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with a yield of 18,705,968 pounds of mackerel, herring, whiting, 

 squid, and other species, valued at $389,178. Dredges, otter trawls, 

 purse seines, gill nets, dip nets, haul seines, harpoons, fyke nets, 

 spears, and cockle traps, named in order of value, yielded the re- 

 mainder of the products in the shore and boat fisheries. 



Wholesale trade and industries. — In the wholesale fishery trade 

 there were 103 establishments, valued at $3,552,295, which used cash 

 capital to the amount of $1,010,900 and employed 1,077 persons, to 

 whom $1,566,654 was paid in salaries and wages. Canning, salting, 

 smoking, and by-products manufacture were carried on by 47 estab- 

 lishments, valued at $2,004,023 and using cash capital of $365,800, 

 which employed 1,075 persons, to whom $1,161,550 was paid in 

 salaries and wages, and manufactured products to the value of 

 $4,259,527. 



The following tables and summary statements present the detailed 

 statistics of the fisheries of Massachusetts in 1924. 14 



Yield of the vessel fisheries of Massachusetts in 1924, °ll apparatus and species 



Species 



Harpoons 



Swordflsh 



Clams, hard.. 



Oyster, market, private- 

 Scallops 



Scallops, sea 



Lobsters 



Sperm oil -. 



Total. 



Pounds 

 1, 635, 352 



99, 227 



1,734,579 



Value 

 $330, 575 



Lobster pots 



Dredges 



Pounds 



6,410 



:«ii. lis:. 



75, 780 



Value ! Pounds; Value 



$23, 155 . 



189,160 $47,050 



188, 251 1 86,036 



30, 498, 10, 684 



18. 000, 6, 550 



75,780 23,155 425,909 



Rakes 



Pounds 

 16,720 



150, 320 16, 720 



Value 

 "$5,861 



5,861 



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14 For statistics on persons engaged, vessels, boats, gear, and investment in the fisheries 

 refer to page 296. 



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