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Harpoons. — Besides their use in the whale fishery, harpoons are 

 used in capturing swordfish, the catch of which in 1905 amounted to 

 1,703,464 pounds, vahied at $116,687, 96 per cent of which were 

 taken in the vessel fisheries. The catch in 1905 was considerably 

 more than twice as large as in 1902, and was taken in all the fishery 

 counties except Norfolk. 



Statement, by Counties, op the Catch of Swordfish by Harpoons in the 

 Vessel and Shore Fisheries of Massachusetts in 1905. 



Beam trawls. — Beam trawls, or dragnets, as they are sometimes 

 called, arc used only in Barnstable County, for taking flounders, the 

 catch of which was 1,711,086 pounds, mth a value of $44,139, 90 per 

 cent being taken in the vessel fisheries. There has been an increase 

 of 20 per cent in the catch smce 1902, but an increase of only 2 per 

 cent in value. 



Catch of Flounders, by Beam Trawls, in Barnstable County^ in 1905. 



