300 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
35. Table showing the number, of vessels engaged in each fishery in New Hampshire in 
1888, together with their tonnage , value , and number of crew. 
Fishery. 
No. of 
vessels 
engaged. 
Net 
tonnage. 
Value of 
vessels. 
Number and nationality of 
fishermen. 
Ameri- 
cans. 
British 
provin- 
cials. 
All 
others. 
Total. 
Shore 
13 
429. 49 
$24, 350 
106 
9 
3 
118 
Mackerel, New England shore . . . 
6 
195. 32 
13, 650 
46 
4 
2 
52 
Halibut 
2 
90. 73 
3, 600 
14 
7 
21 
Swordfish 
7 
191.07 
9, 700 
53 
6 
2 
61 
Herring - 
1 
30. 93 
1,800 
7 
3 
10 
Lobsters ... .............. 
1 
19.41 
1, 500 
6 
6 
36. Table showing by fisheries and species the yield of the vessel fisheries of New Hampshir e 
in 1888. 
Fisheries and species. 
Shore: 
Cod 
Cod, salted 
Haddock 
Haddock, salted... 
Hake 
Hake, salted 
Pollock 
Miscellaneous fish 
Total 
Swordfish 
Herring 
Halibut 
Pounds. 
Value. 
892, 582 
75, 197 
407, 498 
9, 697 
209, 992 
9, 700 
38, 000 
82, 000 
$18, 968 
1, 881 
8, 150 
194 
1, 880 
121 
508 
1,030 
1, 724, 666 
32, 732 
43, 450 
60, 000 
143, 467 
I, 955 
600 
II, 577 
Fisheries and species.* 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Mackerel, New England 
shore : 
Mackerel, caught with 
seine, fresh 
41, 716 
$2, 920 
Mackerel, caught with 
seine, salted 
43, 400 
3, 348 
Mackerel, caught with 
nets, fresh 
9, 400 
658 
Mackerel, caught with 
lines, fresh 
2, 000 
140 
Total 
96, 516 
7, 066 
Lobster 
12, 600 
756 
Grand total 
2, 080, 699 
54, 686 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
Notwithstanding the marked decadence in the whale fishery and the 
phenomenal scarcity of mackerel during the two years under considera- 
tion, Massachusetts still stands at the head of all the States in the value 
and importance of its fisheries. Elsewhere the percentage of increase 
or decrease in the general fisheries of the State has been shown under 
the head of persons employed, capital invested, value of products, etc. 
Here it only remains to discuss such phases of these industries as are 
brought out in greater detail in these tables. 
As in the other New England States already considered, there has 
been .a decided falling off in the number of vessels employed, particu- 
larly in the whale fishery, where the fleet declined from 161 vessels 
in 1880 to 74 in 1888. But, although there has -been a decrease in 
the number of vessels engaged in the general fisheries (other than for 
whales), this has been more than offset by the increase in size and value, 
there having been an actual increase of more than 5,000 tons in this 
class of shipping since 1880. 
The table showing the catch of mackerel, cod, and halibut by fishing 
grounds and by condition when landed, is very instructive and suggest- 
ive. It throws much light on matters of international consequence, 
particularly when taken in connection with similar tables for the other 
