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purposes. Often great quantities are taken in pound nets and floating traps; but 
generally these fish have to be turned out of the nets, only to reenter perhaps on the 
next tide. Some effort has been made to market at least a portion of the catch, and 
it is to be hoped that a method will be discovered for utilizing quantities of this spe- 
cies. In view of its abundance and cheapness it seems pertinent to suggest the pos- 
sibility of its profitable utilization by canning or smoking. Its delicate flavor should 
make it an excellent article of food when canned, or, if lightly salted and prepared 
like kippered herring and finnan haddies, a demand might be created which would 
consume great quantities of what is now essentially a waste product. 
Another noteworthy result of the abolition of the fishery clauses of the Washing- 
ton treaty and the attempt of American fishermen to secure supplies of bait on the 
New England coast, is the catch of herring at night on the coast of Maine by means 
of the purse seine; for a number of years it bas been a common occurrence to catch 
mackerel at night in this manner, and on some occasions herring have been thus taken 
by mistaking them for mackerel. The recent demand for bait led to the attempt 
being made at and near Boothbay to carry on somewhat of a systematic purse-seine 
fishery for herring at night. The results have been gratifying, on the whole, and there 
is fair promise of the continuance of the enterprise. 
Mention may be made here of the fact that at certain seasons, especially in 
spring and summer, the herring occurring offshore in the Gulf of Maine are in prime 
condition for pickling. If these are taken and properly prepared, they will readily 
sell at a high price. 
7. — Table showing the quantities, values, and percentages of fishery products taken in each kind of apparatus 
in the New England States in 1889. 
Weirs, pound 
nets and trap 
nets 
Seines 
Gill nets 
Fyke nets 
Pots 
Trawl and 
hand lines - . . 
Miscellaneous, 
Total 
Maine. 
New Hampshire. 
Massachusetts. 
Rhode Island. 1 
Connecticut. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
21,921,538 
*12, 411, 693 
9, 608, 708 
111, 000 
25, 083, 426 
$231, 326 
*132, 890 
120, 802 
138, 788 
503, 800 
61, 960 
$3, 303 
’940 
14, 633, 315 
7, 099, 120 
5, 163, 153 
44, 655 
3, 657, 251 
$328, 386 
405, 935 
139, 278 
1,400 
9, 683, 879 
113, 162, 525 
292, 820 
114, 250 
570, 750 
$171, 771 
297, 115 
18, 924 
3, 045 
7, 556, 665 
41, 426, 634 
116, 880 
455, 250 
1, 834, 740 
$43, 288 
92, 717 
6, 714 
8,759 
108, 432 
581, 416 
137, 175 
6, 415 
163, 956 
27, 405 
37, 055, 071 
23, 368, 428 
758, 198 
285, 194 
3, 462, 775 
50, 070 
69, 615 
2, 949 
135, 387, 320 
133, 232, 835 
3, 533, 965 
1, 285, 354 
2! llssj 563 
75, 778 
341, 106 
3, 649, 824 
37, 632, 471 
153, 593 
1, 144, 003 
129, 559, 864 
2, 111, 206 
4, 354, 568 
88, 511 
299, 217, 669 
5, 858, 274 
127, 365, 475 
935, 144 
92, 672, 464 
1, 557, 506 
Weirs, pound nets, and trap nets. 
Seines 
Gill nets 
Fyke nets 
Pots 
Trawl and hand lines 
Miscellaneous 
Total 
53, 934, 
174, 603, 
15, 243, 
$778, 074 
933, 946 
286, 6»8 
14, 584 
887, 624 
4, 591, 149 
3, 058, 606 
10, 550, 641 
Percentage. 
Value. 
8.26 
26.73 
2. 33 
Including hag nets. 
