616 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [6] 



Boats furnished with — 



Nets only 4,156 



Trawls ouly 4,633 



Hooka and lines only 4,309 



Nets and trawls 725 



Nets and hooks and lines ^ 388 



Trawls and hooks and lines 3,663 



Nets, trawls, and hooks and lines 601 



Table V.— ^ statement of the yield of the cod fisheries in 1880, giving the number offish 



taken. 



Total catch 68,272,800 



Taken by — 



Nets 25,003,000 



Trawls 23,989,000 



Hookandline 19,281,000 



Barrels of livers - 166,626 



Barrels of roe 60,860 



Fish-heads sold '. 45,578,300 



Table VI. — Statement of the yield of the winter and spring cod fisheries in 1880, giving the 

 money value and the prices paid at the fishing-stations, from which the value is reckoned. 



Money value : 



Total value $3,360,525 00 



Value of the diflferent products: 



Fish, without liver and roe 2,303,093 00 



Livers 674,619 00 



Roe 313,633 00 



Fish-heads sold 69,180 00 



Average price at fishing-stations : 



Of 100 cod 3 38 



Of livers, per barrel 4 05 



Of roe, per barrel 5 15 



Of 100 fish-heads 16 



Estimated price of 100 round fish 4 93 



Table VII. — Detailed statements concerning the persons, ^-c, engaged in, and the yield of, 

 the fat-herring fisheries in 1880, and of prices paid at the fishing-stations. 



a. Men, &c., engaged in the fisheries: 



Whole number of fishermen 35,130 



Division of fishermen : 



Net 17,261 



Seine 17,869 



Number of boats using nets 6,443 



Number of seiners 1,258 



6. Yield of the fisheries, and prices : 



Total catch barrels.. 517,874 



Taken in — 



Nets barrels.. 148,900 



Seines do.... 368,974 



Value $1,534,654 00 



Average price per barrel 2 97 



