FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 
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30,449,603 pounds. Tlie largest catch was made by the Massachusetts fishermen, who 
took 299,217,669 pounds, valued at $5,858,274. Maine ranks second, with 129,559,864 
pounds, $2,111,206, followed by Rhode Island, with 127,365,475 pounds, $935,144; 
Connecticut, with 92,672,464 pounds, $1,557,506, and Hew Hampshire, with 4,354,568 
pounds, $88,511. The combined catch of all the Hew England States was 653,170,040 
pounds, worth $10,550,641. 
1. — Table showing the number of persons employed in the fisheries of the Neiv England States in 1889. 
States. 
Vessel fish- 
ermen. 
Shore fish- 
ermen. 
Shoresmen. 
Total. 
Maine 
2, 680 
6, 205 
5, 244 
14, 129 
New Hampshire 
141 
194 
30 
365 
Massachusetts 
10, 851 
3,748 
2, 639 
17, 238 
Rhode Island 
388 
896 
473 
1, 757 
Connecticut 
1,062 
1,252 
733 
3, 047 
Total 
15, 122 
12, 295 
9, 119 
36, 536 
3. — Table showing the apparatus employed and the capital invested in the fisheries of the New England States 
in 1889. 
Vessels. 
States. 
Fishing. 
Transporting. 
No. 
Net tonnage. 
Value. 
Value of outfit. 
No. 
Net 
tonnage. 
Value. 
Value of 
outfit. 
Maine 
New Hampshire . . 
Massachusetts 
349 
11, 476. 44 
588. 05 
$523, 690 
32, 000 
$201, 487 
11.099 
59 
1, 660. 23 
$75, 475 
$13, 100 
814 
57, 984. 18 
3, 042, 745 
1, 533i 398 
22 
1, 275. 12 
55, 600 
7,425 
Rhode Island 
62 
1, 402. 05 
194, 325 
26, 385 
7 
82.74 
2, 625 
400 
Connecticut 
200 
5, 052. 60 
512, 155 
134, 652 
14 
217. 08 
13, 395 
2, 050 
Total 
1,440 
76, 503. 32 
4,304,915 
1, 907, 021 
102 
3, 235. 17 
147, 095 
22, 975 
Maine 
J New Hampshire 
Massachusetts.. 
Rhode Island . . . 
Connecticut 
Total . 
Apparatus of capture. 
Boats. 
Round nets, trap 
nets, and weirs. 
Seines. 
GUI nets. 
Bag nets. 
Fyke nets. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
I Value. 
5,990 
73 
3, 494 
651 
1, 353 
$237, 469 
4,170 
254, 033 
62, 743 
98, 595 
647 
12 
224 
182 
113 
$99, 917 
860 
222, 583 
81, 800 
37, 800 
131 
10 
293 
51 
$32, 925 
3, 800 
124, 845 
13, 950 
7,750 
5, 101 
134 
4, 177 
117 
62 
$48, 373 
1,570 
44,212 
7,630 
2,524 
280 
$11, 570 
i34 
15 
376 
440 
$550 
100 
2, 680 
2, 230 
11, 561 
657; 010 
1, 178 
442, 960 
540 
183,270 
9,591 
104, 309 
280 
11, 570 
965 
5, 560 
Apparatus of capture — continued. 
States. 
, Miscellaneous 
nets. 
Lines 
(value). 
Pots. 
Harpoons 
and 
Dredges, 
tongs, and 
rakes 
(value) . 
Shore 
property. 
Cash 
capital. 
Total 
investment. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 1 
Value. 
spears 
(value) . 
Maine 
New Hampshire.. 
107 
$337 
$110, 051 
13, 171 
127, 966 
2, 240 
$115, 717 
2, 800 
1 
$887 
90 
$3, 237 
$743, 808 
32, 100 
$671, 300 
11, 000 
$2, 889, 893 
112, 660 
Massachusetts 
Rhode Island 
Connecticut 
545 
1,134 
565, 516 
2,625 
1,275 
28, 494 
5,205 
11, 553 
40, 297 
6,503 
24, 959 
1, 379 
450 
469 
9, 555 
3,779 
29, 675 
3, 058, 207 
369 759 
1, 647, 105 
4, 284, 200 
244, 524 
312, 200 
13, 245, 229 
1,020, 178 
2, 826, 834 
Total 
652 
1,471 
692, 638 
175, 458 
190, 276 
3,275 
46, 246 
5, 850, 979 
5, 523, 224 
20, 094, 794 
