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and some sixty vessels were sent to the Grand Bank, but in consequenc( 

 of unsatisfactory returns the business soon languished. In 1804 the \vhol( 

 number of vessels over thirty tons burthen engaged in the Cape Ann fisherie 

 was only eight, and for nearly half a century fishing was almost totall' 

 abandoned. 



With the decline of the Bank fishery, the Shore fishery commenced t( 

 attract increased attention. At the commencement of the present centur 

 some two hundred Chebacco boats, averaging about fifteen tons each, an( 

 manned by some six hundred men, were engaged in this fishery. Th( 

 increasing importance of this industry created a demand for an increase ii 

 the capacity of the craft engaged in it, and about 18 10 the Chebacco boat; 

 began to give place to the "jigger" or "pinkey," of which class but a singh 

 specimen is now included in the Gloucester enrolment, — the sch, Senator 

 built in Essex in 183 1, and now owned by Capt. John Parker. The follow 

 ing is a specimen of a pinkey of the model of 1810. 



The Shore fishery reached its maximum in 1832, when it employed a ton 

 nage of 6463 tons, furnishing employment to 799 men, and resulting ir 

 a catch of 63,1x2 qtls. fish, of a value of ^157,780, receiving also a bountj 

 of $25,172 from the government. From this time, the business, except as 

 a winter industry, began to decline, giving place to the mackerel fishery and 

 other modern branches of the industry. 



