FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



827 



THE FISHERIES BY APPARATUS. 



The products of the vessel fisheries aggregated 40,384,687 pounds, 

 valued at $669,401, and of the shore fisheries 83,019,874 pounds, valued 

 at $1,985,518. The more important forms of apparatus emploj^ed 

 and the quantity and value of their catch were lobster and eel pots, 

 11,241,935 pounds, $997,146; hand and trawl lines, 44,627,264 pounds, 

 $718,095; hoes, rakes, and dredges, 9,636,509 pounds, $337,975; seines, 

 13,612,954 pounds, $167,798; gill nets, 5,528,884 pounds, $101,294; 

 pound nets and trap nets, 1,619,513 pounds, $18,354; weirs, 33,956,221 

 pounds, $214,551, and harpoons in the vessel fishery for sword-fish, 

 878,290 pounds, $44,395. The remainder of the products was taken 

 with fyke nets, dip nets, bag nets, snap nets, and spears, and amounted 

 to 2,302,991 pounds, valued at $55,311. 



The following tables show by counties and species the number of 

 pounds and value of fishery products taken with each form of apparatus 

 in the vessel and shore fisheries of Maine in 1898: 



Table shouing, 



by counties, 



the yield of the seine fisheries of Maine in 1898 





Species. 



Knox. 



Sagadahoc. York. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Vessel fisheries: 

 Mackerel, fresh 



40,200 



$2,950 





















Shore fisheries: 

 Alevvives 



6,000 



42, 919 



180,000 



5,564 



2,000 



19, 917 



120 

 938 

 450 

 340 

 80 

 1,190 











Flounders 











Herring' . . 







46, 200 



$330 



Mackerel fresh 









Shad 



19,200 



1,500 



300 



$384 



90 



3 







Smelt 



23, 100 

 4,200 



1,386 



Tomcod 



168 











Total 



256, 400 



3,118 



21,000 



477 73,500 



1,884 



Total vessel and shore. . 



296, 600 



6,068 



21,000 



477 1 73,500 



1,884 



Species. 



Hancock. 



Lincoln. 



Cumberland. 



Total. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



yalue. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Vessel fisheries: 

 Flounders ' .... 



12,000 

 520,000 



$300 

 750 







300 

 82,000 



$4 

 507 



12, 300 



4, 277, 200 



291,500 



258, 411 



118, 200 



6,650,000 



100, 000 



83,200 



36, 163 



13,538 



$304 



Herring , fresh 



3,675,200 



291,500 



145, 211 



94,000 



6, 650, 000 



80,000 



$28,046 

 7, 579 



20, 736 

 7,050 



16, 650 

 1,600 



29, 303 



Herring, salted. . . . 



7,579 



Mackerel, fresh 







73,000 

 24, 200 



4,850 

 2,311 



28, 536 



Mackerel salted . 







9,361 



Msnhaden 







16,650 



Shad fresh 







20,000 

 83,200 

 36, 163 

 13, 538 



200 

 2,496 

 2,170 



542 



1,800 



Shad salted 







2,496 



Smelt 









2,170 



Tomcod 









542 













Total 



532,000 



1,050 



10,935.911 



81,661 



332,401 



13,080 



11,840,512 



98, 741 







Shore fisheries: 

 Alewives 











45,000 



13, 620 



8,300 



225 



326 



41 



51,000 



669, 880 



244, 100 



53, 409 



29,000 



20, 000 



21,200 



590, 703 



90,150 



3,000 



345 



Flounders 



523, 700 

 9,600 



11,334 

 36 



89,641 



2,982 



15, 580 



Herring 



857 



Mackerel, fresh 



47,845 

 29,000 

 12,000 



8,272 



2, 175 



60 



8, 612 



Mackei'el salted 











2,175 



Pollock 



8,000 



80 







140 



Shad 







464 



Smelt 



38, 775 



3,934 



219, 389 



13,850 



288, 022 

 85, 650 



17, 28i 

 2,952 



37, 731 



Tomcod 



3,123 



Refuse fish 



3,000 



30 







30 





1 









Total 



583, 075 



15,414 



397, 875 



27, 339 



440, 592 



20, 825 



1, 772, 442 



69, 057 







Total vessel and shore . 



1,115,075 



16,464 



11,333,786 



109,000 



772,993 



33,905 



13,612,954 



167,798 



