FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



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THE PRODUCTS BY APPARATUS. 



The catch with purse and haul seines in the vessel and shore fisher- 

 ies amounted to 10,326,866 pounds, valued at $72,506. This included 

 14,398,980 pounds of menhaden, worth $37,932. Gill nets took 

 432,095 pounds of various species, valued at $23,038; pound nets, 

 3,812,573 pounds, $50,826; fyke nets, 309,011 pounds, $8,929; lines, 

 1,221,800 pounds, $53,576; pots, 556,670 pounds, $52,268; dredges, 

 tongs, etc., emploj^ed in the mollusk fisheries, 14,961,154 pounds, 

 $1,526,287; and spears and harpoons, 211,980 pounds, $11,951. 



The following- tables show by counties and species the quantit}^ and 

 value of products taken with each form of fishing apparatus in the 

 vessel and shore fisheries of Connecticut in 1902: 



Table sJiOwing hij counties the yield of the seine fisheries of Connecticut in 1902. 



F. C. 1904—21 



