FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



863 



Extent of the wholesale fishery trade of Boston in 1898. 



Branches of trade. 



Fresh fish 



Salted, canned, and smoked fish . 



Oyster 



Lobster 



Fish oil and glue 



Total 



Persons engaged. 



firmf P^"P"- 

 "'^™^- j etors, 



etc. 



41 

 17 

 18 

 11 

 6 



71 

 19 

 24 

 15 

 9 



93 



138 



Clerks. 



62 

 67 

 21 

 12 

 29 



191 



Other 

 employ- 

 ees. 



203 

 299 

 106 

 42 

 107 



757 



Total. 



336 

 385 

 151 

 69 

 145 



Wages 

 paid. 



1,086 



$232, 270 



159, 220 



75,660 



45, 606 



88,837 



601, 593 



Shore 

 property 



$930, 000 

 547, 360 

 325, 300 

 170, 450 

 254,200 



2, 227, 310 



Cash 

 capital. 



$928, 000 



322, 600 



252, 650 



93,000 



205,500 



1, 801, 750 



Products sold. 



Quantity. 



Value. 



Products sold. 



Quantity. 



Value. 



Fresh fish pounds. . 



Salted fish do. . . 



Smoked fish do. . . 



Boneless fish do. . . 



Lobsters, fresh do. . . 



Lobsters, cooked do. . . 



Lobsters, pickled do. . . 



Canned fish cases.. 



Scallops galls. . 



111,212,669 



25, 199, 005 



3, 659, 750 



727,500 



5, 425, 205 



3, 634, 701 



36,666 



105, 669 



51,443 



$4, 118, 922 



1,077,585 



235, 614 



72,600 



688, 505 



545, 205 



5,500 



442, 205 



51, 121 



Oysters bush.. 



Oysters gulls. . 



Clams bush . . 



Clams galls. . 



Quahogs bush . . 



Fish oils and glue, .galls. . 

 Other pi'oducts 



160,858 



627, 627 



73, 047 



99,506 



8,567 



1,546,562 



$264,698 

 660, 759 

 81,548 

 50,053 

 12,294 

 547, 980 

 97,064 







, Total 





.'■,951,653 







Extent of the wholesale fishery trade and related, industries of Gloucester in, /<S'.W. 





Num- 

 ber of 

 firms. 



Persons engaged. 



Wages 

 paid. 







Branches of trade. 



Pro- 

 prie- 

 tors. 



Clerks. 



All 

 others. 



Total. 



Shore 

 property. 



Cash 

 capital. 



Fresh fish 



4 



39 



10 



6 



7 

 66 

 20 

 10 



20 



90 



17 



6 



87 

 801 

 234 



67 



114 



957 



271 



83 



$49,241 



400, 766 



80,035 



44,300 



$147,674 



1,019,502 



283, 900 



258,700 



$112, 000 



Salted, smoked, and boneless . . . 



Oil, glue, and isinglass a 



Related industries 



804, 500 



363, 500 



66,000 









Total 



59 



103 



133 



1,189 1.425 



574, 342 



1,709,776 



1,346,000 











Products sold. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Products sold. 



Lbs. Value. 



1 



Fresh: 

 Blue-fi.sh 



20, 153 



62, 151 



4, 928, 327 



349, 771 



31,828 



6, 328, 684 



2, 854, 450 



4, 309, 345 



6, 123, 571 



667,218 



2,340,890 



40,100 



3,120 



160, 152 



9,917 



28,229,677 



$1, 008 



1,392 



147, 850 



5,306 



339 



80,805 



43, 939 



271,253 



147, 774 



48, 943 



31,551 



602 



250 



11, 452 



1,041 



Salted: 

 Cod 



10,068,936 



616, 503 



10, 000 



946, 514 



3, 170, 961 



4, 382, 535 



5,251,190 



1,353,312 



356, 146 



Cat-fish 



Cusk 



Eels 



Haddock 



20, 893 



Cod 



Cusk 



550 

 29, 025 



Flounders 



Hake 



64,062 



Haddock 



Herring 



93,008 



Hake 



Mackerel ... .... 



396, 994 



Halibut 



Pollock 



32, 535 



Herring 



Mackerel 



Salmon 



Sword-fish . 



210, 200 

 31 . r^m 



11, 831 

 1,679 



Pollock 



Trout 54. 200 



2,802 



Rose fish or Norway 



Halibut fins 



30, 813 

 5,000 



1, 527 



haddock 



Squid 



125 



9i\\»f\ 



Total 







Sword-fish 



26, 131, 752 



1, Oil, 177 



Lobsters 



Other products: 

 Canned fish 



132, 104 



5,000 



209, 946 



21, 557 



271,824 



10, 862, 000 



1,926 



?> 2, 294, 865 



c 5, 377, 552 





Total 



793, 505 









Boneless: 

 Cod 



17, 185, 142 



1,070,626 



3, 600, 680 



1, 952, 349 



871,607 



1, 070, 174 



65, 478 



120, 716 



74, 105 



26, 323 





Cusk 



9,438 



Hake 



Herring spiced 



Tongues and sounds . . 

 Cod cheeks 



425 



Haddock 



9,179 



Pollock 



773 





Isinglass 



135, 912 



TotJil 



24,680,404 



1,356,796 



Fish fertilizer 



103, 513 







914 



Smoked: 

 Finnan haddie 



207, 164 

 1,869,270 

 2, 720, 360 



10, 766 



134, 352 



74, 929 



Fish glue, liquid 



Fish oil 



232, 121 

 213, 181 



TTfllihnt 



Total 





Herring 



19, 176, 774 



705, 456 









Total 



4,796,794 



220,047 



Grand total 



103,015,401 



4, 086, 981 









a Included in these figures are two firms at Roekport, Mass. b Gallons, 236,371. c Gallons, 717,007. 



