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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
68. — Summary by customs districts of the vessel fisheries of Massachusetts in 1889. 
Customs districts. 
No. of 
vessels 
fishing. 
Net 
tonnage. 
Value of 
vessels. 
Value of 
outfit, pro- 
visions, 
gear, fuel, 
etc. 
No. and nationality of fishermen. 
Value of 
catch. 
Ameri- 
cans. 
British 
provin- 
cials. 
Others. 
Total. 
Newburj'port 
Gloucester 
Salem and Beverly 
Marblehead 
Boston 
Plymouth 
Barnstable 
Nantucket 
Edgartown 
New Bedford 
Total 
3 
403 
13 
23 
66 
1 16 
20 
80 
89. 18 
26, 898. 79 
620. 56 
772. 01 
3, 678. 29 
55. 85 
11, 786. 22 
109. 65 
642. 78 
13, 330. 85 
$4, 600 
1, 573, 025 
34, 800 
41, 375 
201, 820 
2,400 
522,250 
7,000 
24, 900 
630, 575 
$3, 100 
1, 118, 258 
20, 587 
46, 705 
152, 137 
1,525 
376, 515 
920 
20, 310 
26 
4,851 
50 
206 
573 
13 
1, 327 
32 
94 
739 
275 
12 
.10 
66 
497 
16 
280 
228 
1 
143 
471 
15 
765 
5, 354 
131 
217 
13 
2, 295 
32 
125 
1, 784 
2, 688, 149 
54, 659 
106, 943 
413, 576 
7, 585 
694, 295 
5,275 
23, 048 
776, 805 
814 
57, 984. 18 
3, 042, 745 
2,229,832 
7, 911 
1,157 1,692 
10, 760 
4, 778, 185 
Customs districts. 
No. of 
vessels 
trans- 
porting. 
Net 
tonnage. 
Value of 
vessels. 
V alue of 
outfit, pro- 
visions, 
j fuel, etc. 
No. and nationality of crew. 
Value of 
products 
trans- 
ported. 
Ameri 
British 
provin- 
cials. 
Others. 
Total. 
Newbury port 
Gloucester 
Salem and Beverly 
4 
322. 12 
$14, 800 
$1, 000 
22 
22 
$25, 113 
Marblehead 
Boston 
PI vm mi . 
2 
113. 92 
4,500 
600 
10 
10 
10, 300 
Barnstable 1 10 
Nantucket. 
479. 40 
21, 500 
2, 075 
42 
42 
22, 700 
Edgartown 
New Bedford 
Total 
4 
21. 07 
2,400 
12, 400 
250 
3, 500 
4 
13 
4 1 2,390 
13 102,902 
22 
1 275. 12 
55, 600 
7, 425 
91 

91 163,405 
69. — Table slioiving by customs districts the average tonnage, value, crew, and stock of vessels employed in the 
fisheries of Massachusetts in 1889. 
Customs districts. 
Average tonnage. 
Average 
value. 
Average value of 
outfit and ap- 
paratus. 
Average number 
of crew. 
Average gross 
stock. 
Fishing. 
Trans- 
porting. 
Fishing. 
Trans- 
porting. 
Fishing. 
Trans- 
porting. 
Fishing. 
Trans- 
porting. 
Fish- 
Trans- 
porting.” 
Newbury port 
29. 73 
$1, 533 
3, 903 
2, 677 
$1, 033 
2, 775 
1, 584 
2, 031 
9 
$2, 617 
6, 670 
4, 205 
Gloucester . 
67.24 
80. 53 
$3, 700 
$250 
13 
6 
$6, 278 
Salem and Beverly 
47. 74 
10 
M arblehead 
33. 57 
1,799 
9 
7, 650 
Boston 
55. 73 
56. 96 
3,058 
1,200 
2,250 
2, 305 
300 
12 
5 
6, 266 
3,793 
3, 693 
330 
5,150 
Plymouth 
27. 93 
763 
Barnstable 
62. 69 
47. 94 
2, 778 
438 
2, 150 
2,003’ 
58 
208 
13 
4 
2, 270 
6. 85 
2 
Ed o-artown 
32. 14 
10. 54 
1, 245 
1, 200 
1, 016 
125 
c 
2 
1,152 
9, 710 
1, 195 
25, 726 
New Bedford .... 
166. 64 
84. 65 
7, 870 
3, 100 
6, 122 
875 
3 
* The value of products transported. 
The effectiveness and importance of the different means of capture employed in 
the vessel fisheries of Massachusetts are indicated in the following tabulation. Al- 
though hand lines and trawl lines are the simplest and most primitive forms of appa- 
ratus, their importance greatly surpasses all other kinds combined, taking, in 1889, 
130,953,508 pounds of fish, valued at $3,424,720, while the total yield by all devices 
was 139,158,625 pounds, worth $3,867,527. The catch in seines amounted to 6,132,816 
pounds, valued at $389,154; in nets, 1,832,677 pounds, with a value of $43,112; with 
harpoons, 239,624 pounds, worth $10,541. The crustaceans and mollusks secured in 
the vessel fisheries and the products of the whale fishery are not included in the table. 
