FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 
137 
The temporary planting of oysters at Boston for a short time during the warm 
season has not been considered here, since it can not be regarded as a fishery, but it 
is shown in Table 85. 
74. — Table showing by counties the number of men employed in the shore fisheries of Massachusetts in 1889. 
Counties. 
Number. 
Essex 
454 
Suffolk 
1(50 
Norfolk 
75 
Plymouth 
575 
Barnstable 
1,840 
Nantucket 
81 
Lukes 
256 
Bristol 
307 
Total 
> 3, 748 
75. — Table shotting by counties the apparatus employed in the shore fisheries of Massachusetts in 1889. 
Designation. 
Essex. 
Suffolk. 1 Norfolk. 
1 Plymouth. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
]STo. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
Poats 
419 
26 
5 
663 
35 
$13, 915 
20, 375 
480 
6, 641 
10 
116 
145 
$7, 490 
51 
$3, 097 
731 
60 
I $60, 166 
3, 475 
315 
5,119 
Pound nets and trap nets 
Gill nets 
75 
750 
15 
180 
Snap nets" and dip nets. 
87 
243 
104 
285 
36 
179 
17, 263 
30 
3,660 
Trammel nets 
2 
34 
1,745 
Trawl and liand lines. . . . 
1,528 
5, 896 
4,375 
5,754 
5, 889 
997 
9,288 
Dredges tone's and rates 
2,430 
| 
39 
Total 

51, 391 
14, 411 
5, 058 
90, 528 
Designation. 
Barnstable. 1 
Nantucket. 
Dukes. 
Bristol. 
Total. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
I Value. 
Boats 
Pound nets and trap nets 
Seines 
Gill nets 
Fyke nets 
Snap nets and dip nets 
Trammel nets 
Trawl and hand lines 
Pots 
Harpoons and spears 
Dredges, tongs, and rakes 
Total 
1,329 
28 
1,641 
288 
3," 568’ 
$112, 875 
156, 332 
15! 756 
20 
347 
97 
28 7 
$3, 030 
1,750 
3, 547 
332 
48 
1 
65 
$27, 216 
27, 208 
75 
515 
390 
48 
18 
12 
$26, 244 
15, 193 
245 
70 
3, 494 
224 
58 
3, 128 
514 
4 
27, 294 
$254, 033 
222, 583 
4,245 
32 753 
’lOO 
991 
3,770 
38, 697 
569 
9, 409 
1. 526 
4, 131 
224 
2,238 
500 
250 
500 
250 
1,245 
1, 541 
1,567 
208 
1, 732 
315 
792 
295, 074 
9, 327 
56, 632 
44,799 1 
567,220 
76.- — Table shotting by counties and species the yield of the shore fisheries of Massachusetts in 1889. 
Species. 
Essex. 
Suffolk. 
Norfolk. 
Plymouth. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
| Value, j 
Pounds. 
I Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Albacore, fresh 
Alewives, fresh 
Alowivcs, salted 
1, 200 
266, 979 
172, 750 
84, 203 
365 
10, 340 
154, 723 
$15 
3,400 
3,264 
7, 704 
336 
3, 132 
105, 732 
$926 
'"’.II"" 
Bluefish, fresh 
Bonito, fresh 
Butter-lish, fresh 
Cod, fresh 
Cod, salted 
100 
78 
62, 109 
745, 200 
io 
2 
1,498 
16, 279 
535 
$64’ 
700 
16 
1 
Gunners, fresh - 
Eels, fresh 
74, 050 
17, 500 
2, 539 
1,280 
212, 000 
59,340 
$10,600 
4, 747 |. 
5,590 
280 
40, 755 
13, 860 
2,914 
Flounders, fresh 
Haddock, fresh 
Hake, fresh 
11, 254 
266 

1,947 
80, 611 
1 364, 900 
6, 801 

1,349 
1 452, 800 
3, 395 
1 
Halibut, fresh 
Herring, fresh 
200 
14 
120 
187 
45 
4, 878 
914 
2. 356, 860 
265, 200 
19. 056 
50,000 
640,000 ; 
750 I 
44, 000 
21, 000 
816 
43, 300 
11,700 j 
Herring, salted 
Kingfish, fresh 
Mackerel, fresh 
Mackerel, salted 
3,217 
6,400 
1,700 
34 
132,792 
4,200 
10, 974 

650 
45 
373 
