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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table sJiovdng, by counties, the products of the Jisheries of Massachusetts in 1898 — Cont'd. 



Species 



Albacore 



Alewives, fresh 



Alewives, salted 



Alewives, smoked 



Blue-fish 



Bonito 



Butter-fish 



Cat-fish 



Cod , fresh 



Cod, salted 



Cunners 



Cusk, fresh 



Cusk, salted 



"2els 



Flounders 



Haddock, fresh 



Haddock, salted 



Hake, fresh 



Hake, salted 



Halibut, fresh 



Halibut, salted 



Herring, fresh 



Herring, salted 



Hickory shad 



King-fish 



Mackerel, fresh 



Mackerel, salted 



Menhaden 



Perch 



Pollock, fresh 



Pollock, salted 



Salmon 



Scup 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Smelt 



Spanish mackerel 



Squeteague 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Sword-fish, fresh 



Sword-fish, salted 



Tautog 



Whiting 



Squid, fresh 



Squid, salted 



Lobsters 



Shrimp 



Clams, hard 



Clams, soft 



Oysters 



Scallops 



Winkles 



Cod sounds and tongues 



Hake sounds 



Haddock spawn 



Halibut fins 



Oil, fish 



Oil, whale 



Whalebone 



Total. 



Essex. 



Lbs. 



106,600 



15 



2,300 



2,000 



28,517,742 



27,274,654 



8,350 



4,948,673 



122,863 



67,000 



16, 875 



19,351,974 



75,386 



15,625,101 



140, 914 



7,413,265 



1,609,854 



12,641,438 



4, 702, 199 



1,848,839 

 2, 403, 181 



551, 517 



14,500 



4,382,758 



373, 113 



Value. 



$1,013 



83 



40 



449, 174 



619,035 



250 



51, 112 



2,056 



2,850 



258 



207,893 



722 



110,000 



1,224 



362, 191 



49, 726 



220,512 



63,552 



3,000 



149 



278,341 



27,000 



1,500 



8,200 



312,275 

 5,000 



336,207 



107, 792 



134, 091 



4,373 



725 



25,289 



2,906 



225 



1,186,240 



34,855 



32,707 



700 



21,900 



305,482 



134,744,667 



15,555 



810 



58 



57 



9,102 



50 



33,646 



87,242 



889 



1,914 



18 



384 



11, 979 



2,578,806 



Dukes. 



Bristol. 



Lbs. 



392,561 

 10,000 

 30,000 

 24,660 

 49,811 

 4,600 



53,140 

 28,000 



67,790 



130,649 



1,000 



9,400 



245 

 65,060 



6,350 



34,273 



200 



887, 175 



86,300 



445 



2.479 



110 



1,209,530 



420 



9,318 



270 



36,113 



11,000 

 "i47,'634" 



'ii6,'466' 



76, 152 



Value. 



Lbs. 



$5,690 



150 



750 



1,239 



1,374 



84 



353,744 

 170,000 



1,176 

 1,400 



105, 231 

 491,321 



3,016 



2,011 



50 



11,000 

 4,000 

 2,500 



51,000 

 500 



91, 474 



87 



22 

 3,941 



40 



2,499 



4 



11,504 



4,366 



30 



211 



20 



36, 195 



48 



467 



5 



1,091 



153 

 i6,"649" 

 ii,'295 



9,528 



3,485,085 



109, 095 



Value. 



$4,338 

 1,975 



3,021 

 9,926 



330 

 80 

 75 



510 

 15 



915 



147,000 

 6,000 



6,057 

 300 



8,750 



1,000 



25,500 



438 



30 



255 



Barnstable. 



Lbs. 



36,090 



901,661 



273, 700 



41,440 



490,424 



18, 725 



21, 720 



3,200 



8, 026, 088 



2,047,362 



250, 055 



1,003,852 



3, 914, 771 



3,344 



1,433,500 



2, 656, 300 



255,360 



1,000 



1,326,498 

 374, 150 

 801,500 



17,000 



315 



16,188 

 4,200 



24,000 

 2,500 



16,760 



"no," 366' 



95,812 



151, 280 



28,000 

 198,440 



2,515,836 

 27,100 



4,736,436 



818 

 254 



960 

 113 



1,006 

 "4," 895" 



1,847,430 



107, 636 



60 



132, 150 



13,000 



9,700 



400 



100 



135,580 



9,879 



8,490 



85,797 



81,592 



29,000 



741, 150 



8,909 



14, 791 



2,000 

 19,844 



160,537 

 65, 875 



308,582 



183, 753 

 25,200 



218, 456 

 11,611 



632,030 



266, 904 

 9,500 



53, 445 

 412, 889 



26, 761, 104 



Value. 



$912 



9,870 



3,127 



1,480 



24,219 



438 



551 



70 



113,480 



64,499 



309,400 3,094 



9,719 



12,069 



65,635 



54 



11,093 



555,212 I 45,127 



21,408 



3,360 



15 



53,056 



20, 474 



5,091 



10,417 



1,400 



30 



2,038 



580 



353 



50 



10 



2,279 



769 



402 



4,390 



1,523 



435 



5,315 



15,570 



1,183 



21,398 



697 



144,391 



29,820 



475 



1,984 



27,476 



741,826 



THE FISHERIES BY APPARATUS. 



The quantity of products secured in the vessel fisheries of Massa- 

 chusetts in 1898 was 173,852,873 pounds, valued at $3,528,985; and by 

 boats in the shore fisheries, 28,404,944 pounds, valued at $934,742. 

 The forms of apparatus of capture, exclusive of those employed in the 

 whale fisheries, in which the greatest amount of capital is invested 

 and with which the largest quantity and value of products were taken 

 were seines, gill nets, pound nets, and trap nets, hand and trawl lines, 

 lobster and eel pots, and the group including dredges, tongs, rakes, etc. 



