FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 102<.t 



803 



Industries related to the fisheries of Massachusetts, 1928 — Coiiliiiiii'd 

 PREPARED FISHERY PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS 



Itoms 



Number 



Products • 



Establish monts | 30 



Persons engaged: j 



Proprietors I 41 



Salaried employees.. ! 115 



Wage earners ..j 924 



Paid to salaried employees I $356,819 



Paid to wage earners 1,214,533 



Total salaries and wages. 1,571,352 



Salted pounds . 



Smoked .do... 



Canned: 



Mackerel. standard cases 2. 



Miscellaneous fishery products... 



Scrapj meal, etc tons. 



Cod liver oil, crude gallons. 



Other products ^ _ 



Total. 



Quantity Value 



16,294,618 $1,966,418 

 6, 462, 188 790, 801 



10, 382 



6,943 

 171,911 



92, 425 



1, 359, 606 



445, 732 



131,55(1 



1, 224, K21 



6,014.353 



PRODUCTS PREPARED BY THE FISHERMEN 



' Includes salted and smoked fish prepared by eight firms whose activities were principally in the whole- 

 sale fishery trade. 

 2 A standard case contains forty-eight 1-pound cans of mackerel. 

 ' Includes liquid glue, herring scales, isinglass and blackfish oil. 



RHODE ISLAND 



The fisheries of Rhode Island in 1928 employed 8 per cent of the 

 total number of fishermen and accounted for 5 per cent of the total 

 catch of the New England section. The fisheries and industries 

 related to the fisheries employed 1,674 persons, which is 14 per cent 

 greater than the number employed during 1924 — the most recent 

 year for which comparable data are available. Of the total, 1,259 

 were fishermen, 34 were employed on transporting vessels, 313 in the 

 wholesale trade, and 68 in the prepared products and by-products 

 industries. 



The total catch amounted to 27,666,153 pounds, valued at $2,397- 

 891. This is an increase of 35 per cent in the catch and 32 per cent 

 in value of the catch as compared with the catch and its value for 

 1924. Of the total value of the catch that for oysters accounted for 

 27 per cent; lobsters, 15 per cent; hard clams and flounders, each, 

 8 per cent; and mackeral and scup, each, 7 per cent. Of the total 

 production that for flounders accounted for 16 per cent; oysters, 11 

 per cent; mackerel, 10 per cent; squid and cod, each, 8 per cent; 

 and scup, 7 per cent. 



OPERATING UNITS BY GEAR 



The catch of fishery products in the marine waters of Rhode Island 

 during 1928 was taken by 1,259 fishermen, 10 steam vessels, 73 motor 

 vessels, 994 motor and other small fishing boats, and 16 major types 

 of gear. The vessels had a combined capacity of 1,045 net tons. 



The fisheries accounting for the greatest number of persons were 

 the lobster pot fishery, employing 402 fishermen and the tong fishery 

 employing 280 fishermen. 



