STATISTICAL REVIEW OF THE COAST FISHERIES. 329 
73. Table of persons employed . 
How engaged. 
1887. 
1888. 
On fishing vessels _ - .... 
1, 783 
238 
7,747 
438 
1,727 
213 
8, 112 
424 
On transporting vessels 
Tn shore fisheries 
On shore — in factories, ef e 
Total 
10, 206 
10, 476 
74. Table of apparatus and capital. 
Designation. 
1887. 
1888. 
Ho. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
Vessels fishing* 
502 
$511, 375 
50, 159 
107, 800 
5,705 
335, 673 
4,405 
120 
53 
68 
34, 964 
38, 390 
135, 232 
19, 911 
14, 404 
3, 935 
18, 871 
2, 107 
151 
198 
215, 733 
67, 300 
504 
$488, 535 
45, 632 
100, 850 
5, 385 
354, 325 
3, 400 
Outfit 
Vessels transporting! 
38 
74 
Outfit 
Boats '. 
4. 894 
11 
12 
5, 257 
10 
Apparatus of capture — vessel fisheries : 
Seines 
Gill nets 
Lines and trawls 
62 
265 
41,053 
39, 535 
138, 693 
25, 979 
14, 876 
4, 329 
19, 341 
2, 165 
159 
197 
201,054 
59, 000 
Pots 
90 
931 
401 
2, 830 
84 
1,499 
3, 755 
3, 200 
20 
132 
269 
295 
1,103 
414 
2, 963 
136 
1, 615 
4, 204 
3, 309 
20 
136 
268 
Dredges, tongs, and rakes 
Apparatus of capture— shore fisheries: 
Seines .* 
Gill nets 
Pound nets and weirs 
Fyke nets 
Pots 
Tongs, rakes, etc 
Lines and trawls 
Spears 
Crabbing outfits 
Shore property 
Cash capital 
Total 
1, 566, 554 
1, 544, 835 
* Tonnage in 1887, 7,300.85 ; in 1888, 7,195.06. t Tonnage in 1887, 1,602.23 ; in 1888, 1,513.08. 
75. Table of products by vessel and shore fisheries. 
Species. 
1887. 
1888. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Vessel fisheries : 
Blnefish 
39, 100 
151,608 
8, 100 
8, 777, 400 
248, 083 
663, 024 
5, 371, 831 
36, 556 
2, 317 
5, 744 
492 
24, 690 
11, 325 
53, 992 
592, 518 
1, 097 
51, 485 
72,095 
21,600 
3. 975, 000 
283, 567 
786, 170 
4, 472, 342 
21,867 
90, 453 
105 
2, 630 
2, ISO 
1, 140 
7, 885 
11, 667 
66, 302 
482, 671 
710 
6, 112 
5 
Cod 
Eels 
Menhaden 
Sea bass 
Clams ( Venus mercenaria) 
Oysters 
Crabs, hard 
Lobsters 
Shrimp 
Total 
15, 295, 672 
692, 175 
9,774,690 
581, 302 
Shore fisheries : 
Alewives 
2, 686, 818 
4, 748, 182 
2, 000 
636, 000 
120, 729 
42, 000 
864, 828 
367, 109 
4, 500 
48, 140 
27, 039 
202, 248 ; 
100 ! 
12,488 
5,484 j 
1,300 
66,212 
15, 621 
225 j 
3, 925 1 
2, 717, 520 
4,605,955 
3,500 ! 
654,500 
119, 427 
43,500 ; 
773, 845 
416, 23? 
12, 140 
58, 395 
26, 924 
194, 371 
175 
13, 260 
5, 356 
1, 350 
60, 467 
18, 238 
580 
4, 857 
Bluefish 
Blnefish salted 
Cod 
Catfish 
Drum 
Eels 
Flounders and flatfish _ _ 
Hake 
Kingfish 
