Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-18
I aIks of Condition Of Sea
And Shore Fisheries.
Haiheries Helping Fishing in
PsnobscOi-- Fine Salmon Year.
Sardlne Season In Penobscot River
Will Be Dull One.

Bangor, Me-, July Thames Dono
hue of Rockland, commissioner Of
sea and shore fisheries. was in Ban
gor, Wednesday, on his way from Or
land and Bucksport, where with
Chairman ]. S. p. II. Wilson of the
fish and game commission he has
been inspecting the fish ways and
ery a Alanoosook lake. He left on
the afternoon train for a trip through
Washington and Hancock counties,
being joined 1T Washington Junction
by Mr.. Wilson, who had hearings at
Ellsworth, Tuesday night, and at Bar
Harbor. Wednesday morning. They
will visit number of the fishing
grounds in these counties, including
Cherryfeld, Mllbridge, Calais, Ma
chias ard Dennysyille, and at the lat
ter place, where the salmon fishing
a number of years ago. was among
the best in the State, the ACCESSIBILITY
of erecting a fisllway will bon con-
sidered.
l.
mon fishing in the Penobseot river has
been the best, this season, for sever
al years. and that the prospects for
it's continuance are exceedingly bright,
The present fly fishing is UP to record
and there is a fine possibility of the
catch being larger than for a NUM-
Der OF years. Although the meters
down the river didn't have such
good season as last year. the catch
was by no means small and was well
up with The average.
1T is admitted by all" said Mr..
Donoliuc, to a reporter, Wednesday
morning, that the hatchery at Or
land is helping the fishing on the Pc
nobscot This season, 100 salmon
were taken for stripping purposes
while for the preceding years the take
was considerably smaller and all these
fish will be liberated after they have
heen stripped and their spawn sent to
the hatchery, when, at the proper
age, the fish will be planted in the
waters from which the salmon were
taken. The salnaon are now working
toward the breeding places and in
September they will commence to lay
ping when liberated return to sea but
come back again in the breeding sea-
son.
THE Penobscot salmon pool said
Mr.. Donohue. 'is the best in this part
of the country if not in the entire
country and | am glad that condi-
tions are looking so promising
Speaking of the lobster situation Mr..
Donohue said the crustaceans are
plentiful although not so much as in
the spring and especially in May which
is the best month along the Maine
coast, but the fishermen seem to be
getting plenty of them and that it is
pretty hard to account for the high
prices prevailing at the present time
There is only one other commodity,
he said that has such big profits as
has the lobster and that is tea and it
is pretty hard to account for it. Tea
that wholesalers buy for 25 and 80
cents is retailed for so cents and it is
much the same way with Holsters.
send out their smacks to
the different lobster grounds along the
coast and gather up what they can get,
paying about 25 cents apiece for them
d
pound the fishermen get for them; so
that when Holsters are retailing for
80 and 35 cents a pound. as at the
present time. the profits are great.
OF course there has to be reckoned
of two cents each for pay.
ing the expenses of the smack, AMI
then a per cent. has to be added for
shrinkage and dying in transit, which
during the hot summer months may be
quite heavy but in spite of these ex-
penses the profits are tremendous and
there really seems to be no real cause
for it, The lobster fishermen down
along the coast are all prosperous for
they reap big harvests in this indus
try"
This year the Boothbay hatchery
continued Mr.. Donohue, planted no.
100000 young Holsters, 100000 more
than last season. They are planted ir
the vicinity from which the mother
Holsters were taken and as a general
rule they stick pretty close to that
place although cases have been known
of lobster travelling from Maine to
the Province waters They are not
fast swimmers and it is a most pc
culiar thing that they can swim faster