FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



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Statement, by Counties, of the Yield of the Fyke-Net Fisheries of Connecti- 

 cut IN 1905. 



Statement, by Counties, of the Catch by Spears and Harpoons in the Fish- 

 eries OF Connecticut in 1905. 



THE OYSTER INDUSTRY. 



The increase in the vahie of the Connecticut fisheries hds been (hie 

 ahnost entirely to the expansion of the oyster industry of the state. 

 The number of persons engaged in this industry increased in the two 

 years under consideration from 1,G78 to 2,127; the capital invested 

 grew from $848,051 to $1,063,908, and the value of the oysters rose 

 from $1,471,582 to $2,809,832, or nearly 100 per cent. The in- 

 crease in the yield of seed oysters was from 1,233,469 bushels, 

 worth $598,948, to 2,551,725 bushels, worth $1,603,615; while the 

 market oysters have increased from 848,065 bushels, valued at 

 ^2,634, to 1,135,699 bushels, for which the fishermen received 



.,206,217. Exclusive of the oyster industry, the number of persons 



