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NEW ENGLAND FISHERIES 



"In the early season, March and April, hundreds of bar- 

 rels of these fish are shipped to Boston and other eastern 

 points, furnishing our Atlantic fishing fleet with bait. 

 Many barrels are also shipped to different parts of New 

 England and New York for food. The greater part are 

 sold fresh until warm weather and at a price that war- 

 rants the encouragement and protection of this industry. 

 Many hundreds are salted when the weather is too warm 

 to ship them fresh without great risk. The market for 

 salt fish is mostly foreign. The quality of the Connecticut 

 river fish, the great care in salting and packing, with the 

 long experience of the fishermen make them rank second 

 to none in price obtained, and they always find a ready 

 market. ' 



The value of the alewife fishery in Massachusetts for 

 1902 was $40,979. This value consisted of fresh alewives, 

 1,320,350 pounds worth $15,220 ; of salted alewives, 1,979,- 

 000 pounds worth $24,619; and of smoked alewives, 114,- 

 000 pounds worth $1,140. A considerable business is done, 

 at Provincetown, in canning the species called "kyacks," 

 which are labeled "mackerel" and "trout." The fish 



THE CONDITION OF THE ALEWIFE FISHERY OF NEW 



ENGLAND FOR 1896. 



(Alewife Fisheries of the U. S. in 1896, H. W. Smith.) 



