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algae, of which 18,000,000 pounds were included in 1889, and also by a 

 falling oif in the catch of cod. menhaden, and various other species. 



The following publications of the United States Fish Commission 

 may be consulted in studying the statistics of the fisheries of the New 

 England States: 



The Fishery Industries of the United States. Section ii. Geographical Review of 



the Fisheries for 1880. Parts i to v. 

 The Fishery Industries of the United States. Section v. History and Methods of 



the Fisheries. 

 Report on the Fisheries of the New England States, by J. W. Collins and Hugh M. 



Smith. Bull. U. S. Fish Com. 1890, pp. 73-176. 

 Report on the Condition of the Sea Fisheries of the South Coast of New England in 1871 



and 1872, by Spencer F. Baird. Rept. U. S. Fish Com. 1871-72, pp. i-xli. 

 Tht Sea Fisheries of Eastern North America, by Spencer F. Baird. Rept. U. S. Fish 



Com. 1886, pp. 3-224. 

 Statistical Review of the Coast Fisheries of the United States, by J. W. Collins. 



Rept. U. S. Fish Com. 1888, pp. 271-378. 

 The Herring Industry of the Passamaquoddy R^ion, Maine, by Ansley Hall. Rept. 



U. S. Fish Com. 1896, pp. 443-489. 

 Notes on the Oyster Fishery of Connecticut, by J. W. Collins. Bull. U. S. Fish Com. 



1889, pp. 461-497. 

 The Lobster Fishery of Maine, by John N. Cobb. Bull. U. S. Fish Com. 1899, pp. 



241-265. 



The three tables which follow show in detail the number of persons 



employed, the amount of capital invested, and the quantity and value 



of the products of the fisheries of the New England States in 1808, and 



the table on page 321 presents k comparison of the extent of the lish- 



ries in the 3'ears 1889 and 1898: 



Table showing the number of persons engaged in the fisheries of the Xew England States in 



1898. 



States. Fishennen. Shoresmen. 



Total. 



Maine 



New Hampshire 



Massachusetts 



Rhode Island 



Connecticut 



Total 22.S67 13.264 35.631 



8.n7 



8,237 



16, 9M 



143 



11 



154 



10.311 



4,022 



14,36:? 



1,340 



347 



1,687 



1,826 



647 



2,473 



