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Based on the value to the fishermen, haddock with a production 

 of 255,851,532 pounds, valued at $8,950,643, was the most important 

 product. Lobsters were second with a production of 10,322,466 

 pounds, valued at $3,132,198. Other products of importance were 

 cod, 86,999,326 pounds, valued at $2,919,164; mackerel, 62,272,733 

 pounds, valued at $2,302,595; flounders, 48,933,312 pounds, valued 

 at $2,145,958; all varieties of clams, 12,575,812 pounds of meats, 

 valued at $1,991,711; and oysters, 11,349,962 pounds of meats, 

 valued at $1,984,251. Other products were valued individually at 

 less than $1,000,000. 



The industries related to the fisheries of the New England States 

 gave employment to 13,815 persons, of whom 404 were engaged in 

 transporting fishery products, 3,595 were in the wholesale trade and 

 received $5,285,740 in salaries and wages, 7,872 were in the manu- 

 facturing industry and received $3,651,253 in salaries and wages, . 

 and 1,944 were fishermen who prepared fishery products and are 

 duplicated in the total number of fishermen employed as shown 

 above. There were 292 establishments in the wholesale trade 

 handling primary products and 162 establishments were in the man- 

 ufacturing industry. The latter manufactured products — mostly 

 canned sardines, clams, and other canned fishery products — to the 

 value of $15,888,289. In addition, the fishermen prepared fishery 

 products valued at $111,145. Most of these products were salt fish 

 prepared aboard vessel from the various species of ground fish. 



Fisheries of the New England States, 1929 

 SUMMARY OF CATCH 



