FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



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Pound nets, trap nets, and weirs. — Pound nets, trap nets, and 

 weirs follow lines in importance. Their catch in 1905 was 55,332,159 

 pounds, valued at $319,471, all of it taken in the shore fisheries. 

 Herring constitute more than two-thirds of the value of the catch. 



Statement, by Counties, of the Yield of the Pound-Net, Trap-Net, and 

 Weir Fisheries op Maine in 1905. 



Products (shore fisheries). 



Washington. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Total. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Alewives, fresh . . . 

 Alewives, salted. . 

 Alewives, smoked. 



Butterfish 



Cod 



Flounders 



Herring, fresh 



Herring, smoked.. 

 Mackerel, fresh.. . 



PoUock, fresh 



Pollock, salted 



Salmon 



Shad, fresh 



Shad, salted 



Smelt 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Suckers 



Tomcod 



Whiting 



12,000 I 

 21,000 I 

 19,500 



$135 

 268 

 645 



23,473,200 

 713, 700 



69, 473 

 18,863 



17,200 

 12,060 

 2,623 

 6,050 



500 

 304 

 516 

 180 



51,900 



7,851 



1,150 207 



5,200 



4,500 



727,000 



78,200 



210, 500 



5,950 



11.500 



400 



52,612,400 



713.700 



161,450 



174, 700 



12,060 



70. 128 



338, 721 



2,000 



74, 350 



200 



400 



7,000 



7,000 



124, 500 



Total 24,339,933 I 98,834 



34,425 



1,775 



55, 332, 159 



$6,830 



1.003 



4.054 



301 



160 



6 



221,842 



18,863 



9,536 



1,496 



304 



10,227 



27,114 



75 



10,208 



40 



30 



140 



91 



1,085 



319, 471 



