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THE MOLLUSK FISHERIES 



Summary of Industry. 



Number of boats: — 



Power, ............ 10 



Sail, 37 



Dories, 20 



Boats, how manned : — 



Single, 15 



Double, 32 



Single dories, 20 



In 1906-07 the production was 9,820 gallons, valued at $12,875. 



1907-08.1 



Gallons. 



Price 

 per Gallon. 



Value. 



October, 



November, 

 December, 

 January, 

 February, 

 March, 

 Total, 



•2,639 

 4,160 

 5,430 

 5,910 

 960 

 1,146 



20,245 



$1 25 

 1 00 

 1 00 



1 50 



2 00 

 2 50 



$1 31 



$3,298 75 

 4,160 00 

 5,430 00 

 8,865 00 

 1,920 00 

 2.S&5 00 



£26,538 75 



1 Return of Special Agent William C. Dunham. 



Shipments were made by express to New York and Boston, the 

 charges to New York being 95 cents, to Boston 55 cents per keg. The 

 greater part was shipped to New York market. The scallops were 

 shipped mostly in 7-gallon kegs, which cost 33 cents apiece. About 

 30 New York and 20 Boston firms receive shipments from the Nan- 

 tucket scallopers. 



Two kinds of scallops, the large "channel" and the small or "eel 

 grass," are obtained. The small scallops are more numerous than the 

 large, but are naturally less desirable. 



Capital invested. 



Value of power boats. 

 Value of sail boats, . 

 Value of dories, . 

 V: lue of year. 



$4,000 



9,250 



500 



700 



Total, $14,450 



Of late years the scallopers have taken an interest in protecting the 

 scallop. Many scallopers when fishing in shallow water " cull out " 

 the small "seed " scallops, and, instead of returning them to the shallow 

 water, transplant them to the deep water of the channel, where they 



