FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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FISHERIES OF CONNECTICUT. 



In 1919 Connecticut ranked third in the number of persons engaged 

 and fourth in the investment and quantity and value of the products. 

 The number of persons employed on fishing and transporting vessels 

 was 647, in the shore or boat fisheries 1,019, and in the wholesale 

 establishments, including the fertilizer plants, 623, representing a 

 total of 2,289. The investment amounted to SI, 645,793, which in- 

 cludes 123 fisliing and transporting vessels, valued at S546,163, with 

 a net tonnage of 3,869 tons and outfits valued at $253,888; 763 

 power, sail, row, and other boats, valued at $146,551; fishing appa- 

 ratus employed in the vessel and shore fisheries to the value of 

 $101,992; shore and accessory property valued at $498,699; and 

 working cash capital to the amount of $98,500. 



The products of the fisheries amounted to 23,652,647 pounds, 

 valued at $1,700,638. The most important products were oysters, 

 12,197,703 pounds, or 1,742,529 bushels, valued at $1,087,016;*^ men- 

 haden, 6,736,564 pounds, valued at $93,312; flounders, 2,349,181 

 pounds, valued at $91,962; lobsters, 740,848 pounds, valued at 

 $189,157; and shad, 463,203 pounds, valued at $86,637. 



Compared with 1905, there has been a decrease in the number of 

 persons employed of 1,118, an increase in the investment amounting 

 to $10,040, and a decrease in the quantitj^ of products taken amount- 

 ing to 51,320,001 pounds and in the value amounting to $1,473,310. 

 The species for which the decrease in 1919 has been most marked as 

 compared with 1905, with the amount of decrease, follow: Menhaden, 

 22,993,824 pounds; alewives, 1,054,878 pounds; swordfish, 362,287 

 pounds; squeteague, 138,503 pounds; bluefish, 124,292 pounds; and 

 sea bass, 93,161 pounds. In the oyster fishery there has been a 

 decrease, compared with the catch in 1905, amounting t^o 1,944,895 

 bushels, or 52.74 per cent, and with the catch in 1910, of 1,529,471 

 bushels, or 46.74 per cent. 



KIHHERIES BY CX)UNTIEa. 



Statistics of the number of persons emplo3'ed, investment, and 

 products of the fisheries in Connecticut are given by counties in the 

 following table: 



Persons Engaged, Investment, and Products of Fisheries ok Connecticut 



IN 1919, BY Counties. 



