COMPL£T£ N£WS OF TH£ MAIN£ COMMER.CIAL. FISHERIES ... Vol. l, No. l
32 Pages.
JULY, 1946
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RUSS I A BUYS ICE LAN D'S FISH
.Thousands of live .Baby Lobsters to Go Into Maine Waters
Contracts For Part Of 1946 Iceland Fish Production
100 Coastal Areas Get 1946 Fourth Stage Crop Augusta - As part of the lobsterrearing and conservation program, Commissioner Richard E. Reed of the Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries, recently announced the list :.of coastal ateas scheduled to receive the 1946 production of fourth-stage lobsters from the rearing station at Boothbay Harbor. Reed stated that the total produc1:ion, estimated to run .several hundred thousand, will be distributed "impartially and fairly" to nearly 100 areas in waters of all the coastal eounties. With the increase in the number of lobstermen and the heavy demand for Maine lobsters in hotels and res- . taurants ·au over the country, the lobster-rearing program and conserv~tion measures take on new importance. • • The plantings of the young crustaceans will be based on the 1945 annual catch in each county and wherever possible will also be made ·in suitable areas that have never before received them. (Continued on Page 4>
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Will Take 30,000,000 Pounds by December 1
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Belfast-Russia has agreed to buy about 30,000,000 pounds of Iceland's fish production for delivery by December 1, according to the Iceland Legation in Washington. In a telephone call to Maine Coast Fisherman, Representative Margaret Chase Smith, member of Congress from the Second Maine District, revealed that she had checked with the Iceland Legation on July 11 and they confirmed the sale. Iceland fish production, annually about 80,000,000 pounds according to Representative Smith, has made steady inroads on American markets and has caused concern to New England fisherman. Russia's purchase will represent a substantial portion of the 1946 production from Iceland, she said. American fish imports from Iceland in 1945 totalled 1,402,0Q0 founds. _ an increase of 10.000% since 1939. Russia will not purchase Iceland's frozen fish production because like other European countries she does not have the storage facilities to handle it. Russia will probably also buy herring meal and herring oil. The meal is used to supolement stock 1 feed and the oil is used industrially and in soaps and paints. Iceland herring catch which was 500,000,000 pounds. Iceland has sold 20,000,000 pounds of herring to France but was unable to sell to Belguim because of CContinued on Page 2)
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Duwors A11alyzing ap JO Trlpfe Yalve--
Jim Reilly, ·above right, of New Hi;ubor, owner and skipper of the seiner sitown below anchored at the mouth of Back Cove. Boat is powered with a Red Wing engine, Borys alongside a1·e loaded with twine used in making the recent big herring catch. Crew which made _the haul inclndes Ducky Reil;y. Phil Re lly, Albert Curtis and Donald ReiJly aU of ew Harbor.
REILLY MAKES 6,000 BUSHEL HERRING CATCH Nice Profit at 91 Cents a -Bushel Helps Relieve Poor Fishing Season
, Harbor. made the catch with a total I neer of Rockland, the Edward M. ! of three "stops," with the last "stop" I and Grace L. of Belfast and the Ne\vcastle--'-"Us fishermen down I netting only a few bushel. Joyce Marie and Surfman of Southhere have a streak of owl blood in Sam Morton and his crew, also of I west Harbor. our veins. While everyone is sleep- New Harbor, made some •·stops'' at Jim Reiny·s catch. however. is an • . ing. we are prowling around coves the same time. but claim that they ' exception to the general run around and inlets on the lookout for signs did not do as well as Reilly. With here so far. To date, this season has • • of 'Fire.' And when we spot a school herring bring about 90c per bushel, been very poor for the herring fish' of herring we work like heck to get the New Harbor fishermen have ermen generally with few catches / om~ 'stop 1:ets' out:· remarked Jim E?;OOd reason to s~ile despite the being made. By July 1 the sardine I Reilly of New Harbor as he talked generally poor fishmg that has been plants along the coast usually have . .i,. •. i' 'about his recent 6,000-bushel catch encountered this year. j 60% of their total pack, but this year -....,...,>.1.,._;i,,11,,w of herring. Some of the carriers that bought • they are very much behind schedule. Jim. with his crew of four, Carroll portions of this catch were the Royal i Herring fishilJg is as unpredictible . '·Ducky .. Reilly. Phil Reilly. Albert of Yarmouth. the Trident of Port- as our own Maine weather. No one , Curtis. and Donald Reilly all of New land. the Double Eagle and Buccan- : knows ,vhen the herring will strike ! 