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fresh and salted, 697,390 pounds, $4,172; sciip, 957,225 pounds, 112,104; 

 squeteague, 1,277,760 pounds, $37,595, and squid, 764,150 pounds, 

 $5,562. The menhaden, squid, and a large part of the herring are 

 utilized for bait by vessels in the cod fisheries. 



Hand and trawl lines are by far the most important apparatus used 

 in the fisheries of this State, the yield being larger both in quantity 

 and value than that of all the other means of capture combined. Th(^ 

 products of the vessels with lines were 145,003,619 pounds, valued at 

 $2,560,871, and by boats 6,149,280 pounds, valued at $121,842, a total 

 of 151,152,899 pounds, valued at $2,682,713, as compared with 

 51,104,918 pounds, valued at $1,781,014, with all other kinds of appa- 

 ratus. The leading species in the vessel fisheries were cod, 37,349,753 

 pounds fresh, $624,924, and 29,573,631 pounds salted, $684,186; cusk, 

 5,766,173 pounds fresh, $60,708, and 128,863 pounds salted, $2,206; 

 haddock, 34,405,684 pounds fresh, $403,503, and 128,886 pounds salted, 

 $1,268; hake, 20,738,703 pounds fresh, $158,667, and 232,388 pounds 

 salted, $2,139; halibut, 8,663,428 pounds fresh, $487,713, and 1,859,854 

 pounds salted, $59,726; mackerel, fresh and salted, 420,807 pounds, 

 $24,925; and pollock, 4,701,338 pounds fresh, $26,842, and 486,617 

 pounds salted, $4,231. In the shore fisheries the same species predom 

 inate, in smaller quantities. The most important were cod, 2,234,35S 

 pounds fresh, $44,501, and 1,090,474 pounds salted, $33,597; cusk, 

 fresh, 59,000 pounds, $600; mackerel, fresh, 120,510 pounds, $5,634; 

 hake, fresh, 351,250 pounds, $2,733; and pollock, 710,800 pounds 

 fresh, $4,967, and 29,032 pounds salted, $538. 



Lobster pots were employed in every county having fisheries, while 

 eel pots were less widely distributed. The catch of lobsters by ves- 

 sels was 70,941 pounds, worth $6,552, and by boats 1,622,800 pounds, 

 worth $141,150. There were also secured in lobster pots at Chatham, 

 in Barnstable County, 9,500 pounds (the weight being exclusive of 

 shells), or 950 bushels of winkles, valued at $475. These are used by 

 the fishermen as bait for cod, and are said to be very good for that 

 purpose. The catch of eels in pots by vessels was 5,000 pounds, 

 valued at $150, and by boats 174,940 pounds, valued at $8,132; the 

 total catch with pots being 1,883,181 pounds, valued at $156,459. 



Dredges, tongs, rakes, etc. , constituted the means of capture in the 

 moUuscan fisheries. About 18,498 bushels of scallops, valued at 

 $12,866, and oysters to the value of $50 were obtained by vessels. In 

 the shore or boat fisheries the products secured were scallops, 127,421 

 bushels, $82,105; clams, hard, 63,817 bushels, $50,724; clams, soft, 

 147,095 bushels, $102,594; mussels, 700 bushels, $130; oysters, 101,195 

 bushels, $156,185, and Irish moss, 700,000 pounds, $22,375, the total 

 quantity in pounds, by vessels and boats, being 4,272,974, valued at 

 $427,029. The mussels and part of the scallops and soft clams were 

 disposed of for bait in the line fisheries. 



Large quantities of products were also taken with other forms of 



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