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The aggregate catch and value of all kinds of fish are shown 
in the next table. 
TOTALS OF ALL KINDS. 
Year Total Catch, Pounds Total Value 
TLS KE A bit stat oie a cc aE ccc a eae 33,643,000 $1,058,028.00 
TRS Pies sce aie Dane cae ON aoe oa ac 31,345,000 933,586.00 
ISOS eeeroereg aca ys eyharcrsecraiere ak Sel cee caele Ie veiceike 34,018,000 963,778.00 
BUI QU Gots rete ere MG on eters Peach cin erenaus arses exe, 5 31,323,000 703,365.00 
EER Geena pts ate raid ack ccals vor op ecstayane sce os 30,131,000 627,594.00 
TURKEY his sit te ee ra aes ech ae arg Ree a 30,355,000 630,902.00 
TNS) hs sevice Sac ORS RCI aCe eect ear 32,557,000 709,831.00 
SOR ese hates Rac Narn aeone ae Sintiioae ere fe aretinn 35,194,000 760,079.00 
TLS) EY Se oe BA CheS TSS ERSTE RRR REO Scenes 38,482,000 936,453.00 
HLS Oe ce ctiat a aye Saray os Shced aeaoth ae sakes aeons 34,011,000 881,002.00 
LD Dillemen ee iects reo ohne heer oe taet 38,259,000 1,133,839.00 
NG O Der van hereiotenses as ore eet eid ete oT 46,242,000 1,461,724.00 
HG Spmehim arcs eR MeSE ceeterc aay Latha euelceel ecole. 43,857,000 1,467,520.00 
HES (AGH para ch Soes SL ad alaree oe ticipate) oleae 47,992,000 1,482,990.00 
You will see that the combined catch was low in 1894, 1895 
and 1896, with the lowest value in 1895, and that is true of near- 
ly all kinds of fish. Then there was a gradual increase until the 
year 1904 when the total both in catch and value was the highest 
of any year of the fourteen-year period, and probably higher 
than at any time since commercial fishing has been carried on in 
this state. 
The next table shows in detail the data with reference to 
pound-nets. 
POUND-NETS. 
(Includes trap-nets, fyke-nets, gobblers, and submarine trap-nets, 
or all forms of nets that take fish by leading them into trap or 
pound.) 
Total Length of Leader in Fathoms 
ites OME sewseer ee ee seMar Sta ce eis wis saretaer rat atoks ohne 304,000 
HO Dieter ere chcnevets accor iach ofeseiciecsh shovsteuey uele.d fer os 245,000 
LS OS peer paacear SPs ora RAST oats cd cine rebate Saar Ol seekete 237,000 
RES OA Merete ten tana ronerre satin ck eneU iat cee rta ele Vet @ Stara o/s 242,000 
ESO Bee prey rcorrts coos oeseael sao ecg nmalloa sae eteteuen sae re 210,000 
SS Gives: ter pu bemece arta ss koe Gee eject ory soit asuets 213,000 
HLS pmeyre ane acne ges ec ee teen cg LSet ee tens te fey stenece te NS 269,000 
ESOS teeapetie eerste «oh ayets  casy exch wbevecetah fiers see, sans 268,000 
itso) ais cites Gade Gea ous ae each exele eiorera ee ceec cy Cente 290,000 
UD. 0 Ol thcrarstace oxceeteaevet nocsteres ble eie eleva ols! S07 bs 305,000 
