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



of Massachusetts in 1898 — Continued. 



Items. 



Barnstable. 



No. 



154 

 3,746 



929 



1,122 



39 



128 



Vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels transporting 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Apparatus — vessel fisheries: 



Seines 32 



Gill nets 1,563 



Drag nets 6 



Lines, hand and trawl 



Pots, lobster 



Pots, eel 



Harpoons 



Dredges 



Minor apparatus 



Appiiratus — shore fisheries: 



Seines 



Gill nets 



Pound nets and trap nets 



Dip nets , 



Fyke nets 



Drag nets 



Lines, hand and trawl 



Pots, lobster 



Pots, eel 



Dredges 



Pongs, rakes, and forks 



Minor apparatus 



Shore and accessory property . 

 Cash capital 



15 

 853 

 81 

 97 

 88 

 21 



Value. 



S186, 005 



a 78, 502 

 750 



68 

 61, 242 



12, 300 



16,183 



350 



13, 499 



1,359 



3,167 

 310 

 413 



Total. 



174 

 742 



28 



780 



7,965 



109,940 



134 



1,124 



1,260 



2,905 



3,763 



410 



949 



3,289 



172 



71,273 



33,000 



608, 158 



Nantucket. 



No. Value. 



17 

 130 



154 



3 

 142 



210 



4 



78 



3 

 138 



488 



122 



$14, 000 



1,218 



5,270 



450 

 2,260 



107 

 210 



10 



191 



12 



• 520 

 ^,316 



279 



488 



305 



60 



22 



5,905 



33, 623 



Dukes. 



No. 



12 



75 



240 



2 

 1 



Value. 



#6,000 



769 

 1,500 



110 



18, 872 



196 

 45 



(iO 

 10 

 13 

 61 



12 



26 

 4 



1,714 

 520 

 201 



120 

 75 

 40 

 32 



198 



489 



12, 975 



7 



139 



2,089 



1,234 



603 



327 



100 



9,586 



55, 506 



Bristol. 



No. I Value. 



25 

 377 

 ..... 



43 



322 



100 



45 

 59 



$14, 750 



8, 632 

 1,050 



"""226 

 27,435 



516 

 160 



90 

 198 



21 1,680 



1,650 

 280 

 860. 



231 



2,203 

 420 



3,448 

 616 



105, 653 

 166, 500 



333, 696 



a The harpoons, guns, etc., used on whaling vessels are Included under "outfit." 

 Table showing, by counties, the products of the fisheries of Massachusetts in 1898. 



Species. 



Nantucket. 



Suffolk. 



Norfolk. 



Plymouth. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Alewives, fresh 















122,495 

 133,000 



$1,357 



Alewives, salted 















1,538 



Blue-fish 



317, 750 

 20,600 



$12,630 

 598 













Bonito 















Butter-fish 



2,000 



6, 387, 900 



48, 000 



72,000 



559,300 



6,000 



8100 



111,406 



1,555 



4,800 



7,004 



150 











Cod, fresh 



123, 100 

 765, 490 



2,412 

 20, 668 







418, 950 



28, 000 



5,000 



7,800 



8,053 



Cod, salted 







1,240 



Cui^ners 







200 



Cusk, fresh 











98 



Cusk, salted 













Eels 



40,001 



12,000 



80,000 



500 



1,720 



360 



2,150 



6 











Flounders 



1,500 

 11, 904, 800 



15 



148, 528 











Haddock, fresh 







355,250 



5,142 



Haddock, salted 









Hake, fresh 



3, 954, 827 

 694, 966 

 250, 000 

 984,400 

 843, 600 

 143, 500 

 128, 800 

 138, 000 

 297, 700 



39,502 



80,396 



10,000 



11, 122 



9,300 



9,080 



9,660 



1,040 



2,301 







85, 500 



885 



Halibut, fresh 













Halibut, salted 















Herring, fresh 











100,000 



$1,500 



170, 800 



1,706 



Herring, salted 









Mackerel, fresh 



13, 175 



586 







28, 150 



1,080 



Mackerel, salted 









Menhaden 















Pollock, fresh 











97, 300 



5,015 



Pollock, salted 



11, 400 



150 



7,300 



2,800 



1,800 



37, 100 

 6,400 



228 

 15 



396 

 84 



140 

 3,782 



640 











Pompano 















Scup 













Squeteague 













Sword-fish, fresh 



142, 400 

 346, 625 



11, 192 

 30, 355 







35,500 

 498, 610 



24, 000 



62,500 

 7,400 



48,545 

 195, 200 

 550. 000 



1,715 



Lobsters 



48,000 



4,800 



39,991 



Clams, hard 



2,600 



Clams, soft 



210, 600 



10,530 







4,125 



Mussels 











130 



Oysters 















9,844 



Scallops 



138, 816 



13, 659 











22, 120 



Irish moss 







150,000 



4,500 



17,875 



Oil, sea-elephant 







472, 500 

 190, 725 



20,790 

 11,010 







Oil, whale 

















.... 







Total 



1, 678, 382 



60,069 27 780.14.^ 



529,835 



298,000 



10,800 2.874.000 1 



124, 714 







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