FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 823 



Table of products. 



Species. 



Ale wives, fresh ... 



Alewives, salted . . 



Alewives, smoked 



Butter-fish 



Cat-fish 



Cod, fresh 



Cod, salted 



Cunners 



Cusk, fresh 



Cusk, salted 



Eels, fresh 



Eels, salted 



Flounders 



Haddock, fresh ... 



Haddock, salted .. 



Hake, fresh 



Hake, salted 



Halibut 



Herring, fresh 



Herring, salted 



Herring, smoked. . 



Mackerel, fr(;sh . .. 



Mackerel, salted .. 



Menhaden, fresh. . 



Menhaden, salted. 



Pollock, fresh 



Pollock, salted 



Salmon 



Shad, fresh 



Shad, salted 



Smelt 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Suckers 



Sword-fish 



Tomcod 



Kefuse fish 



Lobsters 



Clams, fresh 



Clams, salted 



^Scallops 



"Caviar 



Livers 



Sounds 



Tongues 



Oil ■ 



Total - 



Vessel fisheries. 



Lbs. 



4,760,222 

 3, 938, 308 



836,604 



48, 469 



7,700 



48, 929 

 4, 035, 065 



514, 850 

 8, 036, 028 

 1,271,903 



165, 256 

 5,075,650 



553,650 



410,860 

 134,000 

 6, 670, 000 

 48,400 

 514, 354 

 411,256 



100, 000 

 83, 200 

 36, 163 



878,290 

 13, 538 



907,831 

 63,000 

 83,000 

 16, 238 



446, 320 



159, 158 



4,045 



122,400 



40,384,687 



Value. 



$78,084 

 116, 096 



9,069 

 695 

 347 



890 

 71,557 

 7,563 

 62, 708 

 11,916 

 11,676 

 47, 122 

 13, 602 



40, 127 



10,586 



16, 720 



726 



3,913 



3,917 



1,800 

 2,496 

 2,170 



44,395 

 542 



91, 924 

 1,370 

 1,660 

 1,396 



3,637 



7,175 



102 



3, 420 



669, 401 



Shore fisheries. 

 Lbs. Value. 



925, 325 



986, 600 



606, 800 



14,800 



4,000 



5, 330, 866 



1,294,314 



148, 300 



301,597 



38,198 



152, 911 



3,200 



737, 768 



3, 239, 844 



441,807 



5,293,871 



1, 133, 675 



139, 634 



31,942,164 



847,000 



3, 738, 500 



1,030,297 



29,000 



110, 000 



491, 500 



612, 392 



591,448 



53, 322 



601, 879 



76,800 



1,571,882 



25, 067 



12,075 



200 



■ 296, 545 



55,000 



10, 275, 463 



8,705,800 



628, 200 



150,271 



845 



226, 480 



114,884 



3,830 



35,520 



83,019,874 



Total. 



18,016 



8,437 



8,849 



740 



40 



89, 147 



30, 928 



1,026 



3,476 



515 



12, 276 



320 



16,649 



48, 425 



4,806 



47,850 



11,970 



10, 399 



127, 191 



12, 5.57 



63,005 



46, 217 



2,176 



386 



2,876 



4,550 



6,984 



10,009 



12,206 



3,260 



137, 175 



4,206 



367 



1 



5,616 



364 



900,931 



273, 515 



46, 908 



13, 126 



454 



1, 860 



5,469 



94 



1,171 



Lbs. 



925, 325 



986, 600 



606, 800 



14, 800 



4,000 



10, 091 , 088 



5, 232, 622 



148, 300 



1, 138, 201 



86, 667 



160,611 



3,200 



786, 697 



7, 274, 909 



956, 657 



13, 329, 899 



2,405,578 



304,890 



37,017,814 



1,400,650 



3, 738, 600 



1,441,157 



163,000 



6,780,000 



639, 900 



1,126,746 



1,002,704 



53, 322 



701, 879 



160, 000 



1,608,045 



26, 067 



12,075 



200 



878, 290 



310, 083 



56,000 



11,183,294 



* 8, 758, 800 



1 711, 200 



i 166, 509 



846 



672, 800 



274,042 



7,875 



157, 920 



1,985,518 



123,404,561 



Value. 



$8,016 



8,437 



8,849 



740 



40 



167,231 



147,024 



1,025 



12,645 



1,210 



12,622 



320 



17, 639 



119, 982 



12, 369 



110,568 



23,886 



22, 076 



174, 313 



26, 169 



63,005 



86,344 



12,761 



17, 105 



3,601 



8,463 



10, 901 



10, 009 



14,006 



5,746 



139, 345 



4,206 



367 



1 



44,395 



6,158 



354 



992, 855 



274, 885 



48,568 



14, 522 



464 



6,497 



12,644 



196 



4, 591 



2,654,919 



* Represents 875,880 bushels. 



t Represents 42,672 bushels. 



X Represents 27,752 bushels. 



THE FISHERIES BY COUNTIES. 



Commercial fishing is carried on from all of the coast counties and 

 from two counties situated on the Penobscot River. 



The number of persons employed in Washington County in 1898 

 was 7,322; of these, 5,863 were shoresmen engaged principall}^ in the 

 sardine and other branches of the herring industry. In Hancock 

 County there were 3,173 persons, of whom 681 were employed on ves- 

 sels. The vessel fisheries of this county are more important than those 

 of any other county. The fisheries of Lincoln County employed 2,209 

 persons, those of Cumberland and Knox 1,662 and 1,421 respectively. 

 The fisheries of the remaining four counties were less extensive, 

 employing only 1,167 persons. 



The counties having the largest amount of capital invested were 

 Washington, Lincoln, Cumberland, and Hancock. 



