386 REPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Tnhlc showing, />// counties, the catch of sword-fish by harpoons and of tomcod by minor 



apparatus in Connecticut in 1898. 





Fisheries. 



Species. 



Fairfield. 



New London. 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Vessel 



Sword-fish 







85,980 



$7,520 



Shore 



Tomcod 



24,000 



$1, 080 











THE MENHADEN INDUSTRY. 



There were three menhaden factories in Connecticut in 1898 as com- 

 pared with four in 1889; but the value of those three was only |24,000 

 and they employed 52 men, whereas the four factories in 1889 were 

 valued at $83,200, and the factory employees numbered 82. A greater 

 decrease has occui'red in the number of steamers employed, of which 

 there were six worth $61,500 in 1889, and in 1898 there were but two, 

 valued at $11,000. The quantity of fish utilized at the factories in the 

 latter year was 13,259,350 in number, from which $39,763 worth of oil 

 and scrap was prepared. 



Table showing the extent of the menhaden industry of Connecticut in 1898. 



Item. 



No. 



Value. 



Factories in operation 



Cash capital 



Wages paid factory employees 



Factory employees 



Men on vessels 



Steam vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Seines used on vessels 



Menhaden utilized 



52 



38 



2 



183 



13,259,350 



Products prepared: 



Oil gallons. . 



Dry scrap tons. . 



Acidulated scrap do. . . 



Value of products 



104, 916 

 445 

 636 



$24,000 



12, 500 



5,750 



14,000 



5,225 



1,000 



19, 597 



21,813 

 9,790 

 8,160 



39,763 



THE WHOLESALE TRADE IN OPENED OYSTERS. 



The shucking of oysters is the most extensive of the industries of 

 Connecticut dependent on the fisheries. In 1898 this gave employ- 

 ment to 575 persons, and the quantity of oysters handled in the 39 

 establishments aggregated 509,326 gallons, worth $487,327. 



Table showing lite wlwlesale trade in opened oy-^ter,s in Connecticut in 1898. 



Items. 



No. 



Establishments 39 



Cash capital 



Wages paid 



Employees i 575 



C>ysters sold, opened gallons. . ! 509, 326 



Value. 



$204,500 

 166, 750 

 66,750 ) 



487,327 f 



