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Summary by counties 



County 



Cumberland 



Hancock 



Kennebec. .. 



Knox 



Lincoln 



Penobscot... 

 Sagadahoc. - 



Waldo 



Washington. 

 York 



Total . 



Persons 

 engaged 



Number 



914 



1,499 



43 



950 



677 



11 



395 



69 



1,376 



318 



6,252 



Invest- 

 ment 



Dollars 



633, 022 



523, 221 



5,530 



1, 177, 706 



291, 151 



2,340 



53, 758 



45, 372 



862, 002 



198, 773 



3, 792, 875 



Products 



Pounds 



22, 823, 252 



22,813,838 



128, 145 



23, 853, 314 



11,265,266 



26, 390 



1, 903, 874 



4,141,238 



23, 403, 653 



6, 348, 209 



116,707,179 



Value 



$829, 319 



839, 460 



15, 048 



1, 006, 739 



378,711 



6,237 



115,732 



55, 482 



585, 246 



305, 015 



4, 136, 989 



NEW HAMPSHIRE 



Xew Hampshire, with only one coastal county, was the least impor- 

 tant of the Xew England States with respect to her fisheries. Exclu- 

 sive of the wholesale trade, there were 134 persons engaged, of whom 

 2 were on fishing vessels, 4 on transporting vessels, 93 in the shore 

 or boat fisheries, and 35 were employed as shoresmen. The total in- 

 vestment in the fisheries amounted to $33,415, which included 3 

 vessels valued, together with their outfits, at $12,375 ; 39 motor boats, 

 valued at $10,000; 33 sail and rowboats, valued at $1,100; gear to the 

 value of $6,040; and shore and accessory property to the value of 

 $3,900. The total yield of the fisheries amounted to 447,450 pounds, 

 valued at $56,029. Lobsters contributed over 70 per cent of the value 

 of this yield. Xext in importance were haddock, cod, and soft clams. 



Fisheries. — The only gear used in the vessel fisheries was the trawl 

 line, the total yield of which amounted to 52,535 pounds, valued at 

 $1,610. The most important item in this yield was haddock. The 

 shore and boat fisheries yielded 394,915 pounds of fishery products, 

 valued at $54,419. Lobster pots were the most important gear, yield- 

 ing 129,765 pounds of lobsters and crabs, valued at $40,125. Trawl 

 lines were next, with 211,115 pounds, valued at $7,954, of which had- 

 dock and cod were the most important items. Hand lines, eel pots, dip 

 nets, spears, and hoes took the remainder of the yield of this fishery. 



Wholesale trade ami industries. — The wholesale fishery trade of 

 New Hampshire was carried on by two firms, and the detailed statis- 

 tics are included with those of the wholesale trade of Maine. 



The following tables and summary statements present the detailed 

 statistics of the fisheries of Xew Hampshire in 1924. 13 



Yield of the shore and boat fisheries of Xew Hampshire in 1924, by apparatus 



and species 



13 For statistics on persons- engaged, vessels, boats, gear, 

 refer to page 296. 



and investment in the fisheries 



