Mattapoisett
The coast of Mattapoisett, more open and exposed than that of Fairhaven, does not offer equal advantages to the cultivation of clams. A similar strip of gravel-mud or sand occurs along the more sheltered portions of the coast, and wherever an indentation in the mainland offers shelter clams may be found, though never in sufficient quantities to make digging profitable. There is really no industry at all; the few clams that are dug go for home trade or are used as bait, and the prospects of any decided improvement appear to be slight.
Summary of Industry.
| Number of men, | 1 |
| Capital invested, | $15 |
| Production, 1907:— | |
| Bushels, | 100 |
| Value, | $100 |
| Total area (acres):— | |
| Sand, | — |
| Mud, | 5 |
| Gravel, | 5 |
| Mussels and eel grass, | — |
| Total, | 10 |
| Productive area (acres):— | |
| Good clamming, | — |
| Scattering clams, | 10 |
| Barren area possibly productive (acres), | — |
| Waste barren area (acres), | — |
| Possible normal production, | $2,000 |