FISHERIES OP THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 

 Yield op the Shore Fisheries of New Hampshire ix 1905. 



41 



Apparatus and species. 



Pounds. Value. 



Pound nets and weirs: 



Alewives, fresh 20,000 



Alewives, salted 68, 000 



Cod 65,000 



Herring 40, 000 



Mackerel 8, 000 



Pollock 5,000 



Whiting 50,000 



Total 



Lines, trawl and hand: 



Cod, fresh 



Cod, salted 



Haddock 



Hake 



Pollock, fresh 



Pollock, salted 



Total • 388, 750 



$200 



1,020 



1,300 



400 



400 



50 



625 



Apparatus and species. 



Rakes and hoes: 

 Clams, soft. 

 Irish moss. . 



Total . 



Pots: 



Lobsters. 

 Eels 



Total . 



GiU nets: Mackerel.. . . 

 Cunner traps: Gunners 



Pounds. 



27, 700 

 60,000 



87, 700 



256,052 

 800 



Value. 



$2, 770 

 2,400 



5,170 



32,575 

 24 



256,852 j 32,599 



8,650 

 2, 500 



Grand total 1, 000, 452 



433 



Investment and Number of Persons Engaged in the Wholesale Fishery 

 Trade of New Hampshire in 1905. 



Establishments. . 



Cash capital 



Wages paid 



Persons engaged. 



Number. Value. 



$8,450 

 11,500 

 7,500 



FISHERIES OF MASSACHUSETTS. 

 GENERAL STATISTICS. 



Massachusetts takes first rank among the New England States for 

 quantity and value of its fishery products, and for the amount of 

 capital invested. 



Persons engaged. — The number of persons engaged in 1905 w^as 

 15,694. Of these, 7,999 were on fishing vessels, 38 on transporting 

 vessels, 4,581 in the shore or boat fisheries, and 3,076 were shoresmen 

 employed chiefly in wholesale fish establishments. Compared with 

 the statistics for 1902, there has been an increase of 1,394 in the 

 number of persons employed. 



Persons Engaged in the Fisheries of Massachusetts in 1905. 



ITow engaged. 



Number. 



On vessels fishing 



On vessels transporting. . 

 In shore or boat fisheries. 

 Shoresmen 



Total. 



7,999 



38 



4,581 



3,076 



15, 694 



