784 



HISTOKY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES. 



scup, and squeteague, and that of Mattapoisett, Dartmouth, and "Westport Point is consumed 

 locally, or sent to New Bedford, New York, or Fall Eiver. 



The catch for the several places in this district in 1880 was as follows: New Bedford, 50,526 

 pounds; Fairhaveii, 45,000 pounds; Mattapoisett, 3,000 pounds ; Dartmouth, 75,000 pounds ; West- 

 port Point, 12,000 pounds. About fifteen well smacks, ranging in measurement from 12 to 50 tons 

 each, visit the New Bedford district, and make about fifteen trips each, during the season, to the 

 several markets, principally New York. Four lobster-fishing smacks are owned in this district. 

 They are as follows : 



List of the lobster smacks owned in New Bedford district. 



Summation of the lobster fishery in New Bedford district in 1880. 



Number of fishermen 35 



Number 01 smacks 4 



Value of same $3, 600 



Number of boats 21 



Value of same $430 



Number of lobster pots ^ 1,088 



Value of same $1,088 



Total amount of capital invested in the fishery $5,118 



Number of barrels of bait used 370 



Value of same $183 



Quantity of lobsters caught and disposed of, in pounds 174,726 



Value of same to the fishermen $6, 406 



STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION OF THE LOBSTER INDUSTRY OP MASSACHUSETTS IN 1880. 



Table of the lobster industry of Massachusetts in 1880. 



