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THE MOLLUSK FISHERIES 



There is no town legislation relating to this industry, and though it is 

 becoming of less consequence every year, nothing is done to revive it. 



Summary of Industry. 



Number of men, .......... 1 



Capital invested, $15 



Production, 1907: — 



Bushels, 100 



Value, $100 



Total area (acres) : — 



Sand, - 



Mud, 



Gravel, 10 



Mussels and eel grass, ........ - 



Total, 10 



Productive area (acres) : — 



Good clamming, ........... - 



Scattering clams, 10 



Barren area possibly productive (acres), 



Waste barren area (acres), ......... - 



Possible normal production, $2,000 



Mattapoisett. 



The coast of Mattapoisett, more open and exposed than that of Fair- 

 haven, does not offer equal advantages to the cultivation of clams. A 

 similar strip of gravel-mud or sand occurs along the more sheltered 

 portions of the coast, and wherever an indentation in the mainland 

 offers shelter clams may be found, though never in sufficient quantities 

 to make digging profitable. There is really no industry at all; the few 

 clams that are dug go for home trade or are used as bait, and the 

 prospects of any decided improvement appear to be slight. 



Summary of Industry. 



Number of men. 

 Capital invested, 

 Production, 1907 : — 



Bushels, 



Value, . 

 Total area (acres) : — 



Sand, . 



Mud, . 



Gravel, 



Mussels and eel grass, 



Total, . 

 Productive area (acres) : — 



Good clamming, . 



Scattering clams, 

 Barren area possibly productive 

 Waste barren area (acres), 

 Possible normal production, 



(acres), 



1 



$15 



100 

 $100 



5 



5 



10 



10 



$2,000 



