FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1938 
Fisheries of the New England States, 1937—Continued 
OPERATING UNITS: By States 
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Item Maine 

Number 
482 
2, 606 
3, 211 
Fishermen: 
On vessels 
On boats and shore: 


6, 299 
New 
_ | Massa- 
pene chusetts 
Number | Number 
22 See 4, 258 
119 3, 614 
53 2, 609 
172 | 10,481 






Rhode 
Island 
Connect- 
icut 




Number 
316 
295 
Number 
289 
429 
768 






Vessels: 
Steam 
WOLDS erate eee ee 
Total vessels 
Motalmet tonnare = 2-9 Se = 
IN CEESSULY: DORIS =2 S222 0 es ote nea ee 
Apparatus: — 
Purse seines: 
Length, yards 
Haul seines 
Length, yards 
Stop seines 
Length, yards 
Gill nets: ; 
Square yards__.__..---_-___- 
Drift 
Stak 
PPR ONS oo See | ned Lastee 
Leaetsla iGo eee ee ee | ee eee ee 
Floating traps 
1, 288 
11 
160 
120 
185, 339 
Se ee Sea 4 
5 
Mussel 
Oyster = See ere Se 
Yards at mouth 
Scallops) 21": aie mes 
Yards at mouth 

























33, 978 
6, 434 
7,912 
45, 100 
2, 473, 951 
117 
