FISHERIES, BY STATES. 



197 



Of the total number of persons engaged in the 

 fisheries of the state, including shoresmen, 5,749, or 

 85 per cent, were reported for the Atlantic coast 

 district. The shore and boat fisheries are 'credited 

 with 53 per cent of the total number of persons em- 

 ployed. The number of proprietors and independent 

 fishermen was much higher, relatively, for the Great 

 Lakes district than for the Atlantic coast district, 



being 87 per cent of all persons employed in the case 

 of the former district and only 41 per cent in the case 

 of the latter. 



Equipment and other capital. — The total investment 

 in the fisheries of the state was $3,832,000. The 

 amounts represented by the principal items are shown 

 in detail in the following table: 



The number and tonnage of the vessels and the number of the boats were as follows : 



CLASS OF CRAFT. 



Vessels: 



Fishing- 

 Number 



Tonnage 



Steam and motor 



Number 



Tonnage 



Sail- 

 Number 



Tonnage 



Other, number.. 

 Transporting— 



Number 



Tonnage 



Steam and motor 



Number 



Tonnage 



Sail- 

 Number 



Tonnage 



Other- 

 Number 



Tonnage 



Boats, number 



Steam and motor 



Sail 



Row 



Other 



Aggregate. 



509 

 ',613 



236 

 1,262 



220 



•,351 



53 



134 



1,862 



62 

 992 



71 

 ,790 



1 



80 

 ,131 

 458 

 306 

 ',215 

 152 



VESSELS AND BOATS: 1908. 



Atlantic coast district. 



495 

 7,397 



222 

 3,046 



220 



4,351 



53 



134 

 2,862 



62 

 992 



71 

 1,790 



1 



80 



2,858 



394 



285 



2,030 



149 



Long Island 

 Sound. 



143 

 1,960 



71 

 1,444 



72 

 516 



30 

 556 



17 



202 



12 

 274 



764 

 98 

 73 



531 

 62 



All other 

 waters. 



352 



151 

 1,602 



53 



104 

 2,306 



45 

 790 



59 

 1,516 



2,094 

 296 

 212 



1,499 

 87 



Great Lakes district. 



Total. 



14 



216 



14 

 216 



273 

 64 

 21 



185 

 3 



Lake Erie. 



14 

 216 



14 

 216 



111 

 34 

 5 

 72 



Lake 

 Ontario. 



162 

 30 

 16 



113 

 3 



