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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



Table of products— ConiinwA. 



Species. 



Herringr, fresh 



HerriHg, wilted ... 

 Herring, smokerl . 

 Mackerel, fresh . .. 

 Mackerel, salted . . 

 Menhaden, fresh.. 

 Menhaden, salted. 



Perch, white 



Perch, yellow 



Pollock, fresh 



Pollock, salted ... 



Salmon 



Sculpin 



Shad, fresh 



Shad, salted 



Smelt 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Caviar 



Suckers 



Sword-fisli. 



Tomcod 



Whiting 



Refuse lish 



Lobsters 



Clams, fresh 



Clams, salted 



Scallo-ps 



Winkles 



Fish roe 



Livers 



Sounds 



Tongues 



Oil 



Total. 



Vessel fisheries. 



Lbs. 



7, 359, 000 

 2, 23-2, 500 



1,173,855 



333, 000 



2 10, 000 



2, 000 



1, 692, G9-1 

 798, 02-1 



600 

 49, 800 

 72, 200 



612, 784 

 1,030 



20, 500 

 1,458,157 

 102, 600 

 27, 000 

 33, 440 



4,806 



1,459,447 



196, 654 



4,987 



53, 277, 321 



Value. 



139,295 

 27, 953 



67, 167 



21,900 



1,800 



10 



14, 197 

 8, 346 



25 

 2,046 

 4,002 



44,613 

 32 



150 



130, 461 



3, 120 



1,125 



4, 240 



84 



13, 775 



15, 123 



124 



920, 765 



Shore fisheries. 



Total. 



150, 860, 500 



672, 666 



1,279,600 



216, 515 



900 



3,800 



400 



450 



2, 640, 678 



244, 375 



60, 768 



8,100 



780, 799 



17, 800 



1, 053, 068 



15, 715 



4,700 



455 



3, 550 



183, 510 

 91,500 



10, 705, 232 



4,418,760 



968, 200 



81,216 



85, 000 



11,250 



380, 175 



53, 675 



2,900 



9,300 



189, 113, 0-50 



Value. 



$403, 062 

 9, 579 

 30, 300 

 12,423 



57 



30 



30 



22, 532 



4,048 



13, 394 



56 



26,103 



785 



99, 053 



2,050 



495 



281 



132 



2, 489 

 147 



935, 946 



156, 149 



34,092 



9,773 



1,000 



45 



4,074 



4,387 



163 



ai4 



1, 998, 007 



Lbs. 



1.58,219,500 



2,905,166 



1,279,600 



1,390,370 



3:53, 000 



240, 900 



5,800 



400 



450 



4, 333, 372 



1, 042, 999 



60, 7ti8 



8,100 



781,399 



67, 600 



1, 125, 268 



15, 715 



4,700 



455 



3,6.50 



642, 784 



184,540 



91,500 



20, 500 



12, 163, 389 



a 4, 551, 360 



b 995, 200 



e 114,-656 



d 85, 000 



16,056 



1,839,6-22 



250, 329 



7,887 



e 9, 300 



242, 390, 371 



8^442, 357 



37, 532 



30,300 



79, 590 



21,900 



1,805 



67 



30 



30 



36, 729 



12, 394 



13, 394 



56 



26, 128 



2,831 



103, 055 



2,050 



495 



2S1 



132 



44,613 



2,521 



147 



150 



1,066,407 



159, 269 



35, 217 



14, 013 



1,000 



129 



17,849 



19, 510 



287 



314 



2, 918, 772 



a 455,136 bushels. b 93,520 bushels. c 19,109 bu.shels. d 8,500 bushels. 



e 1,240 gall&BS. 



THE FISHERIES BY COUNTIES. 



The coast fisheries of Maine in 1902 were prosecuted in 10 counties. 

 These were Washington, Hancock, Penobscot, Waldo, Knox, Lincoln, 

 Kennebec, Sagadahoc, Cumberland, and York. 



In 1902 Washington County had 10,122 persons engaged in the vari- 

 ous ])ranches of the fisheries and related industries, the greater number 

 of them employed in sardine canneries and smokehouses. In this 

 count}^ the investment was $3,702,310, and the products amounted to 

 111,584,618 pounds, valued at $733,119. The most important species 

 taken were herring and lobsters. 



Hancock County ranks second in the importance of its fisheries — 

 the number of persons employed being 3,670, the inv^estment $1,067,275, 

 and the products 33,675,120 pounds, valued at $711,075. The yield 

 consisted chietiy of cod, hake, herring, smelt, clams, and lobsters. 



Lincoln County ranks third in the nuniber of persons engaged in 

 the fisheries, fourth in the amount of capital invested, and fifth in the 

 value of fishery products. It is the most westerly count}' of the state 

 in which sardines are canned. Most of the canneries are located at 

 Boothbay Harbor, a towMi of about 2,000 inhabitants, situated near the 

 mouth of the Damariscotta River. Besides the herring used in the 



