FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1929 821 



Fisheries of the New England States, 1879 to 1928 



CATCH OF CERTAIN SPECIES: By States 



(Expressed in thousands of pounds; that is, 000 omitted] 



Year 



1879 



1880 



1887_ 



1888_ 



1889 



1892 



1896 



1897 (fiscal) 



1898 



1902 



1905 



1908 



1919 



1924 



1928 



Alewives 



Maine 



(>) 

 (') 



2,526 

 2,836 

 4,022 

 2,276 

 3,388 

 1,249 

 3,619 

 3,341 

 3,082 

 2, 085 

 1,296 

 1,583 

 2,132 



New 

 Hamp- 

 shire 



(') 

 425 

 100 

 147, 

 140 

 50 

 294 

 239 

 325 

 475 

 122 

 121 



Massa- 

 chu- 

 setts 



3, 751 



(') 



4,130 



6,292 



3,911 



3,651 



5, 356 



4,779 



2,900 



4,517 



4,861 



4,062 



3,064 



2, 593' 



2, 248J 



Rhode 

 Island 



(•) 



2,978 

 1,430 

 1,589 

 1,387 

 1,190 

 2,077 

 (>) 



1,012 

 705 

 599 

 288 

 270 

 391 

 161 



Con- 

 necti- 

 cut 



(') 



770 



18 



25 



53 



681 



1,001 



W 



868 



1,663 



1,232 



1,025 



177 



116 



16 



Total 



8,204 

 10, 889 

 9,513 

 7,848 

 12,116 



8,724 

 10, 701 

 9,896 

 7,581 

 4,807 

 4,683 

 4,557 



Butterfish 



Maine 



Massa- 

 chu- 

 setts 



(') 



504 

 513 

 763 



31 

 106 



83 

 67 

 297 

 378 

 580 



Rhode 

 Island 



(') 



(') 

 266 

 283 

 267 



(') 



(') 



(') 

 207 

 363 

 341 



1,112 

 758 

 685 

 930 



Con- 



necti- ! Total 

 cut 



21 1 451 



1021 1,287 



19| 1,107 



6] 1,081 



14 1,549 



Year 



1879. 



1880 



1887 



1888 



1889 



1897 (fiscal) 



1898 



1902 



1905 



1908 



1919 



1924 



1928 



Cod 



Cusk 



Maine 



(') 

 56,004 

 45, 020 

 40, 252 

 29,017 

 11,487 

 20, 556 

 23, 878 

 12, 261 

 20, 013 

 15, 062 

 22,443 

 16, 187 



New 

 Hamp- 

 shire 



(') 



5,448 



2,156 



1,501 



1,569 



490 



693 



442 



342 



135 



Massa- 

 chu- 

 setts 



172, 217 



(') 

 157, 672 

 152, 166 

 131, 578 

 105, 644 

 103,999 

 98, 384 

 79, 537 

 72, 819 

 72. 672 

 69, 014 

 67, 666 



Rhode| 

 Island 



Con- 

 necti- 

 cut 



Total 



(') 



2,584 



370 



360 



429 



(') 



1,742 

 690 

 1,097 

 1,497 

 1,148 

 1,357 

 2, 257 



New 

 Maine' Hamp- 

 shire 



(0 



2,738 

 2,240 

 2, 001 1 

 1, 530 

 (') 



451! 



211 



555! 



8201 

 96 i 



539 

 4,201 



207, 458 

 196, 280 

 164, 123 



125, 441 

 123, 605 

 93, 792 

 95, 284 

 89, 076 

 93, 451 

 90, 336 



(') 

 (') 



676 



715 



675 



1,168 



1,312 



2,651 



1,675 



2,078 



1,046 



1,569 



960 



(') 



38 



20 



Massa- 

 chu- 

 setts 



(■) 

 444 

 696 

 1,230 

 3,194 

 6,082 

 3,049 

 7,934 

 4,267 

 1,595 

 2,716 

 2,185 



Con- 

 necti- 

 cut 



C) 



Total 



(') 



1,120 

 1,411 

 1,939 



7,192 

 5,720 

 9,609 

 6, 345 

 2,650 

 4,286 

 3,230 



1 Not available. Prior to 1889 some of these species were included under "Miscellaneous fish" or "All 

 other species." . 



2 Less than 500 pounds. 



