FISHERMEN'S OWN BOOK. 45 



Products of the Gloucester Fisheries. 



The following estimates of the fish productions of Gloucester at different 

 periods during the past thirty-five years will give a good idea of the growth 

 and changes in the business : 



Statement of fish products in 1847, collected by Mr. Addison Winter and 

 furnished the "History of Gloucester," not including the results of the Win- 

 ter dory fishing: 7,088,376 lbs. codfish, valued at $181,703 ; 3,379,776 lbs. 

 halibut, $70,761 ; 735,506 lbs. hake, $12,174; 919,188 lbs. pollock, $16,556; 

 46,779 bbls. mackerel, $290,055 ; 337^ bbls. tongues and sounds, $1873 ; 

 39,520 gals, oil, $16,232. Total value, $589,354. Number of vessels 

 employed, 287, of which 126 were of less than forty tons burthen. Total 

 tonnage, 12,354; number of men employed, 1681 ; boys, 186. 



Fish products for 1859, exclusive of the herring, shell and shore fisheries : 

 59,664^ bbls. mackerel, valued at $705,833 ; 114,047 qtls. codfish, $416,271 ; 

 4,500,000 lbs. halibut, $135,000 ; 1,400 bbls. oil, $19,600. Total value, 

 $1,276,704. The other fish products probably brought the value to nearly 

 one and a half million dollars. Number otf vessels, 322 ; tonnage, 23,882 ; 

 number of men employed, 3,434 ; boys, 34. 



1865 — from State Census — value of mackerel catch, 154,938 bbls., $2,190,- 

 562 ; codfish, etc., 113,025 qtls., $706,420; oil, $90,420; fresh fish, $360,- 

 000; tongues and sounds, 3,000 bbls., $25,000; herring, $200,000; bait, 

 1,400 bbls., $75,000 ; lobsters, $3,450. Total value, $3,650, 852. Number 

 of vessels, 353 ; tonnage, 25,170 ; number of men, 4,700. Capital invested, 

 $1,901,700 ; value of salt consumed, $232,275. 



Products for 1873 — Custom House estimate — 86,544 bbls. mackerel, of a 

 value of $1,125,000; 460,000 qtls. codfish, $2,070,000 ; 5,000 bbls. herring, 

 $23,000 ; 25,000 qtls. other fish, $50,000; 9,000,000 lbs. fresh fish, $310,- 

 000; 275,000 gals, oil, $165,000; shell fish, $13,000; 7,000 tons fish ma- 

 nure, $25,000 ; miscellaneous, $15,000. Total value, $3,801,000, against 

 $3,437,000 in 1872. 



Products of 1875, carefully prepared from actual returns obtained by 

 George H. Procter: 177,473 qtls. Bank codfish, of a value of $998,628; 

 185,758 qtls. Georges do., $1,021,669; 2,462,364 lbs. Georges halibut, 

 $172,365 ; 7,248,413 lbs. Bank do., $507,389; 4,257 qtls. hake, $12,774; 

 2,349 qtls. cusk, $7,047 ; 9,417 qtls. pollock, $32,964; 38,292 bbls. herring, 

 $153,168 ; shore fish, fresh, $89,738, cured, $135,697, oil, $8,945 ; 18,172^ 

 bbls. No. I mackerel, $327,112, 7,065^^ bbls. No. 2, $184,780, 21,763 bbls. 

 No. 3, $174,104, 4,039^ bbls. No. 4, $24,105 ; 3,175 bbls. herring, $13,494; 

 163 bbls. pickled codfish and 40^ bbls. swordfish, $1,097 ; 410^ bbls. trout 

 and 75^ bbls. fins and napes, $4,042; 21^ bbls. salmon and 205 bbls. 



