Vessel Boat fisher- Trans- fisher- Shores- County men porters men men Total ------ --- ------- --- --- ----- 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 --- --- ----- -- ----- 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 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- 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- porting--steam 1 8,350 2 6,500 Tonnage 34 26 Outfit 1,835 1,950 Vessels trans- porting--sail 5 8,500 8 9,900 Tonnage 94 99 Outfit 790 885 Boats trans- porting (steamers and launches under 5 tons) 1 1,100 1 4,950 Sailboats fishing 259 56,170 225 34,290 Rowboats fishing 209 2,390 250 3,285 17 $255 Pots used in vessel fisheries 1,710 1,710 7,146 7,146 82 82 Pots used in shore fisheries 22,390 22,373 23,880 23,880 575 575 Shore property 4,015 5,870 102 ------- ------- --- --- Total 114.252 136,651 447 932 Knox Lincoln Sagadahoc Cumberland ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Items. No. Value. No. Value. No. Value. No. Value. Vessels fishing 28 $13,250 6 $4,200 5 $1,950 Tonnage 184 42 30 Outfit. 3,923 619 335