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or 76.79 per cent, compared with 1905. In Rhode Island the m- 

 vestment amounted to $2,249,536, an increase of $1,184,110, or 

 111.14 per cent. In Connecticut the investment was $1,645,793, an 

 increase of 810,040, or 0.61 per cent, as compared with 1905; and in 

 New Hampshire the investment in 1919 was $45,530, a decrease of 

 $1,520, or 3.23 per cent, as compared with 1905. The investment 

 included 757 fishing vessels, valued at -SS, 501, 081, having a net 

 tonnage of 24,099 tons and outfits valued at $2,400,-500; 221 trans- 

 porting vessels, valued at $741,005, having a not tonnage of 3,214 

 tons and outfits valued at $185,425; 10,364 boats, valued at $2,280,- 

 713; fishing apparatus used by vessels and boats, valued at $2,888,- 

 332; shore and accessory property to the value of $20,354,089; and 

 cash or working capital to the amount of $3,245,952. The principal 

 forms of fishing apparatus arranged in order of value are pound nets, 

 trap nets, and weirs, 1,119 in number, valued at $1,087,997; lobster 

 pots, 239,5.58, valued at $612,207; seines, 441, valued at $415,507; 

 gill nets, 14,616, valued at $324,246; and lines valued at $287,579. 



The use of the otter trawl introduced in the vessel and shore 

 fisheries for the capture of ground fish probably represents the most 

 important change in apparatus since 1905. In 1905 none were 

 reported in operation, while in 1919 there were 492, valued at $37,987. 



The combined catch of all the New England States amounted to 

 467,339,870 pounds, valued at $19,838,657. Of this amount the 

 largest quantity, amoimting to 246,951,241 pounds, valued at 

 $10,859,746, is credited to Massachusetts. Maine ranks second, with 

 a catch of 147,9.56,369 pounds, valued at $3,889,035; Rhode Island 

 third, with a catch of 48,250,883 pounds, valued at $3,296,578; 

 Connecticut fourth, with 23,6.52,647 pounds, valued at $1,700,638; 

 and New Hampshire fifth, with 528,730 pounds, valued at $92,660. 



The more important species taken in these vStates were: Cod, 

 84,917. .535 pounds, valued at $3,597,891; oysters, 19.337,374 pounds, 

 or 2,762,482 bushels, valued at ,$2,617,020; lobsters, 10,666,706 

 pounds, vahied at $2,5.50.980; haddock, 89,405,609 pounds, valued 

 at $2, .544.617; and mackerel, 15,785,012 pounds, valued at $1 ,562,088. 



Compared with the Bureau's returns for 1905 there has been a 

 decrease in the products of the fisheries of 12,943,734 pounds, or 2.70 

 per cent, in the (luantity. and an increase of $5,654,452, or 39.87 per 

 cent, in the value. Compared with the returns of the Bureau of 

 the Census for 1908 there has been a decrease in the products of 

 62,689,130 pounds, or 11.83 per cent, in the quantity and an increase 

 of $4,699,657. or 31.04 per cent, in the value. Compared with 1905 

 there was an increase in the quantity of products in Maine amounting 

 to 23,232,583 pounds, or 18.62 per cent;in Rhode Island, of 24,354,640 

 pounds. or 101.92 per cent;but decreases in Connecticut of 51,320,001 

 pounds, or 68.45 per cent; in Massachusetts, of 8,703,234 pounds, 

 or 3.40 per cent, and in New Hampshire of 507,722 pounds, or 48.99 

 per cent. In 1919 there was an increase in the value of the products in 

 all of the States except Connecticut, as compared with 1905, as 

 follows: Massachusetts, $3,834,497, or .54.-56 per cent; Rhode Island, 

 $1,749,920, or 11.3.14 per cent; Maine, $1,.502,629, or 62.96 per cent; 

 and New Hampshire, .$40,716, or 78.38 per cent. In Connecticut the 

 decrease in v^duc amounted to $1,473,310, or 46.42 per cent. 



The following table gives the catch of certain species for various 

 years frf>m 1889 to 1919. These have been subdivided into groups 



