FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



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Table sJioaitiij hij ronjilies tin' j^rod acts of the fsherif!^ of Maine in 1902 — Continued. 



Species. 



Poiloek, fresli.. 

 Pollock, salted. 



Salmon 



Scnlpin 



Shad, fresh 



Shad, salted 



Smelt 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Caviar 



Suckers 



Sword-fish 



Tomcod 



Whiting 



Refuse fish 



Lobsters 



Clams, fresh . . . 

 Clams, salted.. . 



Scallops 



Winkles 



Fish iT>e 



Livers 



Sounds 



Tongues 



Oil 



Total. 



Washington. 



Lbs. 



1,304,035 



21(>, 740 



13, 115 



87,599 



1,200 



281,510 



2, 956, 90S 



347, 600 



108,-640 



7,880 



49,330 



7,834 



355 



141,584,618 



Value. 



$11,880 

 2,548 

 3, 025 



3,531 



45 



30, 024 



758 



252, 248 



11,504 



4,132 



985 



599 



489 



9 



733, 449 



York. 



Lbs. 



364, 100 

 39, 425 



950 



"ioo' 



74,500 



3,000 



20, 500 



C13, 800 



144,654 



Value. 



^4, 152 

 1,028 



Total. 



5,200 



12 



150 



52, 795 



8, 329 



i,000 



326, 800 

 22,200 



1,009 

 3,030 



300 



14 



7,804,284 1 182,596 



4, 333, 372 



1,042,999 



60, 768 



8,100 



781,399 



67,600 



1,125,268 



15,715 



4,700 



455 



3, 550 



642, 784 



184,540 



91,500 



20, 500 



12,163,389 



"4,551,360 



b 995, 200 



ell4,(i56 



rf 85, 000 



16, 0.56 



1, 839, 622 



250, 329 



7, 887 



e 9, 300 



242,390,371 



Value. 



«36, 729 



12,394 



13,394 



56 



26,128 



2, 831 



103, 0.56 



2,050 



495 



281 



132 



44, 613 



2,521 



147 



150 



1,066,407 



1.59,269 



3-5, 217 



14,013 



1,000 



129 



17,849 



19,510 



287 



314 



2, 918, 772 



"455,136 bushels. 6 99,.520 bushels. o 19,109 bushels. rf 8,500 bushels. e 1,240 gallons. 

 THE PRODUCTS BY APPAKATUS. 



Lobster pots were the most important apparatus of capture used in 

 the fisheries of Maine in 1902, with respect both to the value of the 

 catch and the number of persons engaged. There is also more capital 

 invested in them than in an^^ other apparatus except pound nets, trap 

 nets, and weirs. In most instances the pots are set sing-ly instead of 

 by the use of ground lines. The catch taken with pots, including 

 those set for eels, amounted to 12,334,629 pounds, valued at $1,075,630. 



The catch with hand and trawl lines, wdiich was next in value to 

 that with pots, was 53,895,369 pounds, valued at $807,799. Trawl 

 lines are fished in the fall, winter, and spring, but when the warm 

 weather begins and dog-fish make their appearance the trawls are dis- 

 continued and hand lines are employed. During recent j'ears dog-fish 

 have been a great source of annoyance to the trawl fishermen, as the}" 

 destroy the bait and also attack the fish on the hooks. Thus far they 

 have had practicall}' no market value, but experiments are being made 

 with the view of utilizing them for food. A firm in Nova Scotia has 

 recentl}" canned some of them. The fishermen advocate the enactment 

 of a law providing for the payment of a small bounty by the general 

 government for their capture. 



A trawl usuall}^ has from 2,000 to 3,000 hooks, placed about 1 feet 

 apart, and in ordinaiy weather it is allowed to remain set from three 

 to six hours. In fishing the trawls are in some instances " underrun;" 

 that is, instead of beino- hauled aboard the boat the fish are taken off, 



