FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 
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The vessel fisheries of Massachusetts are seen to have yielded 148,047,973 pounds 
in 1889, of which the value at first hands was $4,778,185. The most important single 
product was the cod, of which 74,111,314 pounds, worth $1,962,979, were obtained. 
No other species was valued as high as $1,000,000, and the combined value of the 
various products of the whale fishery was only $816,389. The great relative and actual 
importance of the cod is thus clearly indicated. The next most prominent species are 
the halibut, 9,888,190 pounds, valued at $660,572; the haddock, 34,529,906 pounds, 
worth $590,316; and the mackerel, 5,140,251 pounds, worth $461,547. 
6 #. — Table showing by counties the number and nationality of men employed in the vessel fisheries of Massa- 
chusetts in 1889. 
Number 
and nationality of men on 
fishing vessels. 
Number and nationality of men on 
transporting vessels. 
Counties. 
cans. 
British 
provin- 
cials. 
All 
others. 
Total. 
Ameri- 
cans. 
British 
provin- 
cials. 
AH 
others. 
Total. 
Essex. . . . 
5,133 
298 
298 
5 729 
22 
22 
Suffolk 
573 
13 
66 
143 
■ ' 78’ 
10 
10 
Plymouth 
13 
Barnstable 
1,327 
497 
471 
2, 295 
42 
42 
Nantucket 
32 
94 
2 16 
15 
125 
4 
4 
Bristol 
739 
1 765 
1, 784 
13 
Total 
7, 911 
1,157 
1, 692 
1 10,760 
91 
91 
63. — Table showing by counties the number and value of vessels and apparatus employed in the vessel 
fisheries of Massachusetts in 1889. 
Counties. 
Vessels. 
Fishing. 
Transporting. 
No. 
Net tonnage. | 
Value. 
Value of 
outfit. 
No. 
Net. ton- 
nage. 
Value. 
Value of 
outfit. 
Essex 
Suffolk 
Plymouth 
Barnstable 
Nantucket 
Dukes 
Bristol 
Total 
442 
66 
188 
16 
20 
80 
28, 380. 54 
3, 678. 29 
55. 85 
11, 786. 22 
109. 65 
642. 78 
13, 330. 85 
$1, 653, 800 
201, 820 
2,400 
522, 250 
7, 000 
24, 900 
630, 575 
$714, 612 
68, 673 
1 390 

9 
322. 12 
113.92 
$14, 800 
4, 500 
$1, 000 
600 
241 
If 
481 
!, 357 
l 0 
479. 40 
a, 500 
2, 075 
1,220 
527 
2 
21. 07 
338. 61 
2, 400 
250 
3. 500 
814 
57, 984. 18 
3,042, 745 j 1,533,398 
22 
1, 275. 12 
55,600 7,425 
Counties. 
Apparatus of capture. 
Seines. 
Gill nets. 
Snap nets. 
Trawl lines 
and 
hand lines. 
Pots. 
Harpoons.’ 
t Dredges 
and rakes. 
Total in- 
vestment. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Valui 
3. 
0 
J 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
Essex 
Suffolk 
Plymouth 
155 
21 
$77, 500 
10, 500 
468 
44 
$5, 285 
656 
27 
$73 
$390, 433 
71, 405 
98, 430 
205 
141 
997 
450 
500 
$551 
801 
36 
4 
$270 
30- 
359, 057 
3, 925 
922, 340 
7, 920 
47, 860 
1, 136, 250 
Barnstable 
57 
31, 950 
520 j 
4,718 
8 
60 
Nantucket . . . 
. 24 
10 
$96 
21 
Dukes 
Bristol 
Total 
1 
150 
500 
650 
150 
250 
250 
16 
44 
120 
330 
235 
120, 600 
1,049 
11,459 
27 73 
561,746 
1,200 
1, 600 
108 810 
42 
146 
5, 335, 602 
The harpoons here enumerated, were those used for the capture of swordfish. 
