FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



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At Rye Beach and Rye Harbor 3i0 pots were fished ])y 7 men, the 

 catch being 15,975 pounds, valued at $1,598. 



At "North Beach," or North Hampton Beach, 6 men were engaged 

 in the fishery, using 290 pots, valued at ^580; the catch amounted to 

 15,000 pounds, valued at $1,500. 



At the Isle of Shoals, in New Hampshire, 4 men fished 250 pots, val- 

 ued at $250, and caught 16,666 pounds, valued at $2,000. 



At Portsmouth and Newcastle there were 20 fishermen with 895 

 pots, and the catch amounted to 58,322 pounds, valued at $7,000. Of 

 this quantity over 40,000 pounds, valued at $5,000, was taken by the 

 Portsmouth fishermen. 



The fishery for Irish moss {Cliondrus crlspmi) in New Hampshire is 

 prosecuted at Rye Harbor by Mr. William H. Burke, of Scituate, 

 Mass., who had in his employ 6 men, using 8 boats valued at $210. 

 The quantity of moss cured in 1902 was 50,000 pomids, valued at 

 $2,250. The plant at R3'e Har])or is modern and well equipped for 

 the ])usiness. Instead of the cumbersome method formerly employed 

 of rolling the tubs about the beach to the water's edge when it Ijecame 

 necessary to wash the moss, a pumping plant has been erected to fur- 

 nish the water as needed, a hose of sufiicient length being attached and 

 carried to any part of the beach upon which the tubs containing the 

 moss ma}' be placed, thus efl'ecting a great saving in time and labor in 

 this part of the work. A small gasoline launch is used to tow the 

 boats to and from the grounds where the moss is gathered. 



The following tables present in a condensed form the number of 

 persons employed, the amount of capital invested, and the quantity 

 and value of the products of the fisheries of New Hampshire in 1902: 



Persons employed. 



Table of apparatus and capital. 



Items. 



Vessels fishing , 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats , 



Apparatus — vessel fisheries: 



Lines, trawl 



Harpoons 



Seines 



Gill nets 



Apparatus — shore fisheries: 



Pound nets and weirs . . 



No. 



Value. 



§2,150 



3,075 

 7,270 



560 



10 



7U0 



150 



5,760 



Items. 



Apparatus — shore fisheries — 

 Continued. 



Lines, hand and trawl 



Lobster pots 



Eel pots 



Hoes 



Kakes 



Shore property 



Cash capital 



No. 



2,5.S0 



15 

 12 

 C 



Total. 



Value. 



S371 



3, 535 



15 



6 



30 



10,370 



y,ooo 



42, 002 



