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eries to the value of $7,295; shore and accessory property with a 
value of $11,958, and cash capital amounting to $5,500. 
The products amounted to 528,730 pounds, valued at $92,660. 
The species of chief importance were as follows: Lobsters, 298,012 
pounds, valued at $73,203; soft clams, 66,600 pounds, valued at 
$13,320; and cod, 98,354 pounds, valued at $3,609. 
Compared with 1905, there has been a decrease of 45 in the number 
of persons employed, of $1,520 in the capital invested, and of 507,722 
pounds in the quantity of products; but an increase in the value of 
the products of $40,716. There has been an increase in the catch of 
lobsters as compared with 1905 of 41,960 pounds in quantity and 
$40,628 in value and a decrease in the collection of Irish moss of 
54,000 pounds in quantity and $1,980 in the value. 
FISHERIES OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. 
The following table shows the number of pernens employed, the 
investment, and the quantity and value of the products of the 
fisheries of Rockingham County, N. H., in 1919: 
Persons ENGAGED, INVESTMENT, AND Propucts orf FISHERIES OF ROCKINGHAM 
County, N. H., 1n 1919. 
Item. Number.| Value. Item. Number.| Value. 
PERSONS ENGAGED. INVESTMEN T—Continued. 
On vessels transporting. ...... Ba | erates .--- || Shore and accessory property.|.......... $11, 958 
Inshore fisheries..........---- Bo) | eee Gashicapital geet. sete See 5, 500 
Snoresmen.. S25 ...5.. fae 1 VA Sse ee ———— 
oe (Rotal Sie eee eee ee ce eee | 45, 5380 
PROCES Ss ceicw dusters a0 ys LODE = artecetiers 
INVESTMENT. Pounds. | Value. 
E Orr ER Annee Seeman & meee Se 98, 354 : 
Vessels transporting: Gasoline 1 $6,700 | Cusk:: 434 A Se ee 2, 
DONUIREES Ji Sans dae satel ae Bilal ze ease. Melstis 25 cameos. Cs coe 2, 000 240 
GIT AEE eh epi pe decal ln fetal 3, 000) || Wlounders. - oo lob oct cece ete 8, 000 240 
Boats: Haddocks. SAI S992 35 8 18, 764 829 
Ball sTOWy GbC iia caictena caw ae 31 S027 Eaces 2a ge Sern SRG as ra 98 
ROWER tA Seas doce aes 3 53 RON Gvon ih EL OUOCKAs eee. c me are non ee ae 5, 600 615 
Apparatus, shore fisheries: obpters: 2)’. 2b doa. eke tee 298, 012 73, 203 
EVeerebiniGaseas see os ccet| setnc erase (O05 Olamis: SOL oases seat ae ae. ee 166, 600 13, 320 
Drawilings: . 232. -2bess< eas ieeck e92i\| drishamnosss . oS ys ae LE: 6, 000 420 
TIODSLET, DOCS. - - sarouie osysic tare, 2, 275 6, 735 ee 
MeNPOUS? < 4. sscac5 paklse oe 36 EOLA Se see ae Se ee ae 528, 730 92, 660 
CaMM OCS sf aesbiadeas ast 25 50 
MOSSTARGS! << 22s ccc hon 2 12 
1 6,660 bushels. 
FISHERIES BY APPARATUS. 
No vessels were employed in the capture of fish in 1919. The 
aL ek quantity in the shore fisheries, consisting of 298,012 pounds 
of lobsters, valued at $73,203, was taken with lobster pots. The 
catch with hand lines, amounting to 156,118 pounds, valued at 
$5,477, was second, and the catch of soft clams with clam hoes, third. 
The principal species taken with hand lines were cod, pollock, haddock, 
and flounders. The following table gives the products of the shore 
fisheries in 1919 by apparatus and species: 
