108 U. 8S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Fisheries of Connecticut, 1935—Continued 
SEED OYSTER FISHERY: By countirs 




















Item Fairfield New Haven 
: OPERATING UNITS 
Fishermen: Number Number 
Onivessels-ee oes SEs Se ee. ee ee 104 33 
On boats and shore: 
Regilar! ty Seer ah een eae RG Os | 24 3 
Masvale= lea wes ei a 1... | «)225-=5ebaia eee 
MBO re ee Se We TE eee See a 129 36 
Vessels: a 
Stony et . teye Suen e Ree Sse ke = ee 3 1 
INGoiLONN ARC ease ee ee ee Se 239 105 
Motone#0-- firey aie wae 4 5 
INetitonnar eis s 32 ee eee 134 102 
Saline. a el eee ae one i eee 15.) | ce ee 
Nettonnarec- tate s2 al a eee 14 0) St N22 SE ee 
eliotal wessels=2-<. 22-258 2 hs 2+ oe ee 22 6 
fPlotalinettonnages <9. een eee 487 207 
sBoatsworhersthanl mMoOtvore= = ee ee en ee 12 3 
Apparatus: 
POE Ces ies Slee 8 oer ee eee ee ee 149 12 
Wards at imouth:-_----3e0). 2-6 123 19 
Wonrote ns hae cue Sc od 2 ae oe ee eee 2 3 
CATCH | iz 
“Oysters: : Bushels | Value Bushels Value 
Seedspublic) spring. Sea css 17, 355 | $6,942) |- 2.24.2 .| ae 
Seed, publie, fall___- a aes oe 87, 888 | 35}158%/| eee ee eS 
Séedhprivate; spring. ---- ee neo ee wee eee 131, 591 71, 246 224, 252 $91, 088 
Seed) tprivate, fall. 22-82. Se ee eee ee 20, 725 13;,600)|--=2-2=- es | eee 
i eprecpsceseti oac ge a 7i aatectes | 257, 559 | 126,946 | 224,252 | 91, 088 


Note.—Of the total number of persons fishing for seed oysters, 11 are duplicated among those fishing for 
market oysters or other species. Similarly the following craft and gear are duplicated: 2 motor vessels, 
4 dredges, and 2 tongs. : 
VESSEL FISHERIES AT PRINCIPAL NEW ENGLAND PORTS 
Due to the importance of the ports of Boston and Gloucester, Mass., 
and Portland, Maine, as landing points for fishery products, detailed 
monthly statistics are collected for these landings which are published 
in the following sections. These landings are included in tbe catch 
by States appearing elsewhere in this document, but are presented here 
for their value in detailed form. 
ECONOMIC ASPECT 
‘The landings of fishery products at the three principal New England 
ports (Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Maine), by vessels 
of 5 net tons capacity or more, during 1935, amounted to 373,118,393 
pounds as landed, valued at $9,004,652. This is an increase of 24 
percent in the quantity of the catch as compared with 1934, and an 
increase of 14 percent in the value of the catch. Of the total land- 
ings, 99 percent consisted of fresh fish and 1 percent salted fish. The 
landings at Boston accounted for 307,371,962 pounds, valued at 
$7,732,742 or 82 percent of the total volume; the landings at Glou- 
‘cester amounted to 51,264,509 pounds, valued at $934,991, or 14 per- 
cent of the total; and the landings at Portland amounted to 14,481,922 
pounds, valued at $336,919, or 4 percent of the total. 
Among the landings of fresh fish, haddock far outranked other 
species in volume landed, the landings of all sizes in 1935 amounting to 
156,995;731 pounds, or 42 percent of the total fresh fish. 
