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Yield of Shore Fisheries of Connecticut in 1919, by Apparatus. Counties, 



AND Species — Continued. 



BY OTTER TRAWLS, HARPOONS, SCOOP NETS, POTS, AND SPEARS— Continued. 



BY DREDGES, TONGS, RAKES, HOES, AND SHOVELS. 



WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE AND .MENHADEN INDUSTRY. 



In 1919 there were 25 establishments engaged in the wholesale 

 fishery trade of Connecticut, employing 5.59 persons, to whom S338,884 

 were paid in wages. The value of tnese establishments with their 

 equipment, etc., was $418,801 and the cash capital utilized amounted 

 to 881,500. 



There were only two factories engaged in the reduction of men- 

 haden to oil and scrap. The statistics of these plants have been in- 

 cluded in the fishery industries table of Massachusetts. 



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