shore or boat fisheries 



Shoresmen 



Total 



No. 



1,734 



213 



6,770 



8,237 



16,954 



Tahle of apparatus and capital. 



Items. 



No. 



Vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels transporting 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Apparatus — vessel fisheries: 



Gill nets 



Seines 



Lines, hand and trawl 



Pots, eel 



Pots, lobster 



Hoes 



Dredges 



Harpoons 



Apparatiis— shore fisheries: 



Pound nets 



Trap nets 



411 

 6,791 



86 

 1,384 



5,741 



1,457 

 43 



30 



14,238 



27 



15 



67 

 33 



Value. 



$380, 750 



151, 621 

 157, 650 



30, 806 

 284,897 



11,519 



14,495 



24, 253 



8 



14,238 



14 



95 



1,155 



14,680 

 14, 125 



Items. 



Apparatus — s h o r e fisheries — 

 continued. 



Weirs 



Gill nets , 



Fyke nets 



Dip nets 



Bag nets 



Snap nets 



Seines 



Lines, hand and trawl 



Pots, eel 



Pots, lobster 



Spears 



Hoes and rakes 



Dredges 



Shore and accessory property. 

 Cash capital 



Total . 



No. Valu*. 



557 

 2,265 



26 

 182 

 202 



20 

 208 



303 



141, 740 



145 



2,107 



133 



8111, 618 



25, 894 



710 



637 



8,646 



20 



15,166 



27, 712 



180 



141,539 



127 



1,180 



743 



1, 193, 478 



1,385,099 



4,013,053 



