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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
44. — Table showing the number and value of supply boats employed in the sardine industry of Washington and 
Hancock counties, Maine, in 1889. 
Designation. 
Washington. 
Hancock. 1 
Total. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. No. 
Value. 
Steamers 
4 
$10, 700 
2 
$5,000 
6 
$15, 70 l 
Sailboats . 
61 1 
16, 330 
9 
2,800 
70 
19, 130 
Total 
65 
27, 030 
11 
7,800 
70 
34, 830 
Tlie laws of the State permit the canning of lobsters only during the months of May 
and June, and fix the minimum size of lobsters used for canning at 9 inches. Lobster- 
canning in the easternmost counties of the State is done at regular sardine canneries, 
most of the apparatus and accessories being jointly used in the preparation of these 
products. The table shows 20 canneries in operation in 1889, employing 577 persons 
in various capacities. The canned goods were valued at $142,613. The employes 
shown in the following table are such as were employed in the lobster-canning busi- 
ness, although practically all of those in the first two counties were also engaged in 
canning sardines. The object of the table is to exhibit the extent of the lobster-canning 
trade without reference to other associated industries. 
45. — Table showing the extent of the lobster-canning industry of Maine in 1889. 
Counties. 
Ho. of 
can- 
neries 
i in op- 
eration. 
No. of 
I ployds. 

Lobsters utilized. 
Cans prepared. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
| 
Number. 
Value. 
W ashington 
Hancock 
j Knox 
Lincoln 
Total 
1 
157 
149 
94 
2,451,303 
1, 073, 323 
1, 772, 620 
455, 408 
$30, 988 
13, 258 
2 2, 158 
470,348 
253,601 1 
275,591 1 
85,501 
$58, 794 
31, 700 
40, 089 
12, 030 
20 
577 
5, 752, 654 
72, 092 
1,085,041 
142, 613 
Smolced-herring industry . — The smoking of herring in eastern Maine had almost 
become an extinct business at the time of the abrogation of the fishery clauses of the 
.Washington treaty. Since 1885 the industry has advanced year by year, and in 1889 
was probably more extensive than ever before known. The extent of the industry in 
1889 is well exhibited in the following table, in which separate figures are shown for 
the smoked goods prepared from herring taken in American and Canadian weirs: 
46. — Table showing the extent of the smoked-herring industry of Maine in 1889. 
Designation. 
Boxes. 
| Pounds, j 
Value. 
Caught in Maine weirs — 
534,280 
19,641 
2, 671, 400 
491. 025 
$83, 615 
15, 369 
Bloaters 
Total 
553, 921 
3,162,425 
98, 984 
Caught in Canadian weirs — 
385, 600 
1, 928, 000 
60, 346 
Bloaters 
Total ... 
385, 600 
1, 928, oeo 
60, 346 
Grand total 
939, 52T 
5, 090, 425 
159, 330 
