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FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 

 THE PRODUCTS BY APPARATUS. 



The following table shows in condensed form the pounds and value 

 of products taken by each form of apparatus: 



Apparatus Used in the Vessel and Shore Fisheries of Massachusetts in 



1905. 



Apparatus. 



Vessel fisheries. 



Pounds. 



Value. 



Seines I 10, 502, 859 



GiU nets I 12, 310, 449 



Pound nets and trap nets ' 464,516 



Beam trawls 1,546, 386 



Lines 



Gunner nets and traps 



Pots, lobster and eel 



Fyke nets 



Dip nets 



Harpoons 



Spears and gafls 



Dredges, tongs, rakes, etc. 



Whaling apparatus 



Minor apparatus 



Total 205,162,761 5,251,561 



167, 925, 564 

 55,' 050' 



1, 642, 564 



130, 150 

 4, 585, 223 



S859, 933 



419, 151 



13, 331 



39, 575 



3, 283, 418 



7,434 



113,462 



33, 155 

 482, 102 



Shore fisheries. 



Pounds. 



Value. 



3, 993, 858 



940, 374 



19, 396, 822 



164, 700 



14,864,949 



113,650 



1,634,866 



68,700 



3, 686, 600 



60,900 



2,700 



5, 425, 915 



137, 680 



50,491,714 



$48, 410 



20,057 



300,536 



4,564 



324, 145 



5,930 



191,565 



3,328 



41,412 



3,225 



117 



814,719 



15,680 



1, 773, 688 



Total. 



Pounds. 



20, 496, 717 



13,250,823 



19,861,338 



1,711,086 



182,790,513 



113,650 



1,689,916 



68,700 



3, 686, 600 



1,703,464 



2,700 



5,556,065 



4,585,223 



137,680 



255,654,475 



Value. 



S908, 343 



439, 208 



313, 867 



44, 139 



3, 607, 563 



5,930 



198, 999 



3,328 



41,412 



116,687 



117 



847, 874 



482, 102 



15,680 



7,025,249 



Lines. — Considering; the value of the catch, lines are the most 

 important apparatus used in the fisheries of the state, the value of 

 the output being more than one-half of the entire catch. Both hand 

 and trawl lines were used, but the latter are by far the more important. 

 The leading species taken on lines are haddock, cod, hake, pollock, 

 halibut, cusk, mackerel, and flounders. Other species, such as 

 tautog, scup, sea bass, eels, bluefish, squeteague, catfish, etc., were 

 also taken in considerable quantities, but their capture was confined 

 to comparatively few localities. The value of the secondary products, 

 as livers, sounds, roe, and oil, amounted to $10,752. Of the total 

 line catch, 167,925,564 pounds, valued at $3,283,418, were taken in 

 the vessel fisheries, and 14,864,949 pounds, valued at $324,145, were 

 taken in the shore fisheries. The most important centers in the 

 state from which this fishery is prosecuted are Gloucester, Boston, 

 and Pro^dncetown. 



