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Show FISH BY THE MILLION. Enormous Proportions of This Industry Indus-try In the East. The lesults of the Now Kngland flsheilos In 10. bioko nil records. Maine runti United to the food supply sup-ply of the wot Id 1,000,000.000 packed sat dines, valued at $.",000,000, and In flesh llsh alono Boston sold $4,000, 000 woith. The gieat "T whaif" In Hoston bundled 100,000.000 pounds of fiob llsh, valued nt $2,500,000 At this whaif as many as 50 llshlng vessel have been mooted nt one time. (lloucester, the home of tho Grand Hanks fishing fleet, piovlded for tho w oi Id's consumption 125,000,000 pounds of salt llsh, valued at $3,7R0,-000, $3,7R0,-000, und handled flesh llsh to the value of $.','00,000. In the latter part of 1905 a revolution revolu-tion was pio-ilsed In fishing methods by the addition of a new steam trawler trawl-er to the fleet. Since fishing began on tho Hanks tho woik has been done by sailing vessels, which send out d oilo.s on tie llshlng giounds und which In the'r voyages back and forth between Hoston und the Hanks, aro at tho mercy of storms, Theio nio now moio than 600 vessels ves-sels of all elres In tho fishing fleet, innglng In value fiom $1,000 to $15,-000, $15,-000, the entire fleet being valued at about $3,000,000. If the Spray, the new steel tiawler, does the woik expected ex-pected of her It may mean the passing pass-ing of the old-time sailing fleet. The new steamer cost her owners $60,000. She Is equipped to permit of all fishing opeiatlons being carried on fiom her deck without the use of dories mid the conseqii'-nl loss of life uttendant upon the old methods of fishing when boats were frequently lost In the fog or inn down by Atlantic Atlan-tic steamers. Tho Spiny drngs her own tiawl nets and Is expected to make Iiuro hauls and fast time between be-tween tho fishing giounds and the home poit Scmp Hook. |