Vessel Boat
fisher- Trans- fisher- Shores-
County men porters men men Total
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Washington 30 19 639 7 695
Hancock 173 27 480 3 683
Penobscot 2 2
Waldo 19 19
Knox 55 78 606 10 749
Lincoln 12 11 447 4 474
Sagadahoc. 2 98 100
Cumberland 10 45 379 6 440
York 4 3 135 142
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Total 280 185 2,803 30 3,304



Table showing by counties the vessels, boats, apparatus, and
shore property employed in the lobster fishery of Maine in 1898.

Washington Hancock Penobscot Waldo
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Items. No. Value. No. Value. No. Value. No. Value.

Vessels fishing 10 $5,850 78 $33,000 1 $350
Tonnage 76 593 5
Outfit. 1,169 4,995 15

Vessels trans-