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FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



smoked product, were: Cod, cusk, haddock, hake, and pollock, 

 225,182,272 pounds, $4,086,342; halibut, 3,715,776 pounds, $237,876; 

 mackerel, 15,981,034 pounds, $1,084,781; herrmg, 83,390,554 pounds, 

 $692,854; alewives, 8,743,284 pounds, $92,957; eels, 1,266,287 

 pounds, $77,151; flounders, 5,761,473 pounds, $151,756; menhaden, 

 31,775,378 pounds, $81,971; scup, 6,587,351 pounds, $166,082; shad, 

 1,260,904 pounds, $87,670; squeteague, 8,609,180 pounds, $200,890; 

 swordfish, 3,296,369 pounds, $204,637; whitmg or silver hake, 

 4,812,840 pounds, $25,563; lobsters, 11,524,499 pounds, $1,319,107; 

 hard clams or quahogs, 1,568,264 pounds or 196,033 bushels, $336,709 ; 

 soft clams, 6,375,850 pounds or 637,585 bushels, $406,252; and 

 oysters, 33,220,194 poimds or 4,745,742 bushels, $3,961,785. The 

 products of the whale fisheries, consisting of whale and sperm oil, 

 whalebone, ambergris, and sea-elephant oil and skins, were valued 

 at $482,102. 



Quantity and Value of Products Taken in the Fisheries of the New 

 England States in 1905. 



