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U. S. BXJEEAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of the New England States, 1929 — Continued 

 PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN SHELLFISH SHOWN IN NUMBERS AND BUSHELS 



Products 



Crabs: 



Hard number.. 



Soft do.... 



Clams: 



Cockle.. .bushels... 



Hard, public.do 



Hard, private 

 do.-.. 



Razor do 



Soft, public, .do 



Mussels.- do 



Oysters: 



Market, public 

 do—. 



Market, private 

 do.... 



Seed, public.do 



Seed, pri vate.do 



Periwinkles do 



Scallops: 



Bay do 



Sea do — 



Quan- 

 tity 

 432,000 



Maine 



3,920 



671, 726 



150 



59, 762 



Value 

 $4,080 



3,792 



472, 973 



375 



122, 552 



Massachusetts 



Quantity 

 13, 110, 681 



630 

 249,061 



12, 660 



211. 076 



1,032 



54,187 



17, 573 

 900 



249, 707 

 77, 713 



Value 

 $100, 668 



2,898 

 618, 571 



15, 680 



375, 830 



1,219 



178,311 



17,295 

 540 



521, 950 

 107, 748 



Rhode Island 



Quan- 

 tity 

 780,204 



169, 898 

 7,100 



429, 834 

 18, 850 



2,885 



500 

 331,911 



6,880 

 16, 491 



Value 

 $7, 802 



8,680 



1,000 

 517, 763 



16.320 

 55, 817 



Connecticut 



Quan 



tity 

 522, 810 



1,740 



4,925 



9,897 



10, 811 



431, 125 



36, 274 



739, 042 



Value 



K149 



145 



14,544 



30, 059 



21,005 



486, 304 

 32,524 

 730, 049 



Total 



Quantity 



14, 845, 695 



1,740 



4,550 

 423,884 



7,100 



12, 660 



895, 584 



1,032 



11,311 



817, 223 



36.274 



756, 615 



7,930 



266, 198 

 137, 475 



Value 

 $116, 699 

 145 



6,690 

 1, 062, 949 



18. 850 



15, 680 



887, 542 



1,219 



22.005 



1, 182, 378 



32,524 



747, 344 



17,235 



577, 767 

 230, 300 



Industries related to the fisheries of the New England States, 1929 



> Includes 1 transporter and 2 wholesale firms operating in Rockingham County, N. H. 



» Statistics relative to persons and compensation for 3 firms which were engaged in manufacturing func- 

 tions are included under " wholesale." One of these was exclusively a manufacturer and the other 2 manu- 

 factured only incidentally. 



' Statistics relative to persons and compensation for 4 firms which were engaged in manufacturing func- 

 tions are included under " wholesale." One of these was exclusively a manufacturer and the 3 others manu- 

 factured only incidentally. 



MAINE 



The fisheries and industries related to the fisheries of Maine in 

 1929, including 1 transporter and 2 wholesale firms in New Hampshire, 

 employed 12,550 persons. This is 35 per cent more than the number 

 employed in these fisheries during 1928. Of the total number of 

 persons, 5,593 were fishermen, 235 were employed on transporting 



