GIANT SCALLOP FISHERY OP MAINE. 
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The position of the beds, as given on the chart, is based on information and descrip- 
tions furnished by fishermen and other responsible parties in the different sections. 
In the absence of any surveys or other definite means of locating the grounds, their 
position, as well as their size and shape, must be understood as being only approxi- 
mately correct, although, for the purposes of this paper, it is sufficiently accurate. 
The position of the beds may be briefly summarized as follows : 
Off Moimt Desert Island. — Niue beds have been discovered in this vicinity. Three 
are adjacent to Bartlett’s Island, one being near the northern end, at the entrance 
to the narrows ; another off the southeastern end, opposite Pretty Marsh Harbor ; and 
the third off the southern extremity. The fourth bed runs parallel with Hardwood 
Island, between it and the shore of Mount Desert Island. Two of the remaining beds 
are near Moose Island, and the others are located some 3 miles off the coast and 4 
miles south of Moose Island, in the neighborhood of Ship Island. The four beds 
first named are the largest, and those last mentioned the smallest, those at Moose 
Island being intermediate in size as well as in position. It is somewhat interesting 
to observe that all of these beds, extending over a tract 10 miles in length, run north 
and south in an almost direct line. 
Off Little Deer Isle and Gape Rosier. — A large area lying south of Little Deer Isle 
and Cape Rosier, between these places and North Haven Island, is more or less cov- 
ered with scallops, which are taken jointly by the fishermen from Little Deer Isle, 
Cape Rosier, Sedgwick, and occasionally Oastine. The area embraced between the 
peripheral beds is about 45 square miles, and includes numerous islands, among 
which the largest are Eagle, Bare, Butter, Spruce Head, Little Spruce Head, Beach, 
Colt Head, Bradbury, Crow, Pickering, Eaton’s, Sheep, Western, Pond, and Hog 
Islands. Between or clustered around these the beds are found. More beds are 
known to exist in this region than in any other on the Maine coast, although they are 
mostly of small size. Of the thirty-four separate beds operated in 1889 only three 
were of large dimensions. Two of these were east of Hog Island, and the other east 
of Pickering Island. New beds are continually discovered in this region, as the 
smaller and older beds are exhausted. 
Bagaduee River, Lawrence Bay, and off BrooJcsville. — Prior to 10 years ago the 
only bed in the vicinity of Castine, the existence of which was known by the fisher- 
men, was some distance up the Bagaduee River. Since the demand for scallops has 
increased, the fishermen have had to search for other sources of supply, and Mr. 
Vogell states that new beds of greater or less extent are now found almost every 
year. In 1889 there were five beds in the Bagaduee River. Two of these, of consid- 
erable size, were above Oastine, another large bed was nearly opposite that city, and 
a smaller one was situated a little nearer the mouth of the river ; the fifth, a medium- 
sized bed, was at the junction of the river with Penobscot Bay. 
Smith’s Cove or Lawrence Bay is an indentation of considerable size in the Baga- 
duce River, opposite Castine. Near the head of this body of water a small bed existed 
in 1889. 
Immediately north of Holbrook Island a bed was operated in 1889 similar in size 
to that occurring in the mouth of the Bagaduee River. A very large area directly 
west of Holbrook Island and nearest to the shores of Islesborough is known to exist, 
which is thickly covered with scallops. Its limits are somewhat in dispute, owing to 
the fact that but few fishermen ever essay to work it because of its depth, which is 
