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and some sixty vessels were sent to the Grand Bank, but in consequence 

 of unsatisfactory returns the business soon languished. In 1804 the whole 

 number of vessels over thirty tons burthen engaged in the Cape Ann fisheries 

 was only eight, and for nearly half a century fishing was almost totally 

 abandoned. 



With the decline of the Bank fishery, the Shore fishery commenced to 

 attract increased attention. At the commencement of the present century 

 some two hundred Chebacco boats, averaging about fifteen tons each, and 

 manned by some six hundred men, were engaged in this fishery. The 

 increasing importance of this industry created a demand for an increase in 

 the capacity of the craft engaged in it, and about 18 10 the Chebacco boats 

 began to give place to the "jigger" or "pinkey," of which class but a single 

 specimen is now included in the Gloucester enrolment, — the sch, Senator 

 built in Essex in 1831, and now owned by Capt. John Parker. The follow- 

 ing is a specimen of a pinkey of the model of 1810. 



The Shore fishery reached its maximum in 1832, when it employed a ton- 

 nage of 6463 tons, furnishing employment to 799 men, and resulting in 

 a catch of 63,112 qtls. fish, of a value of $157,780, receiving also a bounty 

 of $25,172 from the government. From this time, the business, except as 

 a winter industry, began to decline, giving place to the mackerel fishery and 

 other modern branches of the industry. 



