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Table showing, by counties, the yield of the pound-net and trap-net fisheries of Massachusetts 



in 1898. 



Species. 



Essex. 



Suffolk. 



Barnstable. 



Dukes. 



Total. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Vessel fisheries: 

 Ale wives 



2,000 



100 



1,040 



100 



300 



56,850 



62, 920 



987 



$20 



5 



16 



6 



9 



720 



3,286 



SO 















2,000 



100 



1,040 



100 



300 



66,860 



62,920 



987 



129 



275 



$20 



Butter-fish 















6 



Cod 















16 



Gunners 















5 



Flounders 















9 



Herring' 















720 



Mackerel 















3,285 



Menhaden 















30 



Other fish 



129 7 















7 



Squid 



276 



8 















8 

















Total 



124, 701 



4,105 















124, 701 



4,105 



















^hore fisheries: 

 Albacore 











36,090 

 77, 161 

 82,920 

 18,725 

 21, 720 

 317,050 

 18, 722 



$912 

 784 



4,286 

 438 

 651 



6,802 

 635 







36,090 

 204, 139 



912 



Alewives 



104,600 



993 







22,378 

 3,160 



49,811 



4,600 



140 



$333 



2,110 



Blue-fish 







149 



1,374 



84 



6 



86,080 



68,536 



30, 520 



348, 940 



18,722 



4,000 



39,054 



196,213 



9,426 



3,758,916 



1,000 



246 



1,064,523 



6,450 



577,480 



695,390 



2,000 



60 



957,226 



44,760 



13, 146 



400 



210 



1,277,760 



1,799 



8,490 



41, 725 



37, 200 



764, 150 



4,436 



Bonito 







1 



1,812 



Butter-fish 



Cod, fresh 



Cod, salted 



2,200 

 18,550 



78 

 338 



2,000 

 13, 200 



$100 

 264 



813 



6,410 



6:i5 



Gunners 



4,000 



117 











117 



Eels 







37,034 

 120,914 



1,167 



1,878 



2,020 

 63, 149 



119 

 1,023 



1,286 



Flounders 



Hake 



10,660 



9,426 



713,616 



113 



94 

 7,022 



1,500 



16 



3,029 

 94 



Herring 



620,000 



4,446 



2,517,900 

 1,000 



20,274 

 16 



9,400 



87 



31,829 



Hickory shad . . . 



15 



King-fish 











245 

 11, 220 



22 

 762 



22 



MacKerel, fresh . 

 Mackerel, salted 



196,955 



9,569 80,000 



4,000 



776, 348 

 6,460 



223,500 



686,190 



2,000 



60 



108,350 



26, 770 



375 



1,479 



4,022 



20 



30 



1,324 



41,101 

 375 



Menhaden 



Pollock, fresh 



209, 630 

 10,200 



i,993 

 130 



138,000 



1,040 



6,360 



40 



4,552 

 4, 152 



Pollock, salted . . 













20 



Salmon 















30 



Scup 











848, 875 



44, 750 



445 



10, 780 



2,941 



30 



12,104 



Sea bass 









2, 941 



Shad 



3,000 



225 



1 



9,700 

 400 



100 



120,430 



1,279 



8,490 



38,260 



29,000 



741,150 



353 

 50 



10 



1,926 



84 



402 



538 



436 



.fS 315 



608 



Smelt 







50 



Spanish mack- 

 erel 











110 



1,157,330 



420 



20 



36,669 



48 



30 



Squeteague 











37, 595 



Striped bass 



100 



6 







137 



Sturgeon .."... 







402 



Tautog 



1,500 



8,200 



12,000 



58 

 57 

 94 







1,975 



57 



653 



Whiting 







492 



Squid 







11,000 



153 



5 5fi'2 













Total 



1,302,626 



20, 886 



754,700 



9,865 



6,999,933 79,776 



2,237,378 



53,697 



10,294,637 



164, 223 



Total vessel 

 and shore . 



1.427,327 



24, 991 



764, 700 



9,866 



5,999,933 79,775 



2, 237, 378 



53, 697 



10,419,338 168,328 



Table showing, by counties, the catch by dip nets arid fyke nets in Massachusetts in 1898. 



Species. 



Essex. 



Plymouth. 



Barnstable. 



Dukes. 



Total. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Shore fisheries: 

 Dip nets— 

 Alewives,fresh 







72,495 

 127,400 



$757 

 1,468 



551,500 



225,000 



41,440 



$6,975 

 2,250 

 1,480 



79,800 



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703, 795 



«7. 924 



Alewives, salted 







1 



352, 400 '3! 718 



Alewives, smoked 







30, 000 750 



71,440 2,230 



Herring 



1,820, 666 



$9,875 







1,820,000 9,875 

















Total 



1,820,000 



9,875 



199, 895 



2,226 



817, 940 



9,705 



109,800 1,942 



2, 947, 635 23, 747 





Fyke nets — 

 Eels 











59, 984 



2,892 



! 



59,9841 2,892 















Grand total 



1,820,000 



9,875 



199,895 



2,225 



877,924 



12,697 109,800 



1,942 



3,007,619 



26,639 



