FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



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FISHERIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



The commercial fisheries of New Hampshire are confined to Rock- 

 ingham County, that being the only one in the State touching the 

 Atlantic seaboard. 



In 1898 the number of persons employed was 151:. There were 5 

 vessels employed, valued with their outfits at $7,358, and 123 boats 

 valued at $5,395. The value of the fishing apparatus was $12,120. 

 The value of the pound nets and weirs represented more than half of 

 this amount, being $6,960. The shore property and cash capital aggre- 

 gated $27,775, the total investment being $52,648. The fisheries of 

 this State have decreased in the amount of capital invested and in the 

 value of the products about 50 per cent since 1889. 



The products in 1898 were worth $48,987. The greater part of this 

 value was derived from the yield of cod, hake, haddock, cusk, and pol- 

 lock, which were worth $29,473. The jdeld of the lobster fishery was 

 valued at $9,372 and that of the mackerel fishery at $3,207. The 

 remaining products had a value of $6,935. 



The three tables which follow show the extent of the fisheries in 

 detail for the year 1898. 



Persons employed. 





How engaged. 



No. 



On vCvSsels fishing 



28 



In shore or boat fisheries 



115 



Shoresmen 



11 









Total 



154 









Table of products. 



Species. 



Alewives, fresh . 

 Ale\yives, salted 



Cod, fresh 



Cod, salted 



Ciisk 



Haddock, fresh . 

 Haddock, salted 



Hake, fresh 



Hake, salted 



Herring 



Mackerel 



Perch, white 



Pollock, fresh ... 

 Pollock, .salted . . 



Striped bass 



Lobsters 



Clams, soft 



Irish moss 



Oil 



Total. 



Vessel fisheries. 



Shore fisheries. 



Lbs. 



129,300 



62,000 

 303,000 



2,500 



42,000 



88,700 



8,260 



Value. 



635,750 



«1,958 



620 

 3,045 



13 



2,220 

 '"'444' 



275 



8,575 



Lbs. 



25,000 



200,000 



559,850 



2,000 



35,500 



1,076,750 



4,000 



112, 900 



1,500 



60, 000 



16,750 



1,650 



91,500 



1,200 



850 



108, 515 



6,000 



70,000 



6,000 



Value. 



S250 



2,500 



8,798 



70 



375 



11,507 



100 



1,366 



38 



650 



987 



165 



1,115 



24 



85 



9,372 



360 



2,450 



200 



Total. 



Lbs. 



25 



200 



689, 



2 



97 



1,379 



4, 



115; 



1 



65 



58, 



1 



180, 



1, 



108 



*6, 



70 



tl4 



Value. 



000 

 000 

 150 

 000 

 500 

 750 

 000 

 400 

 500 

 000 

 750 

 650 

 200 

 200 

 850 

 515 

 000 

 000 

 250 



2,384,965 40,412 3,020,715 



$250 



2. .500 



10,756 



70 



995 



14,552 



100 



1,379 



38 



650 



3,207 



165 



1,559 



24 



85 



9,372 



360 



2,450 



475 



48,987 



* 600 bushels. 



1 1,900 gallons. • 



