. FISHERIES 
OF THE NEW ENGLAND 
STATES. 
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Table showing the persons and capital in the wholesale fishery trade of Boston in 1902. 
| Number 
: Number of Shore Wages Cash 
Branches of trade. of firms. | persons | property. paid. capital. 
engaged. 
res hang hipaa ace ae al ste aicin earayarclascnieaiee che 41 373 $874, 450 | $231, 580 $443, 000 
Salted, canned, and smoked fish............... 12 338 469,400 | 129, 900 296, 000 
Oysters sobenadosadschcoseushosasss cassodnasdcaes 91 157, 600 48, 800 153, 000 
MObDSteTShaaa-seeree esses coe ceeccreee een aes sis | 12 75 164, 250 36, 800 155, 000 
Mishvoilvamd: elwek osec cise oie wise see aisle o's seiiees ee 2 41 82, 000 20, 785 58, 000 
TROT 5 oe a Ne eee a el ieee eee 75 918 | 1,747,700 | 467,865 | 1,105,000 
Table showing the persons and capital in the wholesale fishery trade of Gloucester in 1902. 
+ Number aan 
Number of Shore Wages as 
Branches of trade. of firms.| persons | property. paid. capital. 
engaged. 
Mes eis hips. csc aos e soy ea ee 2 see a clejes 4 115 $138,700 | $48,300 $136, 000 
Salted, smoked, and boneless fish.............- 37 1,180 | 1,069,669 | 488,927 894, 500 
Oiheluesanghisin glass: 2. 55.-cness seen. <a sen 10 238 253, 100 76, 018 274, 000 
Ota ies oss Soe asics saceieosuees seen -seee 51 1,583 | 1,461,469 | 618, 245 1, 304, 500 
FISHERIES OF RHODE ISLAND. 
The fisheries of Rhode Island in 1902 employed 2,117 persons, 
$1,014,280 worth of vessels, boats, apparatus of capture, shore prop- 
erty, etc., and yielded products to the value of $1,155,701. 
These returns show an advance over those for 1898, when the num- 
ber of persons employed was 1,687, the investment $957,142, and the 
value of the products amounted to $955,058. 
-The increase in the value of the yield has been due mainly to an 
enhanced value of the products per pound. The principal increase has 
occurred in scup, which in 1898 amounted to 6,390,225 pounds, worth 
$75,596, and in 1902 was 6,833,290 pounds, sane $160,854, an average 
of 1.18 cents per pound in the former year and of 2.35 in the latter. 
_ The yield of squeteague was nearly the same as in 1898, but the value 
per pound has increased from 2.04 to 2.40 cents. 
The value of the mackerel catch has more than doubled, increasing 
from $15,000 to $32,950. The increase in the weight of the catch has 
been less, amounting to 359,900 pounds in 1898 and 615,600 pounds in 
1902. Other species which have increased largely in yield are butter- 
fish, from 207,000 pounds to 362,910 pounds; haddock, from 366,525 
pounds to 506,195 pounds, and sword-fish from 55,875 pounds to 
126,900 pounds. 
The yield of market oysters since 1898 has increased from 441,728 
bushels to 516,479 bushels, and of seed oysters from 15,650 bushels to 
91,550 bushels. In the same period the product of clams increased 
from 15,015 bushels to 26,490 bushels, and scallops from 19,231 to 
F. C. 1904—20 
