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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
The following table, showing the actual and relative importance of the vessel and 
shore fisheries, presents some interesting facts. In Maine the vessel fishery employed 
29 per cent of the fishermen, 63 per cent of the investment in fishing property, and 
yielded 33 per cent of the value of products. In New Hampshire this branch of 
fishery furnished occupation for 42 per cent of the fishermen, 86 per cent of the fishery 
investments, and produced 63 per cent of the catch. Seventy -four per cent of the 
fishermen of Massachusetts were employed on vessels; 90 per cent of the value of 
fishing property was invested in vessels, which landed 82 per cent of the fishery prod- 
ucts. Ehode Island had 30 per cent of her fishermen and 59 per cent of her fishing 
investments in the vessel fishery, which yielded 43 per cent of the products. The 
returns for Connecticut show that this branch of fishery employed 45 per cent of the 
fishermen, 80 per cent of the invested capital, and produced 71 per cent of the value of 
the catch. Massachusetts had the greatest percentage of fishermen in vessel fisheries, 
and Maine the greatest percentage in shore fisheries ; Massachusetts had the largest 
proportion of capital in vessels, and Ehode Island the largest ratio in shore fishery, 
boats, and apparatus; Massachusetts vessel fisheries and Maine shore fisheries took 
the greatest percentage of products. The men and vessels employed in transporting 
fishing products are not included in the discussion or table. 
8. — Table showing by States the actual and relative importance of the vessel and shore fisheries of New England 
in 1889. 
States. 
Rishermen. 
Investment. 
Products. 
No. 
Percentage. 
Value. 
Percentage. 
Value. 
Percentage. 
Vessel. 
Shore. 
Vessel. 
Shore. 
Vessel. 
Shore. 
Vessel. 
Shore. 
Vessel. 
Shore. 
Vessel. 
Shore. 
Maine 
2, 515 
6, 205 
29 
71 
$871, 115 
$515, 095 
63 
37 
$690, 967 
$1,420,239 
33 
67 
Hew Hampshire . 
141 
194 
42 
58 
59, 764 
9,796 
86 
14 
56, 018 
32, 493 
63 
37 
Massachusetts. . . 
10, 760 
3,748 
74 
26 
5, 272, 577 
567, 220 
90 
10 
4, 778, 185 
1, 080, 089 
82 
18 
Rhode Island 
376 
896 
30 
70 
236, 435 
166, 445 
59 
41 
398, 310 
’ 536^ 834 
43 
57 
Connecticut 
1, 030 
1, 252 
45 
55 
681, 476 
170, 608 
80 
20 
1, 107, 087 
450, 419 
71 
29 
Total 
14, 822 
12, 295 
55 
45 
7, 121, 367 
1, 429, 164 
83 
17 
7, 030, 567 
3, 520, 074 
67 
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Table 9, which is next presented, shows by fisheries the extent and relative value 
of the vessel fisheries in each of the New England States. With a view to exhibit the 
full comparative importance of the various fisheries, each vessel is credited to all the 
fisheries in which it was engaged during any portion of the year, together with its 
tonnage, value, and crew. It is therefore duplicated to that extent. The value of 
the catch in each fishery, however, is not duplicated,- and taken in the aggregate will 
give the total value of the vessel fisheries of each State, with the exception of sounds, 
tongues, and fish oil. 
