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FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



Statement, by Counties, of the Yield of the Gill Net Fisherie,s of Massa- 

 chusetts IN 1905 — Continued. 



Pound nets and trap nets. — The catch b}^ these apparatus was 

 19,861,338 pounds, valued at $313,867, of which 97 per cent of the 

 quantity and 95 per cent of the value are credited to the shore fisher- 

 ies. Squeteague constituted nearly one-third of the value of the 

 entire catch, an increase of nearly 25 per cent since 1902, and nearly 

 300 per cent since 1898. Other important species taken in these 

 apparatus were pollock, mackerel, herring, scup, whiting, squid, 

 flounders, cod, horse mackerel, alewives, and butterfish. Several 

 species of minor importance are also taken. Pound nets are used 

 mainly in Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, and Nantucket counties, 

 Barnstable exceeding all other counties in the quantity and value of 

 products taken by this form of apparatus. Sufi'olk County does not 

 show any pound nets for the reason that the nets of one firm previ- 

 ously credited to that county are now shown under Essex County. 



