| --- ------ --- ------ | -- --- -- --- |
Total | 192 3,605 193 3,636 | 16,268 16,981 |

TABLE. Catch
| 1895 | 1896 |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| No. of Weight | No. of Weight |
Towns | salmon (pounds) Value | salmon (pounds) Value |
--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Brooksville (Cape Rosier) | 163 2,092 $283 | 146 1,626 $190 |
Bucksport | 205 2,885 448 | 245 2,729 471 |
Camden | 64 964 136 | 71 990 139 |
Castine | 77 1,150 207 | 93 1,166 156 |
Hampden | 30 510 102 | 32 448 90 |
Islesboro | 474 6,551 1,042 | 643 8,265 1,313 |
Lincolnville | 205 3,240 583 | 297 3,503 525 |
Matinicus & Ragged Islands| 65 780 109 | 182 1,627 175 |
Northport | 286 4,066 697 | 418 5,401 810 |
Orland | 78 1,077 202 | 152 1,802 306 |
Orrington | 65 1,101 165 | 82 1,150 161 |
Penobscot | 485 7,270 1,313 | 959 12,483 1,992 |
Searsport | 458 7,278 1,456 | 426 5,112 818 |
South Brewer | 63 1,071 161 | 170 2,380 309 |
Stockton and Prospect | 629 10,067 1,713 | 829 10,471 1,590 |
Verona | 908 12,555 2,337 | 1,421 17,761 3,172 |
Winterport | 140 2,354 402 | 237 3,311 499 |
| ----- ------ ----- | ----- ------ ------ |
Total | 4,395 65,011 11,356 6,403 80.175 12,716 |

Comparative data relative to the salmon fishery.

In 1880 the catch of salmon in Penobscot Bay and River and their
tributaries was 10,016, having an estimated weight of 110,176 pounds.
The weirs and traps used numbered 230; the gill nets, 36. The fishery
yielded 169,894 pounds, valued at $32,800, in 1887; 192,177 pounds,
worth $38,049, in 1888; 140,469 pounds, valued at $31,156, in 1889,
and 92,282 pounds, worth $19,124, in 1892.

As previously shown, in 1895 193 traps