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FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



Investment. — The total investineiit in the fisheries, includmg 

 vessels, boats, apparatus of capture, value of buildmgs and cash 

 capital, was $10,810,442; a decrease of $1,152 since the last canvass. 



Investment in the Fisheries op Massachusetts in 1905. 



Items. 



Vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit" 



Vessels transporting 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats, sail and row 



Boats, gasoline ^ 



Apparatus— vessel fisheries: 



Seines 



Gill nets 



Pound nets 



Beam trawls 



Lines, hand and trawl .. 



Dredges 



Tongs and rakes 



Lobster pots 



Harpoons — swordfish . . . 

 Apparatus — shore fisheries: 



Seines 



Gill nets 



Num- 

 ber. 



649 

 32,961 



14 

 429 



2,879 

 713 



187 



10,959 



4 



39 



125 

 22 

 850 



Value. 



$2, 745, 360 



1,300,096 

 16,300 



88 

 1,513 



2, 495 

 153, 468 

 235,635 



121, 155 



112,471 



2,500 



1,470 



261,697 



406 



151 



1,340 



7,830 

 10, 867 



Items. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Apparatus — shore fisheries — 

 Continued. 



Pound nets and trap nets. 



Lines, hand and trawl . . 



Gunner nets and traps 



Lobster pots 



Eel pots 



Fyke nets 



Beam trawls 



Spears and gaffs 



Harpoons, swordfish 



Tongs, rakes, forks, and 

 hoes 



Dredges 



Dip nets 



Rakes — Irish moss 



Minor apparatus 



Shore and accessory property 

 Cash capital ." 



Total 



111 

 24,432 



1,787 

 80 

 27 

 126 



2,159 



1,589 



240 



101 



Value. 



$178,290 



12,360 



224 



33, 759 



2,365 



500 



226 



232 



46 



7,000 



4,128 



569 



505 



89 



3,603,384 



1,991,426 



10,810,44:; 



a The harpoons, guns, etc., used on whaling vessels are included in the "outfit" of vessels fishing. 

 6 Includes 5 steamers, valued at $4,300. 



Products. — The products of the fisheries aggregated 255,654,475 

 pounds, valued at $7,025,249; an increase over 1902 of 25,008,525 

 pounds and $542,822. The catch by vessels was 205,162,761 pounds, 

 valued at $5,251,561, and by boats in the shore fisheries 50,491,714 

 pounds, valued at $1,773,688. 



The yield comprised a large number of species, the more important 

 of which, mcluding fresh, salted, and smoked fish, were as follows: 

 Cod, 62,262,623 pounds, $1,688,617; cusk, 7,456,198 pounds, $113,956; 

 haddock, 67,053,961 pounds, $1,069,104; hake, 20,700,967 pounds, 

 $258,438; halibut, 3,513,001 pounds, $218,232; herring, 18,364,454 

 pounds, $381,696; mackerel, 14,103,971 pounds, $966,443; pollock, 

 25,485,871 pounds, $267,927; alewives, 4,069,430 pounds, $49,102; 

 flounders, 4,043,683 pounds, $97,823; swordfish, 1,703,554 pounds, 

 $116,692; squeteague, 5,224,816 pounds, $108,200, and whiting, 

 4,299,690 pounds, $19,097. 



