170 NEW ENGLAND FISHERIES 



From 1819 to 1829, eleven years, 68,700 tons. 1 



" 1830 to 1839, ten " . 65,100 " 



11 1840 to 1849, " " 68,200 " 



" 1850 to 1859, " " ...101,300 " 



(l 1860 to 1866, seven " ... .95,454 " 



From 1819 to 1866, forty-eight years, 79,200 tons. 



In 1829 the tonnage was above 100,000 tons, 2 the only 

 time during the period previous to the year 1852. From 

 the latter year to 1864 the annual amount employed in 

 the codfishery was above 100,000 tons, except in 1856. The 

 average annual tonnage employed from 1852 to 1864 the 

 most prosperous years of the period was 112,700 tons. 

 The highest tonnage employed was 136,654 tons in I860. 3 

 Between 1850 and 1860 there were employed annually in 

 the codfishery an average of 2,084 vessels, of about fifty 

 tons each, carrying 14,570 men in the crew, or an average 

 of seven men for each vessel. 4 



At the period of its greatest prosperity the year 1859 

 the codfishery of the country was carried on in 2,593 

 vessels, of a total tonnage of 129,637 tons, carrying crews 

 that aggregated 18,151 men. The status of the fishery in 

 the several states is given in the table on the following 

 page. The State of Maine led all others in the extent of 

 the fishery; in fact, the codfishery of Maine was about 

 equal to the combined fishery of the other states. The 

 codfishery of Massachusetts, too, was so important that the 



1 Previous to 1830 the tonnages employed in the cod and mackerel 

 fisheries were listed together. Probably the tonnage employed in 

 the codfishery previous to 1830 did not average above 50,000 tons 

 annually. 



2 This amount, however, included the mackerel tonnage for that 

 year. 



s Compiled from Report of Register of Treasury, Jan. 23, 1868. 

 * 36th Cong., 1st Sess., Senate Doc., I, No. 41, pp. 14-15. 



