FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



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Table showing hij counties tlie jiroduds of tlie Jlsheries of MassacJmsetts in 1D02 — -Cont'd. 



THE TRODUCTS BY APPARATUS. 



The principal forms of apparatus of 'capture employed in the fish- 

 eries of Massachusetts in 1902 were seines, gill nets, pound nets and 

 trap nets, fyke nets, dip nets, beam trawls, hand and trawl lines, 

 lobster and eel pots, dredges, tongs and rakes, and har^wons and 

 other appliances for taking sword-fish and whales. 



Hand and trawl lines were the most iflnportant apparatus, considering 

 the quantity and value of products secured, the catch being 149,0-1:4,508 



