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FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES, 



Statement, by Counties, of the Yield of the Pound-Net and Trap-Net 

 Fisheries of Massachusetts in 1905 — Continued. 



Lobster and eel pots. — The catch by pots consisted of 1,283,071 

 pounds of lobsters, valued at $176,234, and 406,845 pounds of eels, 

 valued at $22,765. All of the eels and 96 per cent of the lobsters 

 were taken in the shore fisheries. Lobsters are taken in every 

 county of the state where commercial fisheries are carried on, but 

 Essex and Pljanouth lead all others in the quantity and value of 

 the catch. The use of eel pots is not so general. Hard crabs are 

 taken in pots similar to lobster pots except that the laths are placed 

 closer together. This catch is shown in the tables under the yield of 

 minor apparatus. 



Statement, by Counties, op the Catch of Lobster Pots in Massachusetts in 



1905. 