1 ): in, and as Jim Reilly expressed it, "Your guess made at Newcastle is Richard E. Duwors just as accurate as mine right here Augusta - The start of a fourat New Harbor." month study to find ways and means By Mary Ellen Chase The herring fisherman is not only of doubling the economic value of ~ly first :knowledge of lobster fishing was acquired so1ne fifty a nocturnal worker but must have Maine's clam industry, was recently ll l 'Id l . . . l b th . •a touch of the gambler in his makeannounced by Sea and Shore Fish- years ago \vhen I was a very sina c 11 , anc in a 1nnitec_, ut OI- up as well as a wealth of optimism. eries Commissioner Richard E. Reed. oughly delightful fashion. It came in the:- inner ,vaters of Blue Hill He has an inves~ment of thousands Reed said that Richard E. Duwors, Bav ·1nd thTough iny Uncle Henrv, who ·was not a lobster :6.shern1an of _dollars i~ ~us boats and ge~r. Ellsworth economist had been en<, ' • . which may sit idle for weeks while gaged tor this work which when by profession. Uncle Henry, as a 111atter of fact, had no profession .. he is waiting for a school of herring concluded "should form the basis for He was the veritable jack-of-all-frades and master of none. He ,vas ,-which may not come. V:,h_en he a long term management, propaga. . . . . does make some good "stops, 1t may tion and con$ervation program for a stout, very red-faced genial 1nan of sixty-five or thereabouts ,v1th •be his only income from herring for Legislative consideration:· Yen: blue eyes. who, because he professed a great zest for all 1nan- 1 the year. The project V:·ill be financed fron, ne1.' of life , decided to sink one lobster trap beneath the surface A school . of herring are beS t Maine Development Commission , spotted at night by the phosporent funds which arc earmarked for de- of Blue Hill Bay. \\'here that bay I within the spruce ~lats. Uncle Henry '· glow caused by their passage through Governor Horace Hildreth \'elopment of the fishing industry. fil_ls the small harbor of Blue Hill smoke? his clay pip.e while he rowed the water. It was aptly described by j B If t-I .. Reed said that Duv,:or·s analysis ·of Village. In my childhood Uncle the ~k1ff, and I sat m the stern. feel- one fisherman when he said, "Every e as . n a letter. recently writthe industry would include studies Henry's one lobster trap _ was the ing sure that our v~yage toget~er time they '-''igglc their tails they ten to :M ame C~ast Fisherman Govof development plans in 1-lassachu- only trap in that beautiful rnner har- ,vas one of the best thmgs of my life. strike fire., So when a fisherman erno~ H?race Hildreth endorsed the • d ee d / e,•en \\-·1th th e goo d c h ance O f sic • k - , says he has• struck fire. he means that d publication of the new coastal paper se tt s. ~ ·c·,1,• Yor·lc and the C!>nact1·an a bor, and Yery few 1obsters, in . province::. the present Maine laws, \Vere foolish enough to crawl inside ness once we arrived a t Uncle . ev_oted to salt-water news of the indiYidual to,vn regulations. joint after Uncle Henry's bait. Uncle Henry's solitary buoy and prepared I <Contmued on Page 2) Mame coast. town-state cooperation. latest pro- Henry. however. in that perennial for action. _r,- ·- ·- ·- - -·- - • - - , - "It is my belief,'' wrote the Govpagation techniques. the extent of optimism which characterized all his I often remember u n cle Henry, . . ernor, "that the Maine Coast Fisher◄ depletion of Maine. flats and means leisurely beha\·ior, rowed out every who departed this life many years 1 I~DEX 1 man can perform a great service for of re-stocking them. marketing and few days in his small skiff to haul ago. when daily I drive or walk the Boatbuilding page 19 those who obtain a living garnering 1 0U1er pertinent phases of the indus- up his trap: and not infrequently he 21:: miles from my home on Petit- i By Products page 10 - the products of .the sea and shore. try. asked me to accompany him on this ! l\'lanan Point to Pigeon ~ill Village. f Clamming page 23 "Sine~ th~ beginning, our comm_erBe said Duwors ,vould tackle the exciting and dangerous \·oyage. Al- • one of the most charmmg of the Coastal Fisheries page 12 c:.al fishmg mdustry has been an improblem from the standpoint of a though I was usually made very sick many fishing villages on the :i\faine ,= Sea & Shore Fisheries page 25 portant cog in the state's economy. I trained economist and that his study indeed by the bobbing and careening Coast, both in its natural setting and _ Life at Light Station page 30 " believe that it can become still more would be cold dollar and cents pro- of Uncle Henry·s craft at the time of i? the character of i!s fishermen who Lobstering page 4 important and we are now studying position instead of an academic one. hauli_ng up the t~ap, I ado~ed the live _and labor on ns rocky shores - Salt Water Highlights page 8 j plans to de:velop it to t~e utmost. 1 Technical news "If Duwors can find the answers to ·, relatively calm trip out and m; and, and m the waters beyond them. page 20 " "The Mame Coast Fisherman can the problem he will have rendered a as luck would hav_e it, we sometimes Pigeon H~l Village, below the hill play an imp~rtant role in this future (Continued on Page 22) . found . a co~operahve lobster er two (Contmued on Page 6) ~ - - -n- 0_ ,,:, (Contmued on Page 2J by Ivan FJye
Governor Believes New Coastal Paper Can Perform Great Service
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