date:Mar 04, 2014
decrease in pounds landed is also attributed to a decline in farmed salmon landings.
The department reported that there were 7,320 commercial fishermen in 2013, of those 4,239 were active commercial lobster harvesters. The top five fisheries in terms of active commercial harvesters were lobster, soft shell clams with 1,749, eel with 759, and marine worms with 652 and periwinkles with 613.