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Table showing the quantity and value of products taken in the fisheries of the New 



England States in 1898 — Continued. 



Species. 



Herring, salted 



Herring, smoked 



Mackerel, fresh 



Mackerel, salted 



Menhaden 



Pollock, fresh 



Pollock, salted 



Salmon 



Scup 



Sea Dass 



Shad 



Smelt 



Squeteague 



Striped Lass 



Sword-fish 



Tall tog 



Tomcod 



Miscellaneous fish 



Refuse fish 



Squid 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, soft 



Lobsters 



Shrimp 



Quahogs or hard clams 



Clams (soft), fresh 



Clams (soft), salted 



Oysters 



Scallops 



Irish moss 



Oyster shells 



Oil, fish 



Oil, sea elephant - 



Oil, whale 



Whalebone 



Other products 



Rhode Island. 



Lbs. 



359,900 



3, 140, 000 

 50,000 



Value. 



$15, 004 



7,591 

 500 



6,390,235 



440,950 



25,112 



4,100 



3, 125, (J35 



101,950 



55, 875 



248,129 



8,000 



314, 123 



1,012,000 



124,000 



7,875 



5,020 



578,066 



2,250 



249,695 



150,150 



3,201,646 

 115,386 



7,674,000 



Total 



17, 778 



32,854,396 



75,596 



ll,9a5 



1,625 



215 



63,976 



10,511 



2,9a5 



7,214 



240 



8,402 



1,222 



1,375 



575 



1,675 



43,290 



750 



31,816 



20, 569 



505,378 

 10,471 



3,968 



1,402 



Connecticut. 



Lbs. 



40,913 



28,000 

 11,182,910 



101,040 



247, 789 



499,325 



5,600 



193,643 



13, 845 



85,980 



70, 540 



38,750 



82,923 



6,900 



1,098,192 



234,000 

 199,800 



14,633,283 

 50, im 



955,058 



31,920,417 



"Value. 



$1,753 



2,000 



26,334 



3,504 



12, 182 



21,215 



837 



5,451 



1,662 



7,520 



3,118 



1,677 



3,489 



150 



83, 748 



29,900 

 19,039 



1,249,071 

 5,016 



1,559,599 



Total. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



7,201,809 



3, 738, 500 



5,691,9.53 



3, 103, 131 



23, 140, 177 



7,923,334 



1,521,553 



53,382 



7,534,890 



788,039 



1,415,649 



1,624,824 



4,691,188 



154,660 



1,617,331 



608, 174 



356,833 



562, 643 



1,067,000 



1,200,325 



7,875 



5,020 



14,661,808 



27, 450 



994,232 



10,585,701 



711,200 



18,543,504 



1,105,231 



770,000 



7,674.000 



531,097 



472,500 



3, 119, 450 



27, 100 



1,080,402 



393,355,570 



$102,371 



63,005 



302,647 



179,286 



65,175 



48,778 



15,714 



10,039 



93,353 



29,063 



44,018 



140, 912 



108,945 



17,403 



90, 130 



17,899 



8,075 



18, 156 



1,576 



16, 145 



575 



1,675 



1,276,967 



1,933 



112,440 



417,447 



48,568 



1,910,648 



115,392 



24,825 



3,968 



19,029 



20,790 



199,023 



65, 875 



24,003 



9,672,702 



THE FUR-SEAL ROOKERIES OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



Near the close of the fiscal year Mr. Townsend left for the Pribilof 

 Islands to ascertain the condition of the fur-seal rookeries, in accord- 

 ance with the requirements of the law respecting the relations of the 

 Fish Commission with the fur-seal fisheries. The customary records 

 relating to the size of the rookeries in 1899 were secured in part by 

 the resident Treasury agents upon the islands. The American seal 

 herd is still declining on account of the continuance of pelagic sealing 

 in Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean. 



For a number of years all the seals born on several of the more 

 accessible rookeries have been counted systematically. The counts, 

 when compared with those of previous seasons, show more or less 

 decrease in the number of seals born from year to year. The dimi- 

 nution of the herd is shown also in the annual photographs and 

 charts of the rookeries. The total number of seals taken on the Prib- 

 ilof Islands in 1899 by the lessees under Government supervision was 

 16,812. Seals of the class available for killing, the surplus males, 



; become less in number from year to year. 



I The pelagic catch made from the American herd by the Canadian 

 sealing fleet of 26 vessels during 1899 was 33,755. Of this number 

 23 284 were taken in Bering Sea and 10,471 in the North Pacific Ocean. 



F. C.,1900— 12 



