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It is noteworthy that nearly one-half of the products obtained in the pound-nets 
of Massachusetts are sold for bait to vessels engaged, for the most part, in the offshore- 
bank fisheries. To be more precise, it may be stated that the entire product of the 
pound-net fishery of Massachusetts amounted, in 1889, to 14,633,315 pounds, of which, 
as has been shown, 6,980,684 pounds were sold for bait. It is also noteworthy that the 
catch of the pound nets in this region shows a very small percentage of what are 
commonly denominated “ game fish.” So far as bait species are concerned, herring- 
take precedence, 5,739,400 pounds having been sold. Squid is the next important 
species, 567,800 pounds having been taken for bait in pound nets in 1889 ; none were 
obtained by other forms of apparatus. 
For some years Barnstable Bay, particularly on the Cape Cod side, has been a 
famous bait resort for vessels employed m the ocean fisheries. The importance to the 
bank fisheries of this resource for bait supply for vessels sailing from Cape Cod ports, 
Boston, and the north shore of Massachusetts Bay, will be better understood when 
it is stated that enough bait was obtained in 1889 in Barnstable County to supply 20 
barrels each to more than 1,500 sail of vessels. 
81 . — Table showing by counties and apparatus the quantities of fish and squid taken in the shore fisheries of 
Massachusetts in 1889 and sold for bait. 
1 
Apparatus. 
1 
Essex. 
Plymouth . 
Barnstable. 
Bristol. 
Total. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
i Pound nets and trap nets. . . 
1, 301, 352 
189, 480 
376, 000 
306, 000 
$9, 460 
1, 528 
3,449 
2, 550 
9,176 
$140 
5, 513, 556 
$42, 704 
156, 600 
$284 
6, 980, 684 
189, 480 
406, 000 
1. 016, 300 
$52, 588 
1,528 
13] 795 
Gill nets 
30, 000 
543, 800 
375 
9,008 
Dip nets 
; Total 
166, 500 
2, 237 
2, 172, 832 
16,987 
175, 676 
2, 377 
6,087,356 
52,087 
156, 600 
284 
8, 592, 464 
71, 735 
?. — Table showing by counties and species the quantities offish and squid taken in the shore fisheries of 
Massachusetts in 1889 and sold for bait. 
Species. 
Essex. 
Plymouth. 
Barnstable. 
Bristol. 
Total. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
| Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Alewives, fresh 
Herring, fresh 
Menhaden, fresh 
Menhaden, slivers 
Squid, fresh 
Miscellaneous fish, fresh 
106, 232 
1, 689, 200 
370, 000 
3, 600 
$926 
13, 039 
2, 911 
72 
34 
175, 676 
$2,377 
781, 956 
4, 643, 400 
87, 000 
$12. 129 
35, 179 
342 
1, 063. 864 
6, 332, 600 
$15, 432 
48, 218 
3, 321 
72 
4,466 
226 
9,400 
$68 
U>6, 400 
3, 600 
567 800 
2, 800 
565, 000 
10, 000 
4, 432 
1, 000 
5 
5 
147, 200 
216 
158, 200 
Total 
2, 172, 832 
16, 987 
175, 676 
1 2, 377 
6, 087, 356 
52, 087 
156, 600 
284 
8, 592, 464 
71, 735 
83. — Table showing by apparatus and species the quantities offish and squid taken in the shore fisheries of 
Massachusetts in 1889 and sold for bait. 
Species. 
Pound nets and Se i n es. 
trap nets. 
Gill nets. 
Dip nets. 
Total. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
! Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Alewives, fresh 
Herring, fresh 
Menhaden, fresh 
Menhaden, slivers 
259, 484 
252, 200 
567] 800 
158, 200 
$3, 292 
43, 104 
1,428 
72 
4, 466 
226 
64, 080 
7, 200 
118, 200 
$520 
75 
933 
30. 000 
280, 000 
96. 000 
710, 300 
306, 000 
$11, 245 
2, 550 
1, 063. 864 
6, 332, 600 
466, 400 
3,600 
567, 800 
158, 200 
$15, 432 
48, 218 
3, 321 
72 
4, 466 
226 
Squid, fresh 
Miscellaneous fish, fresh 
Total 
52,588 
189, 480 
1,528 406,000 
3,824 
1, 016, 300 
13, 795 
8, 592, 464 
71, 735 
F. C. B. 1890—10 
