FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



335 



Caich of salmon in the Penobscot River and Bay. 



Towns. 



Brooksville (Cape Rosier) 



Bucksport 



Camden 



( 'astine 



Hampden 



Islesboro 



Lincolnville 



Matiniciisand Ragged Islands. 



Northport 



Orland 



Orrington 



Penobscot 



Searsport 



South Brewer 



Stockton and Prospect 



Verona 



Wtnterport 



Bangor 



Total 



1895. 



No. 



163 



205 



64 



77 



30 



474 



205 



65 



286 



78 



65 



485 



458 



63 



629 



908 



140 



Lbs. Value. 



2,092 

 2,885 



964 

 1,150 



510 

 6, 551 

 3, 240 



780 

 4,066 

 1,077 

 1,101 

 7,270 

 7,278 

 1,071 

 10, 067 

 12, 555 

 2,354 



4,395 



65,011 



$283 



448 



136 



207 



102 



1,042 



583 



109 



697 



202 



165 



1,313 



1,456 



161 



1,713 



2,337 



402 



11,356 



1896. 



No. 



146 



245 



71 



93 



32 



643 



297 



182 



418 



152 



82 



959 



426 



170 



829 



1,421 



237 



Lbs. Value. 



1,626 



2,729 



990 



1,166 



448 



8,265 



3,503 



1,627 



5,401 



1,802 



1,150 



12, 483 



5,112 



2,380 



10, 471 



17, 761 



3, 311 



6,403 I 80,225 



$190 



471 



139 



156 



90 



1,313 

 525 

 175 

 810 

 306 

 161 



1,992 

 818 

 309 



1,590 



3,172 

 499 



1897. 



No. 



24 

 179 

 151 

 120 



21 

 295 

 302 

 174 

 154 



88 



74 

 536 

 239 



39 

 570 

 889 



98 



32 



Lbs. I Value. 



360 



2, 327 

 1,963 

 1,440 



270 

 4, 720 

 3,926 

 1,740 

 2,002 

 1,144 

 1,062 

 6, 968 

 2, 868 



390 



7,289 



11,557 



1,176 



320 



12,716 3,985 I 51,522 



$72 

 349 

 294 

 288 



49 

 944 

 589 

 174 

 310 

 194 

 160 

 1,185 

 373 



70 



915 



1,734 



153 



58 



7,911 



Towns. 



Brooksville (Cape Rosier) 



Bucksport 



Camden 



Castine 



Hampden 



Islesboro 



Lincolnville 



Matinicus and Ragged Islands 



Northport 



Orland 



Orrington 



Penobscot 



Searsport 



South Brewer 



Stockton and Prospect 



Verona 



Winterport 



Bangor 



Total 



1898. 



No. 



45 

 158 

 111 

 122 



24 

 326 

 229 



28 

 130 



65 



59 

 468 

 197 



36 

 452 

 656 



90 



29 



Lbs. 



3,226 



765 

 2,054 

 1,388 

 1,461 



312 

 4,890 

 2,977 



280 

 1,625 



845 



855 

 6,084 

 2,627 



360 

 6,016 

 8,528 

 1,200 



290 



Value. 



$115 



411 



263 



293 



62 



978 



566 



28 



309 



169 



204 



1,217 



565 



72 



1,089 



1,706 



228 



67 



42,560 [ 8,342 



1899. 



No. 



39 

 153 



67 



146- 



4 



269 



454 



38 

 188 



62 



50 

 534 

 221 



61 

 512 

 672 



45 



3,515 



Lbs. 



585 

 1,989 



871 



1,898 



52 



4,035 



5, 902 



380 

 2,444 



806 



724 

 (;, 942 

 2,707 



610 

 6, 456 

 8,736 



551 



45,688 



Value. 



$129 



498 



174 



380 



13 



1,009 



1,180 



38 



489 



202 



181 



1,736 



593 



153 



1,344 



2,184 



121 



10, 424 



THE CANNING INDUSTRY. 



The canning' of herring and other species is the most important 

 shore industry connected with the fisheries of Maine. The principal 

 feature of the business in most of the canneries is the preparation of 

 small herring as sardines. Clams are canned extensively, and plain 

 herring, mackerel, and menhaden in limited quantities incidentally. 

 In a few instances smoked and pickled herring also form a part of the 

 output. When not preparing fisher}^ products a number of the can- 

 neries engage in canning fruit and vegetables in their season. The 

 canning of lobsters was formerly an important part of the business, 

 but in 1895 the State enacted a law prohibiting the catching of lob- 

 sters under lOi inches in length. The large lobsters being too expen- 

 sive for canning purposes, that branch of the industry was discontinued. 

 The number of lobster canneries had, however, been gradually decreas- 

 ing for years, the packers finding it more profitable to locate their 

 canneries in the British provinces, where the supply of lobsters was 

 more constant and labor much cheaper than in Maine. 



In 1889 there were 49 sardine 9.nd other canneries in operation. 



