FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



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THE FISHERIES BY COUNTIES. 



Five counties in Connecticut have commercial fisheries, viz, Fair- 

 field, New Haven, Middlesex, New London, and Hartford. All of 

 these except Middlesex border Long Island Sound, and Middlesex, 

 Hartford, and New London border the Connecticut River. The fol- 

 lowing tables indicate the extent to which each of these was interested 

 in the fishing industries in 1898. New Haven and Fairfield counties, 

 with their important oyster industries, rank first and second, respec- 

 tively, in the items of persons employed, investment, and value of 

 products, but of fish proper New London yields far more than all other 

 counties combined: 



Table showing, by counties, the number of persons employed in the fisheries of Connecticut 



in 1898. 



Counties. 



On vessels 

 fishing. 



On vessels 

 transport- 

 ing. 



In shore 



or boat 



fisheries. 



Shoresmen, 



Total. 



Fairfield 



New Haven . 

 Middlesex . . . 



Hartford 



NeAV London 



Total 



360 

 180 



239 



291 

 222 

 208 

 89 

 220 



779 



17 



1,030 



68 

 557 



22 



647 



722 

 965 

 208 

 89 

 489 



2,473 



Table showing, by counties, the vessels, boats, apparatus, and capital employed in the fisheries 



of Connecticut in 1898. 



Items. 



Fairfield. 



New Haven. 



Middlesex. 



Hartford. 



New London. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



Vessels fishing 



103 

 1,491 



S207,570 



28 

 1,025 



"""3" 



40 



' '295' 



1 



8149,025 











56 



922 



872, 355 



Tonnage 













Outfit 



49, 975 

 800 



54,425 

 2,050 











26, 142 

 2,850 



Vessels transporting 



Tonnage 



1 

 16 











4 

 61 











Outfit 



50 

 28,020 



180 

 15,005 



500 











488 



Boats 



429 



207 



89,112 



47 



«1,050 



236 



3 

 4,475 



27, 728 



Apparatus— vessel fisheries: 

 Seines 



1,000 

 6,939 

 1,233 



Lobster pots 



105 



200 











Lines 





1 









Harpoons 









1 











177 



Dredges 



428 



13 



2 



5,937 



765 

 110 



108 



1 



2,686 

 40 





1 









Apparatus — shore fisheries: 

 Seines 



18 



54 



6 



17 



182 



736 



990 



3,200 



2,990 



207 



103 



1,204 



52 



30 

 14 



2,990 

 380 



1 



19 



44 



361 



436 



4,219 



70 



Gill nets 



1,335 

 8,260 



Pound nets 



16 



14 



433 



950 



""33' 

 250 



8,680 

 133 

 391 



1,644 



10 



295 



1,041 



Fyke nets 



13 

 318 

 345 



385 



449 



755 



32 



1,715 



3,016 



700 



110, 150 

 20,000 



5 



60 



2,737 



Eel pots and spears 



Lobster pots 



291 



..... 





6,663 



Lines 







30 



Dredges 



217 

 400 











Tongs, rakes, and hoes. .. 

 Minor apparatus 



85 



327 







32 



114 









Shore and accessory prop- 

 erty 







217, 250 

 151,250 





1,625 





655 





14,700 



Cash capital 





8,000 

















Total 





430,629 







604, 605 



j 19,810 





5,135 





181,112 









