The Salmon Fishery of Penobscot Bay and River in 1895-96
by Hugh M. Smith
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About this eBook
- Author
- Smith, Hugh M. (Hugh McCormick), 1865-1941
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Ronald Calvin Huber while serving as Penobscot Bay Watch, Rockland, Maine,
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- SH: Agriculture: Aquaculture, Fisheries, Angling
- Subject
- Atlantic salmon fisheries -- Maine
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 17039
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17039
- Release Date
- November 10, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.THE SALMON FISHERY OF PENOBSCOT BAY AND RIVER IN 1895-96 — By HUGH M. SMITH — Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission , 1898, Pages 113-124 — Contents — Extent and condition of the fishery in 1895 and 1896. — Detailed statistics for 1895 and 1896. — Comparative data relative to the salmon fishery. — Apparatus and methods of the fishery. — Salmon Net Types — Salmon at Matinicus and Ragged islands. — Salmon at the Cranberry Isles. — Salmon caught with hook off Maine coast. — Destruction of salmon by seals. — Evidences of results of propagation. — Extension of salmon-hatching operations on the Penobscot. — Planting of quinnat salmon and steelhead trout in Maine streams.
- 3.Footnotes — Map showing the location of the salmon weirs and traps fished in Penobscot River and Bay in 1896
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