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The different species included iu the total quantity of fish consumed fresh are as follows : 



The quantity of dried fish produced from 162,562,073 pounds fresh is 62,122,008 pounds, val- 

 ued at $2,412,077. About 23,000,000 pounds of the dry fisli are prepared as "boneless", thus 

 losing about 5,000,000 pounds iu weight. Pickled fish to the amount of 34,006,745 pounds, valued 

 at $928,303, are produced from 50,049,488 pounds fresh. The amount of smoked fish produced 

 from 5,367,575 pounds fresh is 1,435,800 pounds, worth $105,997. The value of fishery products 

 canned is $58,300; shell fish, $649,013; products of the whale fishery, $2,089,337; and miscellaneous 

 products, $290,200. In addition to the canned products enumerated iu the table, 463,152 cans of 

 lobsters, valued at $57,894, and 403,200 cans fresh mackerel, $33,600, were put up outside of 

 Massachusetts iu factories owned by Boston firms. These are accounted for in statistics of Maine 

 cr elsewhere. The enhancement in value of dry, pickled, and smoked fish in process of curing is 

 estimated at $1,557,646, about 60 per cent, of which may be credited to the vessel industry and 40 

 per cent, to the shore industry. 



The total value of fish and fish products iu the marketable condition is $8,141,750. To this 

 amount may be added 25 per cent, as the expenses and profits of the wholesale dealers of 

 the State, thus making the total wholesale value of the products of the Massachusetts fisheries 

 $10,117,187. 



Comparing the several districts of Massachusetts, the statistics of which are given in connec. 

 tiou with each district, we find that the district of Gloucester produces 189,383,026 pounds offish, 

 or more than half the entire yield of the State. The capital invested iu this cfc'strict is $4,326,568, 

 and the value of sea products $3,155,071, while the total capital of the State is $14,334,450, and 

 the total value of products $8,141,750. Boston has a large distributing business, but is not so 

 great a producing center. The capital invested iu this district is $3,218,949, and the value of the 

 products $1,026,360. In the district of New Bedford, which is the center of the whale fishery 

 of the United States, we find that the total capital invested is $4,329,638, and the value of prod- 

 ucts $2,053,944. 



There are several industries in Massachusetts closely related to the fisheries, the statistics 

 of which are not included iu the statistics except in foot-notes. One of these is the manufacture 

 of isinglass from fish sounds, and of liquid glue from fish skins. There are eight such factories in 

 this State, employing one hundred and eighty-two men and a capital of $315,000. During the 

 year 1879 the value of isinglass and glue manufactured was $450,000. Another industry largely 

 dependent on the fisheries is that of the fertilizer factories, which employ several hundred men and 

 a large capital. The proportion of fish entering into their productions is valued in the prepared 

 state at $198,333. These fish arc accounted for iu the tables at their unprepared value. 



The manufacturers of spermaceti caudles, whalebone, seines, nets, hooks and lines, cables and 



