154 FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
YIELD OF THE SHORE FisHERIES OF NEw HampsHireE IN 1919, By APPARATUS AND 
SPECIES. 
Apparatus and species. Pounds. | Value. Apparatus and species. Pounds. | Value. 
Lines: Lobster pots: Lobsters.......| 298, 012 $73, 203 
Code es. ce BGen Seaseenae 98, 354 $3,609 |) Eel pots: Eels................ , 000 240 
GOS I4 ser ee 2, 400 86 || Clam hoes: Soft clams.-....... 66, 600 13,320 
Miounders by ee ees 8, 000 240 || Moss rakes: Irish moss...-.... 6, 000 420 
addockeee eee occcke 18, 764 829 | SS 
Hake eee Pega Fee 3, 000 98 Grand total. 2 22ese see. 528, 730 92, 660 
(Pollock reese ease eee 25, 600 615 
Mosley o0- seecr 2 ui bs 156,118 | 5,477 
WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE. 
There were only 2 wholesale fresh-fish establishments in Rocking- 
ham County in 1919, valued at $7,540, using cash capital to the amount 
of $5,500 and employing 12 persons, to whom $12,678 were paid in 
wages. 
FISHERIES OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
The fisheries of Massachusetts in 1919 were more productive than 
those of all the other New England States combined. ‘The number of 
persons employed was 12,346, of whom 4,459 were on fishing vessels, 
66 on vessels transporting fishery products, 3,737 in the shore and 
boat fisheries, and 4,084 shoresmen in the wholesale plants, canneries, 
salteries, smokehouses, by-products plants, and other shore establish- 
ments. 
The investment included 421 fishing and transporting vessels, 
valued at $6,192,118, having a net tonnage of 16,838 tons and out- 
fits valued at $1,860,766; 3,040 power, sail, row, and other small 
boats, valued at $949,683; apparatus employed in the vessel and 
boat fisheries to the value of $1,205,518; shore and accessory prop- 
erty valued at $7,000,239, and cash capital to the amount of $1,902,945, 
making a total investment of $19,111,269. 
The products of the fisheries amounted to 246,951,241 pounds, 
valued at $10,859,746. The most important species arranged in the 
order of their value were: Cod, 69,496,325 pounds, valued at $2,992,- 
793; haddock, 78,178,384 pounds, valued at $2,208,211; common 
mackerel, 13,516,194 pounds, valued at $1,322,409; lobsters, 2,387,- 
636 pounds, valued at $516,393; flounders, 10,262,693 pounds, 
valued at $478,850; pollock, 19,242,541 pounds, valued at $469,943; 
and scallops, 1,332,486 pounds, or 222,081 bushels, valued at $439,382. 
Compared with the Bureau’s returns for 1905 there has been a 
decrease in the number of persons employed of 3,348, an increase in 
the investment amounting to $8,300,827, a decrease in the quantity 
of products taken amounting to 8,703,234 pounds, and an increase in 
the value amounting to $3,834,497. The species for which there has 
been a notable increase in 1919 as compared with 1905, with the 
amount of increase follow: Flounders, 6,219,010 pounds; squid, 
5,348,807 pounds; whiting, 9,618,960 pounds; lobsters, 1,104,565 
pounds; scallops, 1,069,249 pounds; and hard crabs, 1,704,961 
pounds. Those for which there has been a marked decrease as com- 
pared with 1905 are: Alewives, 1,673,820 pounds; cusk, 5,877,991 
pos, hake, 16,605,435 pounds; halibut, 1,796,447 pounds; and 
erring, 7,553,045 pounds. 
