THE RIVER FISHERIES OF MASSACHUSETTS. 667 
miles of water extending from the mouth of the river to the dam at Derby. Within these limits 
11 haul-seines are fished. The following statistics show the extent of the fisheries of this river in 
1880: 
Haul-seines : 
Num be@Bra se. sie ate ce ae dad techs ein es Sac vind ee Hc doe coeecneseneiueceme ser 11 
V alUG) eee cee cence cecmdececawesec ys Gee gas ce mene &cuimmceueetzacinaweseve saves $1, 650 
Number of men employed... 22. 12.20. ce ec cee w ee none cece ee cece ee cease cene coc ececenees 47 
Boats: 
Nomber ss JocpicecstedsncaSat ee gee Dee SS ace the as eevee eierave eae Ged cles ll 
WV BIG: = cds Lemaeiseees sem cca acid caters o stamaionapae sion comes seen anise aemieie eee $220 
PRODUCTS. 
Shad: 
POONOB epee eedae dea uiswoeeucc ceniood thewociibwedaoeedsrrsoneueleeau tases sibecess 28, 600 
VBI U Gs foie oscars a oparcnascesiciot aa bialoha Sia tere ees bile ic Carat sas east nwa Sista lars Sis ele rwies Sieieismsincaibe we vets ele $1, 430 
Miscellaneous fish : 
POUONGB ese aois Soreeareesdegeascs semieseiene ek oe eek ckormans seed swatsiewicesoeneceSureeds 165, 000 
V Bl ase eee sel hina tae a a ecpeyns tainie cece nna ais Aub ideas Neo etal a--- $6,600 
3. MINOR TRIBUTARIES OF LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
While some shad and a considerable number of alewives are taken in all these streams, it is 
not possible to present accurate statistics of the catch for each. In the general summary of the 
fisheries of Massachusetts and Long Island Sound, however, are included these figures, those 
for Massachussetts being included in the statistics of the Massachusetts fisheries given by Mr. A. 
Howard Clark in another section of this report. 
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7—THE RIVERS OF MASSACHUSETTS* AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
1, THE TAUNTON AND COLE'S RIVERS. 
By W. A. WILCOX. 
The shad and alewife fisheries of the Taunton River are carried on by 108 men, who use 29 
boats, 15 scines,-and 1 weir, worth, with their fixtures, about $7,500. The catch in 1879 was 
1,718,000 alewives, equal to about 4,000 barrels, and 6,615 shad, weighing 21,498 pounds. The 
value of these products was $12,090. A portion of the alewives were sold fresh, the rest pickled 
‘ or smoked. The shad were sold fresh in Boston and other markets. 
In Cole’s River, in the town of Swansea, 4 miles west of Fall River, at the northern end of 
Mount Hope Bay, there is a small fishing station. The northern and northwestern ends of the 
bay are valuable for their scallop and clam beds, which extend from Kickamuit River on the west 
to Taunton River on the east, a distance of 5 miles. 
* In the Connecticut River at Hadley, Mass., discussed in the preceding chapter, there are annually captured about 
3,500 shad. The total catch of pound-nets, seines, and gill-nets set in the Taunton, Merrimac, and other rivers, and” 
along the shores of the State, during the year 1882 is reported by the State Commissioners of Inland Fisheries to have 
been as follows (in numbers): Shad, 44,734; sea herring, 1,512,060; alewives, 4,446,280; menhaden, 8,735; mackerel, 
3,876,599 ; Spanish mackerel, 397; bluefish, 325,473; striped bass, 5,929; scup, 2,090,526; squeteague, 71,471; tautog, 
46,757; flounders and flatfish, 148,330; eels, 7,049. 
In the Mystic River, near Boston, in the Chebacco and Essex Rivers, and in some other streains of the State, ale- 
wives were formerly taken in abundance, but these fisheries are now of very little importance. A 
