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Crabs, sand Platyonichus ocellatus. 



( Omnia strephes illecebrosus. 

 bquid lLoligo (species). 



Clams, hard Venus merccnaria. 



Clams, soft Mya armaria. 



Clams, razor Eusatella amerieana. 



Oysters Ostrea elongata. 



Scallops Pecten irradiaus. 



Scallops, sea — Pecten magellanicus. 



IBuccinum undatum. 

 Lunatia (species). 

 Littorina Uttorea. 

 Irish moss Chondrus crispus. 



GENERAL STATISTICS 



The fisheries and fishery industries of the New England States in 

 1924 gave employment to 24,513 persons, of whom 15,983 were en- 

 gaged in fishing operations, 1,922 in the wholesale fishery trade, and 

 6,608 in the canning, salting, smoking, and by-products industries. 

 The investment amounted to $28,561,824. Of this amount $14,984,- 

 327 were invested in vessels, boats, fishing apparatus, and shore and 

 accessory property used by the fishermen; $6,089,306 in property 

 and cash capital in the wholesale fishery trade; and $7,488,191 in 

 property and cash capital in the canning, salting, smoking, and by- 

 products industries. The yield of the fisheries aggregated 406,822,- 

 165 pounds, valued at $18,818,132. The output of the canning, salt- 

 ing, smoking, and by-products industries was valued at $14,253,831. 



Massachusetts ranked first among the New England States in the 

 importance of its fisheries with 9,275 persons employed, $15,362,016 

 invested, and 243,362,693 pounds of fishery products, having a value 

 (as sold by the fishermen) of $10,799,598. Maine was next in im- 

 portance, with 11,942 persons employed, $9,406,334 invested, and 

 fishery products amounting to 116,707,179 pounds, having a value to 

 the fishermen of $4,136,989. New Hampshire had 145 persons en- 

 gaged in the fisheries and fishery industries, $68,315 invested, and 

 fishery products amounting to 447,450 pounds, valued at $56,029. 

 In Rhode Island 1,469 persons were thus employed, $1,666,587 were 

 invested, and 20,535,327 pounds of fishery products, valued at $1,818,- 

 858, were taken. The fisheries of Connecticut gave employment to 

 1,682 persons, the investment amounted to $2,058,572, and the prod- 

 ucts of the fisheries to 25,769,516 pounds, valued at $2,006,658. 



The most important product of the New England fisheries in 

 1924, in its value to the fishermen, was the cod, the catch of which 

 amounted to 89,218,355 pounds, valued at $3,075,965, or 16.35 per- 

 cent of the total value of the fishery products taken in these States. 

 The species that ranked next in value was the lobster, the catch of 

 which amounted to 9,716,196 pounds, valued at $3,072,411. The 

 catch of lobsters, by States, was as follows : 



