FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 
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average value of catch for each $100 devoted to apparatus is greatest iu Connecticut 
and least in Massachusetts, the average for the region being $456. 
In the shore fisheries of Maine, pots yield 40 per cent of the gross income and are 
by far the most important form of apparatus ; in New Hampshire they are credited 
with 18 per cent of the value of fishery products, in Massachusetts 15 per cent, in 
Connecticut 16 per cent, and in Rhode Island 5 per cent, the average for New England 
being 24 per cent. Pound nets, trap nets, and weirs are relatively more important 
in Rhode Island than in any other State, 32 per cent of the value of shore fisheries 
resulting from their use; Massachusetts closely follows with 30 per cent, while Maine, 
New Hampshire, and Connecticut have 16, 10, and 10 per cent, respectively, the total 
for the region being less than for pots, or 22 per cent. The comparative value of lines 
is by far the greatest in New Hampshire, viz, 66 per cent, after which come Maine 
with 18 per cent, Massachusetts with 10 per cent, Rhode Island with 9 per cent, and 
Connecticut with 5 per cent. The difference between the shore and vessel fisheries in 
this respect is very noticeable. Gill nets, of little relative importance in any State, 
are most valuable in Massachusetts. Seines and bag nets are chiefly valuable in Maine 
and are generally less important than gill nets. The miscellaneous apparatus already 
specified yields 67 per cent of the income of fishermen in Connecticut, 48 per cent in 
Rhode Island, and 34 per cent in Massachusetts, the general average of 33 per cent 
being much greater than for any other single form of apparatus separately referred to. 
10. — Table showing certain averages and percentages for the vessels employed in the fisheries of the 
New England States in 1889. 
States. 
Average tonnage of ves- 
sels. 
Average value of vessels. 
Average value per net 
Average value of appa- 
ratus and outfit. 
Average number of crew. 
Average value of catcli 
per man. 
Average value of catch 
Average value of catch 
per ton. 
Average value of catch 
per each $100 invested 
in vessels, outfit, and 
apparatus. 
Percentage of value of catch in 
each form of apparatus. 
Lines. 
Seines. 
Gill 
nets. 
Pots. 
Miscel- 
laneous 
appara- 
tus. 
Maine 
New Hampshire . . 
Massachusetts 
Rhode Island 
Connecticut 
Total 
39. 20 
71.23 
22. 61 
25. 34 
$1, 500 
2, 133 
3,738 
3,118 
2, 582 
$46 
53 
138 
102 
$995 
1,831 
2, 739 
679 
853 
7 
13 
6 
5 
$275 
397 
444 
1,059 
1, 114 
$1, 979 
3, 734 
5,867 
6, 424 
5,591 
$60 
95 
82 
284 
221 
$71 
94 
91 
163 
72. 83 
86. 27 
71. 67 
7. 29 
12.01 
9. 81 
9.23 
8. 15 
70. 66 
7. 95 
7.88 
.50 
.90 
.02 
2. 61 
1. 15 
.08 
.15 
2. 35 
6.87 
2. 85 
19. 20 
77.' 69 
53. 18 
2,993 
57 
1,958 10 
475 
4, 888 
92 99 58.86 
11. 83 
1.39 
.70 
27. 22 
11. — Table showing certain averages and percentages for the shore fisheries of the New England States 
in 1889. 
1 
States. 
Average 
j value of 
catch per 
man. 
Average 
value of 
catch per 
each $100 
invested 
in boats. 
Average 
value of 
catch per 
each $100 
invested 
in appa- 
ratus. 
Percentage of value of catch i 
apparatus. 
n each form of 
Pound 
nets, 
trap nets, 
and 
weirs. 
Pots. 
Lines. 
Gill 
nets. 
Haul 
seines 
and bag 
nets. 
Miscel- 
laneous 
appa- 
ratus. 
Maine 
$229 
$598 
$508 
16.40 
39.94 
18.07 
4.70 
4.62 
16.27 
New Hampshire 
167 
774 
580 
10. 17 
17.75 
65. 52 
2. 03 
.37 
4. 16 
Massachusetts 
288 
425 
345 
30. 40 
14. 83 
10. 11 
8. 89 
1. 55 
34.22 
Rhode Island 
599 
856 
517 
32. 00 
4. 99 
8.71 
3. 51 
2. 92 
47. 87 
Connecticut 
359 
457 
626 
9.61 
15. 86 
4.59 
1.49 
1.04 
67. 41 
Total 
286 
536 
456 
22.15 j 
23. 58 
12. 90 
U. 37 
2.92 
33. 08 
