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Whaling apparatus. — The catch by these apparatus consisted of 

 secondary products from whales and sea elephants, such as oil, 

 whalebone, ambergris, and sea-elephant skins. The value of the 

 catch was $482,102, all of which is credited to the vessel fisheries. 



Statement, by Counties, of the Products of the Whale Fisheries op 

 Massachusetts in 1905. 



Products (vessel fisheries). 



Barnstable. 



Pounds. Value. 



Bristol. 



Pounds. 



Value. 



Total. 



Pounds. Value 



Oil, whale 



Whalebone 



Ambergris 



Sea elephant oil . . . 

 Sea elephant skins. 



Total 



420,525 



$25, 720 



14 



2,900 



3,513,029 

 55,950 



590, 625 

 5,000 



8220, 845 



193,037 



14,000 



25,000 



600 



3, 933,. 554 



55,950 



94 



590,625 



5,000 



420,539 



28,620 



4,164,684 



453,482 1 4,585,223 



8246, .565 



193,037 



16,900 



25,000 



600 



482, 102 



Gill nets. — Gill nets yielded 13,250,823 pounds of products, valued 

 at $439,208. Of tliis 12,310,449 pounds, valued at $419,151, was 

 taken in the vessel fisheries, and the remainder, less than 5 per cent, 

 in the shore fisheries. Herring and mackerel constituted nearly 90 

 per cent of the value of the entire 3aeld. Important catches of cod 

 and bluefish were made also. The herring were taken mostly off 

 Newfoundland, and the mackerel along the Atlantic coast. The 

 herring were sold principally in Boston and Gloucester, either frozen 

 or salted, and the mackerel in New York, Boston, Newport, Glou- 

 cester, and other cities. Gill nets for cod were used mainly in Essex 

 County. 



Statement, by Counties, of the Yield of the Gill Net Fisheries of 

 Massachusetts in 1905. 



