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Industries related to the fisheries of Connecticut, 1929 

 TRANSPORTING 



WHOLESALE! 



Items 



Establishments -. 



Persons engaged: 



Proprietors -.. 



Salaried employees 



Wage earners 



Paid to salaried employees 



Paid to wage earners 



Total salaries and wages 



Fairfield 

 County 



$53, 712 

 127, 703 



181, 415 



New Haven 

 County 



$83, 079 

 65, 235 



148, 314 



New 

 London 

 County 



11 



38 

 360 



$98, 062 

 497, 945 



596, 007 



Total 



23 



30 



72 

 515 



$234, 853 

 690, 883 



925, 736 



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

 functions are included in this table. One of these was exclusively a manufacturer and the other 3 only 

 manufactured incidentally. The products manufactured, consisting of menhaden products, fish meal from 

 ground fish, cod and cod-liver oil and oyster-shell products, were valued at $220,043. 



HISTORICAL REVIEW 



Twelve general surveys have been made for statistics of the fish- 

 eries of the New England States in the 50 years from 1879 to 1929. 

 The catch in 1929, which amounted to 694,286,000 pounds exceeded 

 that in any year for which there are records, surpassing the previous 

 peak year of 1889. Comparative statistics of the catch of each of the 

 more important species are shown in the following tables. 



Fisheries of the New England States, 1879 to 1929 



SUMMARY: By States 

 [Expressed in thousands of pounds and thousands of dollars; that is, 000 omitted] 



Note. — It is possible that in some instances since 1889 a few of the above species are not shown by reason 

 of being included under "Miscellaneous fish" or "All other species." 



