FISHEKIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 
103 
As already explained in discussing the general statistics which precede .the chap- 
ter on the fisheries of Maine, in the presentation by fisheries each vessel is credited in 
the following table to all the fisheries in which it was engaged during any portion of 
the year, together with its tonnage, value, and crew, the object being to show the 
actual extent of each fishery. By far the greatest number of vessels were engaged 
in shore fishing, which is credited with 217 sail, after which come the herring fishery 
with 107 vessels, the mackerel fishery with 80 vessels, the bank cod fishery with 48 
vessels, the lobster fishery with 29 vessels, and the swordfish fishery with 25 vessels. 
31. — Table showing the number of vessels engaged in each fishery in Maine in 1889, together with their tonn age , 
value, and number of crew. 
Fisheries. 
No. of 
vessels 
engaged. 
Net ton- 
nage. 
Y alue of 
vessels. 

Number and nationality of 
fishermen. 
Ameri- 
cans. 
British 
provin- 
cials. 
All 
others. 
Total. 
Cod, on banks east of 65° W. longitude . . . 
48 
4, 257. 12 
$214, 900 
581 
191 
1 
773 
Halibut 
4 
334. 09 
21, 500 
52 
52 
Mackerel, Gulf of St. Lawrence 
4 
327. 90 
20, 500 
67 
67 
Mackerel, New England and Cape shores 
76 
2, 340. 19 
126, 400 
467 
37 
13 
517 
Shore - 
217 
4, 755. 82 
185, 090 
1, 176 
48 
1 
1,225 
Market - 
18 
1, 210. 62 
64, 900 
212 
25 
7 
244 
Herrin g 
107 
1, 908. 01 
69, 000 
454 
Swordfish 
25 
700.51 
34, 050 
156 
1 
157 
Menhaden 
641.52 
23,110 | 
163 
163 
A 1ft wife 
41. 45 
14 
14 
Clam 
5 
70. 96 
2’ 225 
22 
22 
Scallop - 
26. 12 
650 
8 
Lobster 
29 
370. 64 
14, 825 
101 
102 
In Table 32 the mackerel catch by fishing-grounds is given. It is interesting to 
observe that of the four vessels fishing for mackerel in the Gulf of St. Lawrence the 
average catch was only 1,250 pounds, while of the seventy-six on the blew England 
and Nova Scotia shores the average yield was 9,715 pounds; the average stocks for 
the same vessels were $112 and $867, respectively. 
1. — Table shoioing by fishing-grounds and apparatus the catch of the mackerel fleet of Maine in 1889. 
Species. 
New England 
shore. 
Gulf of St. Law- 
rence. 
Nova Scotia 
shore. 
Total. 
Pounds, j 
Value. 
Pounds. | 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Mackerel caught with seines, fresh 
Mackerel caught with seines, salted. . . 
Mackerel caught with nets, fresh 
Mackerel caught with nets, salted 
33.500 
471,400 ! 
132,451 1 
31,000 
15,300 
50.500 
$3, 135 
44,271 
9, 964 
2,502 
1, 373 
4,240 
* $45o" 
4, 200 
$441 
33, 500 
480,600 
132, 451 
31,000 
15,300 
50, 500 
$3, 135 
45, 162 
9, 964 
2, 502 
1,373 
4,240 
Mackerel caught with lines, fresh 
Mackerel caught with lines, salted 
Total 
: 
734,151 
65, 485 
| 5,000 
450 
4,200 
441 
743, 351 
66, 376 
