334 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
80. Table of persons employed. 
How engaged. 
1887. 
1888. 
Xn vessel fisheries . • » . • a mm • m • •••••• .. 
442 
24 
*1, 143 
311 
500 
29 
*1, 174 
308 
On transporting vessels .............. ........................................... 
In shore fisheries 
On shore ... 
'fnf.n.l .... .... .... 
1,920 
2, Oil 
* Including 270 persons in 1887 and 267 in 1888, who are to be classed as semi-professional. 
81, Table of apparatus and capital. 
Designation. 
1887. 
1888. 
Ho. 
Yalue. 
No. 
Yalue. 
Vessels fishing* ... ...... ...... .. 
67 
$155, 950 
21, 096 
8, 400 
375 
72 
$156, 000 
23, 470 
11, 350 
450 
Outfit 
*\TeSftels transporting t .. .... 
6 
9 
Outfit .......... 
"Rnat.s - . ...... ............... 
369 
14, 845 
2, 000 
374 
15, 120 
2, 200 
80 
Apparatus of capture — vessel fisheries : 
Purse seines 
4 
4 
Q-Jll nets .. _ ...... ..... ... 
8 
T.inps and ira.wls ..... 
259 
310 
Dredges and rates 
358 
7,140 
6,398 
18, 670 
4, 391 
154 
384 
7,680 
6, 600 
Apparatus of capture— shore fisheries : 
Seines ... 
85 
90 
Grill nets .................. ...... 
190 
182 
19, 000 
4, 651 
160 
Fyke nets drop fykes, etc 
1, 947 
2, 077 
T.i'poa _ 
Baskets ...................................... ....... 
262 
2, 470 
175 
262 
2, 470 
175 
Tfip nets 
86 
86 
Shore property 
395, 175 
590, 000 
380, 450 
597, 000 
Cash capital ........... ............... 4*--. ............ ...... 
'Cotfll investment ... ..... 
1, 227, 498 
1, 227, 166 
* Tonnage in 1887, 1,700.24 ; in 1888, 1,793.34. t Tonnage in 1887, 113.33 ; in 1888, 190.20. 
•82. Table of products by vessel and shore fisheries. 
Species. 
1887. 
1888. 
Pounds. 
Yalue. 
Pounds. 
Yalue. 
Vessel fisheries: 
Bluefish » ------- ...... 
30, 000 
30, 150 
28, 184 
$1, 350 
603 
563 
Cod 
20, 900 
20, 766 
28, 000 
124, 000 
7, 611, 200 
7, 000 
738, 505 
40, 000 
1, 592, 171 
$418 
415 
2, 520 
7, 861 
15, 359 
563 
35, 302 
2, 400 
165,339 
Haddock ............... .... 
Mackerel - ------------- ....... 
Mackerel salted .................... ........ 
150, 000 
2, 794, 800 
9, 000 
4, 675 
Menhaden ........................................... 
Perch 
Sea bass ... ...... ............... ...... ............ 
665, 750 
22, 750 
Striped bass .................. 
Oysters ............................................. 
1, 565, 879 
183, 168 
Total 
5, 264, 763 
222, 109 
10, 182, 542 
230, 177 
Shore fisheries: 
Alewives ............................................ 
452, 085 
89, 400 
7,280 
5, 2C0 
224, 452 
209, 285 
10, 600 
1, 423, 952 
61, 250 
14, 400 
130, 067 
2. 000 
4,910 
2, 180 
728 
260 
10, 262 
9, 134 
530 
76,175 
700 
1, 440 
4,428 
200 
536, 157 
117, 000 
7, 680 
5, 500 ' 
226, 756 
213, 185 
11, 200 
1, 387, 200 
63, 000 
19, 100 
129, 150 
2, 200 
5, 635 
2,730 
768 
275 
-10, 349 
9, 300 
560 
76, 942 
720 
1, 910 
4,418 
220 
Alewives, salted 
Black bass .......................................... 
(jarp - ------------ . _ _ 
Catfish .............................................. 
Eels - 
Perch 
Shad 
Sturgeon 
Striped hasts _ 
Suckers and mullet 
Wall-eyed pike _ 
Total 
2, 629, 971 
110,947 
2, 718, 128 
113, 827 
