858 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing, bij counties, the catch by minor apparatus in 'Massachusetts in 1898. 



Species. 



Suffolk. 



Plymouth. 



Barnstable. 



Dukes. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Shore fisheries: 

 Gunners 



72,000 



$4,800 



5,000 



$200 











Eels 



33,867 



$1,745 



12,000 



$360 















Species. 



Essex. 



Nantucket. 



Total. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Vessel fisheries: 

 Eels 



1,000 



300,000 



5,000 



$50 



9,000 



50 



10,667 



$400 



11,667 



300,000 



5,000 



$450 



Squid, fresh 



Squid, salted 



9,000 

 50 















Total 



306,000 



9,100 



10,667 



400 



316, 667 



9,500 



Shore fisheries: 

 Gunners 







i 



77,000 



75,201 



1,500 



14,500 



5,000 



Eels 







29,334 



1,320 



3,425 

 60 



Flounders 



1,500 

 14,500 



60 

 725 



Perch 





725 









Total 



16,000 



785 



29, 334 



1,320 



168, 201 



9,210 







Total vessel 

 and shore... 



322, 000 



9,8a5 



40,001 



1,720 



484,868 



18, 710 



Table showing the yield of the hand and trawl line fisheries of Massachusetts in 1898. 



Species. 



Essex. 



Suffolk. 



Plymouth. 



Nantucket. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 1 Val. 



1 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Vessel fisheries: 

 Blue-fish 











1 



14,200 



$514 



Cat-fish 



2,000 



26,522,752 



27,274,654 



4,889,673 



122,863 



925 



18,823,974 



75,386 



15, 347, 376 



140, 914 



7, 413, 250 



1,609,854 



64,806 



85,400 



3,751,238 



373, 113 



$40 



414,371 



619,035 



50, 512 



2,056 



6 



201,106 



722 



107, 672 



1,224 



362, 190 



49, 726 



1,988 



6,028 



20, 639 



2,906 









Cod, fresh 



God, salted 



6,357,200 



48,000 



559, 300 



6,000 



$110, 836 



1,555 



7,004 



150 



343,950 



$6,403 



118, 100 

 10, 740 



2,312 

 <^15 



Cusk, fresh 



7,800 



98 



1 



Cusk, salted 







Flounders 











Haddock, fresh 



11,895,400 



148,387 



338,250 



4,852 



30,000 

 500 



900 

 6 ^ 



Haddock, salted 



Hake, fresh 



3,954,827 



39,502 



85,500 



885 



Hake, salted 







Halibut, fresh 



694,966 

 250, 000 



80,396 

 10,000 











Halibut, salted 











Mackerel, fresh 



550 



44 



800 



56 R 



Mackerel, salted 







Pollock, fresh . 



297, 700 



2,301 



27,300 



165 







Pollock, salted 



400 

 300 



8 S 

 6 « 



Scup 











God sounds and tongues. 

 Hake sounds 



34,855 



32,707 



700 



21,900 



305,032 



889 



1,914 



18 



384 



11,961 























Haddock spawn 



Halibut fins 

























Oil, fish . 

























Total 



106,883,372 



1,855,387 j24,063,393 



400, 131 



803,350 12,447 



175,040 



4,117 1 



Shore fisheries: 

 God, fresh 



1,344,100 



22, 882 







75,000 

 28,000 



1,650 

 1,240 



5,000 100 • 

 754,750 20,348' 



Cod, salted 







Gunners 



4,250 

 59,000 



3,500 

 528,000 

 268, 250 



6,250 

 600,800 



128 



600 



70 



6,787 



2,233 



500 



4,417 







Cusk 













Flounders 











12,000 

 50,000 



360 11 

 1,250 <( 



Haddock, fresh 







17,000 



290 



Hake 







Mackerel 







8,666 

 10,000 



200 

 50 



f^ 



Pollock, fresh 









Pollock, salted 







11,000 

 6,000 



220 



Scup 















360 



















Total 



2, 814, 150 



37, 617 







138,000 



S.430 



838.750 1 22.638 











Vessel and shore. 



109,697,522 



1,893,004 24,063,393 



400, 131 



941,350 ,15,877 



1,013,790 



1 



26, 755 



