FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 9 



Investment in the Fisheries of the New England States in 1905. 



Items. 



Maine. 



New Hampshire. 



Massachusetts. 



Number. Value. 



Number. Value. Number. Value. 



Vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels transporting 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Seines 



Gill nets 



Pound nets, trap nets, and weirs. 



Fyke nets 



Bag nets 



Dip nets 



Beam trawls 



Lines, hand and trawl 



Eel pots 



Lobster pots 



Harpoons 



Spears 



Tongs, rakes, hoes, etc 



Dredges 



Other apparatus 



Shore and accessory property 



Cash capital 



$325,651 



128,409. 

 257,600 



$250 



5,569 

 133 



2,521 



669 



29 



120 



168 



143,427 



74 

 1,368 



Total. 



47,015 



420, 100 



15,845 



23, 149 



198, 873 



667 



3,948 



646 



31,897 



590 



147,022 



1,338 



119 



1,047 



2,126 



317 



4, 404, 140 



2,961,550 



8,972,049 



5 

 4,070 



7,755 



470 

 4,410 



432 



5 



4,230 



649 

 32,961 



14 

 429 



$2,745,360 



,300,096 

 16,300 



3,592 



275 



12, 472 



220 



80 



240 

 66 



1,787 

 25,282 



12 

 17,750 

 11,500 



126 

 2,282' 

 1,714 



47,050 10,810,442 



2,495 

 389, 103 

 128, 985 

 123, 338 

 180, 790 

 500 



569 



1,696 



274,057 



2, 365 



35,099 



2,144 



232 



7,656 



4,534 



313 



,603,384 



,991,426 



Items. 



Rhode Island. 



Number. Value 



Connecticut. 



Number. Value 



Total. 



Number. Value 



Vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels transporting 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Seines 



Gill nets 



Pound nets, trap nets, and weirs . 



Fyke nets 



Bag nets 



Dip nets 



Beam trawls 



Lines, hand and trawl 



Eel pots 



Lobster pots 



Hai-poons 



Spears 



Tongs, rakes, hoes, etc 



Dredges 



Other apparatus 



Shore and accessory property 



Cash capital 



95 

 1,486 



$285,250 



16 

 124 



74,535 

 20, 950 



240 

 4,814 



20 



167,424 

 44,655 



1,254 

 42,828 



$4,046,391 



1,269 

 68 

 473 

 236 



776 



3,040 

 123,969 



8.075 



7,028 

 161,535 



4,647 



93 

 338 



4,505 

 107,579 

 8,572 

 8,396 

 16,100 

 1,911 



193 

 2,840 



1,670,654 

 339,505 



3,521 

 10,923 



61 



1,015 



228 



2, 153 

 2,619 

 13, 255 

 343 

 48 

 3,018 

 4,354 



1,576 

 6,662 



47 



581 



1,307 



11,913 



569 



15, 839 



1,202 



1,075 



120 



419 



66 



907 



1,469 



10,687 



735 



41 



1,987 



12,417 



7,497 

 190,364 



308 

 5,275 

 3,337 



325, 100 

 25,500 



426,980 

 131,500 



. 57,055 



1,048,506 



161,477 



162,381 



561,708 



7,725 



3,948 



1,230 



1,696 



309, 446 



7,048 



210,293 



4,560 



440 



13,754 



23, 431 



642 



8,777,354 



5,121,476 



Total. 



1,065,426 



1,635,753 



22, 530, 720 



PRODUCTS. 



The products of the fisheries aggregated 480,283,604 pounds, 

 having a value to the fishermen of $14,184,205. Maine produced 

 124,723,786 pounds, valued at $2,386,406; New Hampshire, 1,036,452 

 pounds, valued at $51,944; Massachusetts, 255*654,475 pounds, 

 valued at $7,025,249; Rhode Island, 23,896,243 pounds, valued at 

 $1,546,658; Connecticut, 74,972,648 pounds, valued at $3,173,948. 

 Some of the more important species taken in the New England fish- 

 eries, and the c{uantity and value, including the fresh, salted, and 



