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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
II.— THE FISHERIES OF MAINE. 
GENERAL REMARKS AND STATISTICS. 
Next to Massachusetts, the fisheries of Maine are of more importance than those 
of any other New England State, and, omitting Massachusetts, are about equal, in 
point of value, to those of all the other New England States combined. In certain 
branches this State takes first rank, noticeably in the shore fisheries for cod, herring, 
lobsters, and clams, and in the shore industries related to or dependent on the fish- 
eries, such as sardine and lobster canning and herring smoking. 
The figures represent all the coast and river fisheries of Maine of commercial im- 
portance. The minor streams were canvassed in their entirety; the St. Croix was 
investigated to Calais, the Penobscot to Bangor, the Sheepscot to Wiscasset, and the 
Kennebec to Woolwich. 
In the three general tables which follow, the condensed statistics for this State 
are given. 
19. — Table of persons employed. 
How engaged. 
No. 
On fishing vessels , 
2,515 
165 
6,205 
5, 244 
On transporting vessels 
In shore fisheries 
On shore, in factories, fish-houses, etc 
Total 
14, 129 
20. — Table of apparatus and capital. 
Designation. 
No. 
Value. 
Vessels fishing (tonnage 11,476.44) 
349 
$523, 690 
Outfit 
201, 487 
75, 475 
Vessels transporting (tonnage 1,660.23) 
59 
Outfit 
13, 100 
215, 534 
5, 908 
JBoats transporting only 
82 
21, 935 
Apparatus of capture— vessel fisheries : 
Seines ... 
56 
27, 600 
15, 400 
Gill nets 
1, 540 
Trawl lines and hand lines 
Pots T 
6, 715 
95, 261 
6, 905 
Harpoons 
Dredges and rakes 
96 
722 
50 
Apparatus of capture— shore fisheries: 
W eirs 
273 
52, 022 
Trap nets 
341 
33, 000 
Pound nets 
33 
14, 895 
Gill nets 
3, 561 
32, 973 
Bag nets 
280 
11, 570 
Fyke nets 
134 
450 
Hand lines and trawl lines 
14, 790 
Eel pots 
111 
144 
LoBster pots 
121, 140 
108, 668 
Seines 
75 
5, 325 
Spears 
158 
165 
Dredges 
123 
1, 603 
Miscellaneous nets 
107 
337 
Clamming apparatus 
1, 584 
Shore property 
743, 808 
Cash capital 
671, 300 
Total 
1 
2, 889, 893 
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