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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



Similar to the shad in distribution are the alewives, or river herrings. They are 

 taken in largest quantities in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina, in which States 

 the catch is, respectively, about as follows: Maryland, 17,418,000; Virginia, 11,000,000, 

 and North Carolina, 16,481,000. They are also of considerable economic importance 

 in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, in each of which the 

 output is about 2,000,000 pounds or over. The quantity and value of the yield in 

 each State is as follows : 



The alewife catch of the United States. 



The catch of weakfish and of spotted squeteague has, in the folio wing table, been 

 combined. The aggregate yield is 22,340,000 pounds, having a first value of $708,830. 

 The fish are obtained in 10 States, and in some of thein occupy a prominent position 

 in the list of fishery products. More than one third the catch in the entire country is 

 taken in New Jersey, where the weakfish ranks next to the shad in importance. In 

 Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Texas the yield is very large. 



The squeteague catch of the United States. 



The bluefish is one of the most generally distributed, best known, and important 

 fishes found on the east coast of the United States. The following table shows a catch 

 of nearly 16,000,000 pounds, with a value to the fishermen of $637,000. About two- 

 thirds of the output is taken in New York and New Jersey; in the former State the 

 bluefish is more important than any other fish, and is surpassed in value only by the 



