FISHERIES, BY STATES. 



155 



in Table 2, on page 160, where they are ranked accord- 

 ing to the value reported for the state as a whole. 



The value of the products was distributed among the 

 districts as follows: Essex County, 43 per cent; Suf- 

 folk County, 25 per cent; and "All other counties," 33 

 per cent. The products reported for "All other coun- 

 ties" were much more diversified than those of Essex 

 and Suffolk Counties. Cod was the leading species 

 with respect to value in Essex and Suffolk Counties. 

 Mackerel ranked next to cod in value in Essex County, 

 and haddock in Suffolk County. In the rest of the 

 state whale products ranked first and cod second. 

 Haddock and mackerel were important products in 

 each district. All the oysters and whale products, 

 and 57 per cent of the value of the clams, were re- 

 ported by the southern counties grouped under the 

 designation "All other counties." 



Products, by class of fisheries. — Tables 3 and 4, on 

 pages 161 and 162, give the products for the vessel 

 fisheries and for the shore and boat fisheries, respec- 

 tively, by species and by apparatus of capture. The 

 values of the chief species of products for each class 

 of fisheries were as follows: 



Total. 



Fish 



Cod 



Haddock 



Mackerel 



Herring 



Pollack : 



Halibut 



Hake 



Flounders 



Swordfish 



All other 



Clams 



Whale oil, sperm oil, and whalebone. 



Lobster 



Oysters 



Scallops 



Cockles 



Irish moss 



All other 



VALUE OF products: 1908. 



Total. 



$7,095,000 



5,637, 



1,944, 



1,038, 



761, 



342, 



313, 



310, 



294, 



146, 



122, 



367, 



378, 



336, 



307, 



218, 



120, 



34, 



25, 



40. 



Vessel 

 fisheries. 



85,497,000 



971,000 



811,000 



985,000 



742,000 



245,000 



265,000 



309,000 



281,000 



66,000 



121,000 



147,000 



14,000 



336,000 



14,000 



97,000 



44,000 



4,300 



18, 000 



Shore and 



boat 

 fisheries. 



81,598,000 



666,000 



133,000 



52,000 



19,000 



97,000 



48,000 



1,700 



13,000 



81,000 



900 



220,000 



365,000 



294,000 

 121,000 

 76,000 

 29,000 

 25,000 

 21,000 



The products of the vessel fisheries represented 77 

 per cent of the total value, and those of the shore and 

 boat fisheries 23 per cent. All the products shown 

 separately in the table were reported for both classes 

 of fisheries, with the exception of the whale products, 

 which were confined to the vessel fisheries, and Irish 

 moss, reported for the shore and boat fisheries only. 

 Of the species not shown separately, 13 which were re- 

 turned by the shore and boat fisheries were absent 

 from the reports of vessel fisheries, and 12 appearing 

 in the returns of the latter were not reported for the 

 former. For the vessel fisheries the rank of the lead- 

 ing products with respect to value followed closely 

 the order for the state as a whole— cod, haddock, and 

 mackerel leading by a wide margin, with a combined 



value which formed 64 per cent of that of the total 

 product of these fisheries. In the shore and boat 

 fisheries, on the other hand, clams and lobsters led, 

 with a value equal to 41 per cent of the total, and these 

 were followed by cod, oysters, and herring. 



Table 5, on page 163, gives the products of the vessel 

 fisheries, by species and by county districts. The sta- 

 tistics of the vessel catch in each district show the 

 same general characteristics as those of the vessel catch 

 of the state as a whole, except that for the Suffolk 

 County district the value of the cod product is surpassed 

 by that of haddock, while in the district designated as 

 "All other counties" it was exceeded by that of the 

 whale products. 



Table 6, on page 164, gives the products of the shore 

 and boat fisheries, by species and by county districts. 

 In this class of fisheries conditions directly opposite to 

 those appearing in the vessel fisheries exist, not only 

 as to the rank of leading species, but also as to the 

 importance of districts. 



In the vessel fisheries Essex County contributed 47 

 per cent of the total value of products for the state; 

 Suffolk County, 29 per cent; and "All other counties," 

 24 per cent. In the shore and boat fisheries, on the 

 other hand, the district designated "All other coun- 

 ties" reported 63 per cent of the total value of prod- 

 ucts, while Essex County had 27 per cent and Suffolk 

 County only 10 per cent. Only 14 species were taken 

 in the Suffolk County shore and boat fisheries, of 

 which four — lobsters, herring, cod, and flounders — 

 contributed 70 per cent of the total value of the prod- 

 ucts. In Essex County twice that number of species 

 were included in the shore and boat product, but 64 

 per cent of the value of this product represented the 

 value of clams and lobsters. In the district desig- 

 nated "All other counties" 35 species made up the 

 product. Although the quantities of cod, flounders, 

 herring, haddock, pollack, and other important spe- 

 cies reported were nearly as large or larger than those 

 credited to the shore and boat fisheries of Essex or 

 Suffolk County, the leading species were clams, lob- 

 sters, and oysters, which contributed 46 per cent of 

 the total value of the products. 



Products, by apparatus of capture. — The value of the 

 catch, by each form of apparatus of capture, is given 

 for the two classes of fisheries in the next tabular 

 statement. 



In the two classes of fisheries much the same appa- 

 ratus was used, but the prominence of particular forms 

 differed. Lines predominated in the vessel fisheries, 

 while seines, gill nets, and whaling apparatus followed 

 in importance in the order named. In the shore and 

 boat fisheries the principal forms of apparatus, ranked 

 according to the value of the catch, were dredges, 

 tongs, etc.; pots and traps; fines; and pound nets, trap 



