REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 141 



fishery was at that time prosecuted in Maine. The output of giant 

 scallops in this State lias decreased since 1887, the first year for which 

 statistics were obtained. Thus, in that year 35,201 bushels were taken, 

 valued at $13,994; in 1888, 29,578 bushels, worth $11,278, and in ]S89, 

 when the fishery probably reached its height, 45,308 bushels, valued at 

 $1S,(U7. 



The menhaden industry. — In 1892 seven menhaden factories were in 

 operation in the New England States; four of these were in Connecticut, 

 two iu Rhode Island, and one in Massachusetts. In previous years 

 several linns were engaged in the menhaden industry in Maine. The 

 business was much less extensive than during a number of previous 

 years. The details of this branch are brought out in the following 

 table, which shows an investment of over $588,000 in factories, vessels, 

 etc.. a catch of 21,450,500 pounds of menhaden (equivalent to about 

 35,750,835 fish), and resulting manufactured products with a value of 

 $134,144. In Rhode Island the 1,120,400 pounds of other fish besides 

 menhaden reported as being utilized in the industry consisted chiefly 

 of sea-robins and sculpins. 



Table showing by States the extent of the menhaden industry in the New England States 



in IS 



It t-ins. 



Massachu- 

 setts. 



Khode Island. Coimecticul . 



Number of factories in operation... 



Value of factories 



Amount of cash capital 



Number of shoresmen employed. ... 



Number of fishermen employed 



Number of strain vessels employed. 



Net tonnage 



Value 



Value of outlit and apparatus 

 rounds of menhaden handled 



Value to fishermen 



rounds of other fish handled 



Value to fishermen 



Numb< rof gallons of oil made 



Value as sold 



Number of tons of scrap prepared.. 



Value as sold 



1 



$8, uoo 



$1,000 



6 



22 



1 



69.46 



$12,000 



$2,493 



00, 000 



$300 



1,100 



$394 



12 



$144 



$215,50(1 



$42,00(1 



70 



161 



8 



627.32 



$126,000 



$34, 731 



10,355,600 



$38,904 



1, 120, 400 



$1,400 



136, 540 



$37,001 



1,758 



$21. 919 



4 



$66,800 



$22,500 



70 



80 



4 



343. 72 



$49, 000 



$16. 100 



11,034,900 



$34, 087 



Total. 



175, 006 



$40, 820 



1,635 



$24, 860 



7 

 $282,300 



$05, 500 



140 



209 



13 



090. 78 



$187,000 



$53, 324 



21, 450, 500 



$73, 291 



1, 120, 400 



$1,400 



312,646 



$87, 221 



3,405 



$46, 923 



The canning industry. — The business of canning herring, mackerel, 

 lobsters, and clams is very extensive in Maine, where it supports 

 important fisheries. The canning of herring as sardines is the most 

 prominent branch of this nature, and the extent of the herring fishery 

 is in a large part due to the canneries. Fifty-eight separate establish- 

 ments were operated in 1892; of these, 37 canned only sardines; 3, 

 sardines and lobsters; 2, sardines, plain herring, lobsters, and clams: 

 2, sardines, lobsters, and clams; 1, lobsters only; 5, clams only. 2, her- 

 ring and clams; 2. sardines and clams; 2, lobsters and clams, and 2, 

 lobsters, clams, and herring. In Massachusetts, where the conditions 

 appear favorable for fish canning, only 5 such establishments were in 

 operation. At these mackerel and herring were canned. 



The value of the property devoted to the canning industry in Maine in 

 1892 was $439,210; an additional cash capital of $549,700 was required 



