94 



FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1908. 



Other products. — Among the minor products was 

 shad, the catch of which increased steadily from 1889 

 up to 1905, when it was reported as 485,000 pounds, 

 valued at $38,000. The catch in 1908 was compara- 

 tively small, amounting to only 122,000 pounds, 

 valued at $18,000. The entire product of that year 

 was taken from the Connecticut River, with the 

 exception of a small quantity, valued at $700, which 

 was caught in traps in Long Island Sound near the 

 mouth of the river named. 



Other fish, such as alewives, carp, eels, perch, pick- 

 erel, striped bass, and suckers, aggregating $17,000 

 in value, were caught in the Connecticut River. The 



total value of the fish obtained from this river was 

 $34,000. The greater part of the smelt were from the 

 Saugatuck River. 



Many fish that were formerly numerous in Connec- 

 ticut waters are no longer abundant. Less than 

 $700 worth of bluefish were caught in 1908, while in 

 1898 the value of this product was $33,000, and it 

 ranked third in value among the fishery products of 

 the state. The value of the halibut catch, which 

 was $20,000 in 1889, fell to $600 in 1908. In 1898 

 the value of sea bass taken amounted to $12,000, 

 compared with $5,400 in 1908. 



Table 1.— CONNECTICUT— FISHERY PRODUCTS: 1908. 



i Includes apparatus, with cateh, as follows: Dredges, tongs, etc., 33,189,000 pounds, valued at $2,614,000; pots, eel and lobster, 712,000 pounds valued at $89 000- har- 

 poons, spears, etc., 533,000 pounds, valued at $43,000; firearms, 88,000 pounds, valued at $3,600; and minor apparatus, 1,400 pounds, valued at $6 000 

 2 Less than $100. 6 6,300 bushels. » 2,342,000 bushels. 12 12 000 gallons' 



> Less than 100 pounds. » 1,388,000 bushels. 10 700 bushels. " 37 '000 gallons' 



' 13,000 bushels. 

 ' 4,200 bushels. 



« 211,000 bushels. 



" 700 bushels. 

 11 90,000 bushels. 



i' 200 skins. 



