Marine Species Landings - Value

Value in Thousands of Dollars

     Lobster Salmon    Cod   Clams Scallop Urchins Shrimp     Dab Pollock
1976  29,238         1,429   7,489   1,352            488     606     874
1977  32,101         1,975   9,272     755            172   1,766   1,406
1978  33,878         2,262   7,470   2,246                  3,124   2,446
1979  39,901         2,598   7,508   3,878             51   4,171   2,305
1980  41,705         2,640   8,554  10,715            126   4,935   2,097
1981  47,237         3,170   8,409  15,246            843   5,853   2,882
1982  50,776         3,658   6,394   6,295          1,302   7,037   2,183
1983  51,234         3,736   7,249  10,881          1,681   6,016   1,724
1984  49,674         3,943  11,606   9,437          2,784   5,060   2,020
1985  45,036         4,095  12,132   4,524          2,917   5,127   1,872
1986  46,171         5,526  11,047   4,161          4,802   4,999   2,799
1987  54,548         6,990   8,292   5,950     236  8,887   6,517   6,216
1988  60,742         4,034   6,832   5,286   1,759  5,677   5,585   3,503
1989  59,244         7,253   7,893   6,110   6,024  5,598   5,333   2,836
1990  61,628         9,367   8,851   6,000   5,956  4,800   2,959   2,906
1991  72,418        16,286   5,004   7,146  11,158  5,097   4,383   3,880
1992  71,823 45,319 10,789   7,862   7,345  15,148  6,543   6,478   5,131
1993  74,330 42,554  7,962   9,024   9,828  26,802  3,643   7,392   3,732
1994 100,981 35,670  7,696   8,818   6,930  33,038  5,105   7,293   2,686
                                                                   
     Pollock  Blood   Sole Herring   Ocean    Men-  Other   TOTAL   TOTAL
               Worm                  Perch   haden          $50K+
1976     874  1,256    392   3,053    2603     300  4,387  53,467  53,822
1977   1,406  1,314    847   3,545    3141      71  5,420  61,785  62,001
1978   2,446  1,165  1,564   3,782    3743     174  6,876  68,730  68,834
1979   2,305  1,434  1,525   4,584    3534     760  7,859  80,108  80,271
1980   2,097  1,404  1,898   5,977    3029     450  8,974  92,504  92,703
1981   2,882  1,394  2,392   6,435    2422     292 11,258 107,833 108,021
1982   2,183  1,963  3,178   2,758    2751     968 12,179 101,442 101,584
1983   1,724  2,463  4,562   2,171    2094     846 13,072 107,729 107,898
1984   2,020  1,879  4,523   2,553    1953     402 12,320 108,154 108,333
1985   1,872  1,883  4,718   1,906    1236     677 15,004 101,127 101,243
1986   2,799  2,087  4,647   2,440     766     381 17,542 107,368 107,982
1987   6,216  2,404  7,055   2,403    1052     348 22,719 133,617 133,914
1988   3,503  1,933  6,487   2,369     539     412 17,865 123,023 123,942
1989   2,836  2,233  4,835   1,883     406      NA 22,553 132,201 133,037
1990   2,906  2,685  2,678   2,665     316     408 18,513 129,732 129,878
1991   3,880  2,457  3,064   3,602     227   1,264 18,026 154,012  NA        
1992   5,131  2,431  3,474   3,948     381     910 21,749 209,331 210,370
1993   3,732  2,448  4,587   4,833     446     202 27,347 225,130 225,405
1994   2,686  3,565  4,888   4,643      NA      NA 23,759 245,072 246,626

NA = Not available; $50K+ = total value of species each of whose value exceeds $50,000 Source: Maine Department of Marine Resources

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