REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF : FISHERIES. 43 
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS OF THE LOBSTER PRODUCT OF THE ATLANTIC COAST 
STATES FOR VARIOUS YEARS FROM 1880 To 1913.4 
Maine. New Hampshire. Massachusetts. Rhode Island. 
Years. 
Pounds. Value. Pounds. | Value. Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value. 
| os | es |i 
13): 14, 234, 182 $268, 739 | 250, 000 $7,500 | 4,315,416 | $158,229 423, 250 $15, 871 
1887. = a-f-e = 22, 916, 642 512,044 | 142,824 6,268 | 3,511,075 156, 204 570, 039 27,128 
Pees eoes se E 21, 694, 731 515,880 | 136, 350 6,256 | 3,743,475 | 172,936 588, 500 28, 047 
PSROet . sg32 5. 25, 001, 351 574,165 | 137,175 6,415 | 3,353,787 | 148, 492 456, 000 21, 565 
TSO ee loans (5) (>) (>) (5) (0) (0) (0) (b) 
ise) IS Se 2 (0) (>) (0) (>) (0) (>) (5) (>) 
1302) ase 17, 642, 677 663, 043 196, 350 11,700 | 3,182,270| 205,638 774, 100 53, 762 
ABO TCes 10, 300, 880 683, 082 90, 300 5,493 | 2,089,502 | 157,330 (b) (0) 
ASOT Fogo o555/~ (>) (>) (0) (>) (>) (>) (>) (2) 
ESOS Sota sec <= < | 11, 183,294 992, 855 108, 515 9,372 1,693, 741 147, 702 578, 066 43,290 
GOO fal: 12,346, 450 | 1,062,206 | 205,122] 19,078] 1,805,042] 171,825 660, 017 58, 026 
POY So a ree 12, 163,389 | 1,066,407 | 128, 463 14, 863 1,695,688 | 175,095 397, 305 39, 488 
POE. 25224 () b (>) (0) b (0) b (>) 
JOOS Segue peo 9,018, 759 989,799 | 256, 052 32,575 | 1,283,071 | 176,234 529, 827 64, 358 
TOSS ete 9,929,000 | 1,269,000 | 264,000 43,000 | 2,455,000 | 307,000 | 1,425,000 152, 000 
Sd a 7,670,667 | 1,525,776 | 301,710 | 108,560 | 1,524,389 | 290,423 | 1,283,056 197, 960 
Connecticut. New York. New Jersey. Delaware. 
Years. 
Pounds. Value. Pounds. | Value. Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value. 
613, 385 $23,002 | 135,000 $5, 062 156, 800 $5, 488 150 $6 
1, 487, 020 82,594} 114,000 6, 850 101, 580 7, 719 39, 000 910 
1, 477, 226 85,723 | 248,000| 13,900 181,688 | 12,965 39, 000 910 
1, 501, 290 83,099 | 124,023] 12,780 188,347 | 14,301 9, 600 480 
b (b) 150,400} 14,754 185,321 | 13,683 7,200 360 
(d) (b) 165,093 | 15, 655 165,664} 12, 463 8, 200 410 
1,614, 530 101,358 | — (b) (0) 143,905 | 10, 861 5, 600 285 
b) b 130,610 | 10, 913 79, 230 6, 197 (b) (0) 
(0) (b) 381,020] 31,458 99,230] 8,573 5,095 459 
1, 098, 192 83,748 | 332,378 | 30,235 123,876 | 11,097 (0) (0) 
550, 450 51,484 | 156,260] 21,224 40,800 | 6,400 3, 600 336 
371, 650 40,719 (>) (>) (>) (6 b (>) 
(0) (b) 229,697 | 27, 059 141,340 | 18,269 3, 600 286 
436, 790 56,141 | (0) (0) b (0) b) (>) 
661, 000 84,000 | 423,000} 57,000 115,000 | 16,000 5, 500 800 
724, 435 131, 767 | 435,811] 81,783 301,349 | 54,155 25, 600 4, 398 
a The statistics for 1908 in the above table are from data published by the Bureau ot the Census. 
» Statistics not available. 
¢ Fiscal year. 
Further evidence of the trend of the lobster fishery is afforded by 
a consideration of the amount of apparatus required now and form- 
erly to produce a given catch. In all the States more pots are set 
now than in the earlier years, and the average yield per pot is much 
less. Going back only as far as 1892, it is seen that the Maine lobster- 
men then took an average of 115 pounds of lobsters in their 153,000 
pots, while in 1913 they obtained only an average of 46 pounds of 
lobsters in their 167,900 pots. Similar striking comparisons are 
possible for other States, while, in pleasing contrast, a large increase 
in the number of traps used by the Rhode Island fishermen has been 
accompanied by an increased average yield per trap in the preceding 
10 years, although one-half the average of 1892 has not been attained. 
NEW ENGLAND VESSEL FISHERIES. 
The great offshore vessel fisheries centering at the Massachusetts 
ports of Boston and Gloucester have been covered by the usual 
