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At Rye Beach and Rye Harbor 340 pots were fished by 7 men, the 
eatch being 15,975 pounds, valued at $1,598. 
At ‘‘ North Beach,” or North Hampten Beach, 6 men were engaged 
in the fishery, using 290 pots, valued at $580; the catch amounted to 
15,000 pounds, valued at $1,500, 
At the Isle of Shoals, in New Hampshire, 4 men fished 250 pots, val- 
ued at $250, and caught 16,666 pounds, valued at $2,000. 
At Portsmouth and Neweastle there were 20 fishermen with 895 
pots, and the catch amounted to 58,322 pounds, valued at $7,000. Of 
this quantity over 40,000 pounds, valued at $5,000, was taken by the 
Portsmouth fishermen. 
The fishery for Irish moss (Chondrus crispus) in New Hampshire is 
prosecuted at Rye Harbor by Mr. William H. Burke, of Scituate, 
Mass., who had in his employ 6 men, using 8 boats valued at $240. 
The quantity of moss cured in 1902 was 50,000 pounds, valued at 
$2,250. The plant at Rye Harbor is modern and well equipped for 
the business. Instead of the cumbersome method formerly employed 
of rolling the tubs about the beach to the water’s edge when it became 
necessary to wash the moss, a pumping plant has been erected to fur- 
nish the water as needed, a hose of sufficient length being attached and 
carried to any part of the beach upon which the tubs containing the 
moss may be placed, thus effecting a great saving in time and labor in 
this part of the work. A small gasoline launch is used to tow the 
boats to and from the grounds where the moss is gathered, 
The foilowing tables present in a condensed form the number of 
persons employed, the amount of capital invested, and the quantity 
and value of the products of the fisheries of New Hampshire in 1902: 
Persons employed. 
How engaged. | No. 
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Table of apparatus and capital. 
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Items. | No. Value. | Tiems. No. Value. 
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IVGSSCISISHING. pincmracciscaececace 4 $2, 150 || Apparatus—shore _ fisheries— | 
OnMapersoy sca coos tesa iil Kmenneeae | Continued. 
OUGHT Se seca ere caeiseaiace a) csicle see 8,075 || Lines, hand and trawl.....)....--... $371 
IBC es cisonoree cocaem CAOGSO GC | 115 7,270 || Lobster Pots <2... <<mise. s 2s 2, 530 | Sipe 
Apparatus—vessel fisheries: | | Belupotssccqcecso sae cousee 15 | 15 
IES ALM ahWilecimeree eis acs ala |lnala see 560 |) GES see Seat cmc can closes 12 6 
IST OONS Seeserciescemcee see sacs eas 10 || ING CC a See eae Raa Ny ae 6 30 
SeINES Cesc setae oses eee 2 100) Shore property: se scae = secc.c Selle ssersiwians 10, 370 
Gillbncis he aresie os asae. Wet 88 Lol hGashten pital stecaetssocicecgeelecccteees 8,000 
Apparatus—shore fisheries: —-—- 
Pound nets and weirs ...--. 24 5, 760 ! BLO Paulina peta toe sia siatd. se atoll wets eer 42, 002 
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