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The following table shows in a condensed manner the pounds and 

 value of products obtained with each form or group of apparatus: 



Apparatus. 



Seines. 



Gill nets 



Pound nets and trap nets. 



Dip nets 



Fyke nets 



Drag nets 



M inor apparatus 



Lines 



Pots 



Harpoons 



Dreages, tongs, etc 



Whaling apparatus 



Vessel fisheries. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



20,795,080 



2, 927, 4Sb 



124, 701 



Total. 



272, .500 



316, 667 



14.5,003,619 



85,441 



597, 186 



111, 194 



3,619,050 



173,852,873 



J521,644 



87,548 



4,105 



Shore fisheries. 



Total. 



Lbs. 



4,256 



9,500 



2,560,871 



7,177 



35,280 



12, 916 



285,688 



1,434,307 



897, 030 



10, 294, 637 



2,947,635 



59,984 



494,. 350 



168, 201 



6, 149, 280 



1,797,740 



4,161,780 



3,528,985 



28,404,944 



Value. 



Lbs. 



827,413 



17,712 



164,223 



23, 747 



2,892 



4,308 



9,210 I 



121,842 



149, 282 



414,113 



934,742 



22,229,387 



3,824,465 



10,419,338 



2, 947, 635 



59,984 



766,850 



484,868 



151,152,899 



1,883,181 



597, 186 



4,272,974 



3, 619, 050 



202,257,817 



Value. 



$549, a57 



105,260 



168,328 



23,747 



2,892 



8,564 



18, 710 



2,682,713 



156,459 



35,280 



427,029 



285,688 



4,463,727 



Seines were used chiefly in the capture of herring and mackerel, and 

 to some extent for other species. The entire catch was 22,229,387 

 pounds, valued at $549,057, of which 20,795,080 pounds, valued at 

 $521,644, represent the catch by vessels, and 1,434,307 pounds, valued 

 at $27,413, the catch by boats in the shore fisheries. The catch of 

 herring by vessels with seines was 9,ii79,397 pounds fresh, valued at 

 $187,545, and 5,581,559 pounds salted, valued at $72,747; and of mack- 

 erel, 1,650,373 pounds fresh, valued at $96,480, and 2,633,381 pounds 

 salted, valued at $147,525. The catch of blue-fish was 137,750 pounds, 

 $6,564; menhaden, 918,900 pounds, $5,962; and pollock, 458,860 pounds, 

 $2,295. The most important species secured with seines in the shore 

 fisheries were alewives, 967,127 pounds fresh, $12,214, and 234,300 

 pounds salted, $3,072; and blue-fish, 122,752 pounds, $6,138. 



Gill nets took 2,927,435 pounds of fish, valued at $87,548, in the ves- 

 sel fisheries, and 897,030 pounds, valued at $17,712, in the shore fisheries; 

 a total of 3,824,465 pounds, valued at $105,260. The species caught in 

 largest quantities b}^ vessels were blue-fish, 301,950 pounds, $15,058; 

 cod, 673,900 pounds, $12,374; herring, 1,012,175 pounds fresh, $18,691, 

 and 219,600 pounds salted, $3,465; mackerel, 472,260 pounds fresh, 

 $27,036, and 167,300 pounds salted, $9,571. In the shore fisheries the 

 catch consisted principally of blue-fish, 137,190 pounds, $3,691; herring, 

 NiS5,000 pounds, $7,675, and mackerel, 104,840 pounds, $5,932. 



Pound nets and trap nets are set in only four counties, Essex, Suf- 

 folk, Barnstable, and Dukes, but the catch consisted of a large variety 

 of species and amounted to 10,419,338 pounds, valued at $168,328. 

 These apparatus are fished chiefly by the use of small boats, but some 

 of the trap nets were operated by vessels and secured X24,701 pounds 

 of fish, valued at $4,105. The more prominent species obtained by 

 boats in this fishery were alewives, 204,139 pounds, $2,110; cod, fresh 

 and salted, 367,662 pounds, $6,945; flounders, 196,213 pounds, $3,029; 

 mackerel, fresh and salted, 1,070,973 pounds, $41,476; herring, 

 3,758,916 pounds, $31,829; menhaden, 577,480 pounds, $4,552; pollock, 



F. C, 1900—23 



