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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Quantity and value of products of the vessel and shore fisheries. 



Counties. 



Vessel fisheries. 



Shore fisheries. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Essex 



Suffolk 



127, 013, 794 

 26,096,218 



92,383,054 

 470, 285 



7,730,873 

 1,683,925 

 298,000 

 1, 809, 950 

 11,052,563 

 ^ 213, 795 

 3,298,505 

 1,317,333 



8195,752 

 59 550 



Norfolk 



10,800 

 103,670 

 356,846 



44, 267 

 102,432 



61,426 



Plymouth 



1,064,050 



15, 708, 541 



364, 587 



186, 580 



3,419,103 



21,044 

 384, 980 



15,802 



6,663 



247, 167 



Barnstable 



Nantucket 



Dukes / 



Bristol 





The three tables which follow show in detail the extent of the fish- 

 eries in each county of Massachusetts in 1898: 



Number of persons employed in the fisheries of Massachusetts in 1898. 



Counties. 



On vessels 

 fishing. 



On vessels 

 transport- 

 ing. 



In shore 



or boat 



fisheries. 



Shores- 

 men. 



Total. 



Essex 



Suffolk .... 



Norfolk 



Plymouth . 

 Barnstable 

 Nantucket. 



Dukes 



Bristol 



Total 



4,853 

 963 



62 



899 



43 



25 



117 



6,962 



14 



740 

 129 

 37 

 495 

 1,126 

 136 

 295 

 407 



3,365 



1,432 

 1,935 



193 



276 



50 



46 



90 



4,022 



7,025 



3,027 



37 



750 



2,307 



229 



367 



621 



14,363 



Table showing, by counties, the vessels, boats, apparatus, and capital employed in the fisheries 



of Massachusetts in 1898. 



Items. 



Essex. 



Suffolk. 



Norfolk. 



Plymouth. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



Vessels fishing 



352 

 21,812 



$1,220,420 



60 

 4,199 



■""99" 



13 

 40 



8313,300 







9 

 155 



818, 260 



Tonnage 









Outfit 



655, 893 

 18,051 



65, 150 



12,433 



900 



153, 692 



300 



423 



188,275 

 5,590 



6,100 

 400 







6,080 



Boats 



45i 



168 

 1,145 



4 



31 



81,500 



399 



2 

 70 



40, 122 



Apparatus — vessel fisher- 

 ies: 

 Seines 



800 



Gill nets 







700 



Trap nets 









Lines, hand and trawl.. 





43, 950 









2,078 



Pots, lobster 



300 

 147 











Harpoons 



79 



395 







11 



24 



76 



Dredges 







85 



Minor apparatus 





65 













Apparatus— shore fisher- 

 ies: 

 Seines 













1 



38 



17 



Gill nets 



567 

 16 

 83 



6,480 



12, 920 



95 



3,812 



5,495 



280 



25 

 3 



250 

 6,000 



50 



966 



380 



Pound nets and trap nets 

 Dip nets 









29 



36 



Lines, hand and trawl . . 











37 



Pots, lobster 



5,376 

 140 



4,055 



5,187 



1,200 



1,500 



6,813 



8,662 



Pots eel 





Dredges 











667 



2,333 



Tongs, rakes, and forks . 

 Minor apparatus 





328 

 30 



1, 758, 311 

 2,346,000 





50 

 40 



3, 160, 910 

 2, 251, 750 





80 



1,398 



Shore and accessory prop- 

 ertv 







600 





13,010 



Cash capital 



















Total 





6,261,078 





5, 982, 197 





4,580 





94,064 











