Table 13 ---Maximum historic commercial landings of all fish and shellfish species reported for New York State. Species are arranged chronologically 

 by the decade In which oaximam landings were reported, and in descending order by weight within each decade 



Maximutn 



landings 



in metric tons 



Species 



Maximum 



landings 



in metric tons 



Atlantic menhaden 



-131,059 1880 

 { 98,159) (1904) 



1921-1930 

 (cont. ) 



Available records show no 

 peak catch in this period. 



Haddock 



Tilefish 



Spot 



Carp 



Sword fish 



Bloodworms 



Sand worms 



Hickory shad 



Rainbow smelt 



Atlantic cod 

 Winter flounder 

 Butterfish 



Squids 



Pollock 



1951-1960 



Red fish 



Atlantic croaker 



Chub mackerel 



Shrimp 



Sand shrimp 



Bluefin tuna 



Cusk 



Witch flounder 



Northern kingfish 



Atlantic halibut 



American sand lance 



Banded rudderfish 



Yellow perch 



Bed snapper 



Grouper 



Yel lowta i 1 flounder 

 Hard clam 

 Surf clam 

 Silver hake 

 Sea scallop 

 Atlantic mackerel 

 Northern puffer 

 Red hake 

 White hake 



Unclaaalfled food fishea 

 Atlantic bonito 

 Conch 



Conger eel 

 Atlantic eilverside 

 Ocean pout 

 American plaice 

 Frigate mackerel 

 Striped anchovy 

 Little tunny 

 Goosef ish 



Unclassified sharks 

 Atlantic wolffish 

 Cunner 



Scup 



Stunner flounder 



Black sea bass 



American eel 



Catfish and bullheads 



Unclassified industrial 

 fishes 



Atlantic herring 



Alewives 



Bay scallop 



Crayfish 



Razor clam 



American lobster 

 Striped bass 



In addition, the following species produced maximum landings of 1 metric ton or 

 1926). pilocfish (1926). drums (1926. 1932. 1933). rock crab (1929. 1930). pigfish 

 (1943). white raarlin (I9i5). dolphin (1948, 1949). and crappie (19^2 1956). 



less: Atlantic salmon (I90lil( cero (1901). pompano (1921 

 (1932). red drum (1937). black drum (1939. 1942). blue runner 



y Estimated Unding.s In New York in 1880 included figures on recreational and subsistence catches, and thus probably are exaggerated in 

 comparison with figures for later years, and possibly «l.so for New Jersey When peak landings of a specie.-: fell in 1880 the next highest year 

 is given in parentheses. 



2/ Atlantic salm 

 were drawn. 



1 was virtually eliminated by 1800. The maximum catch oh\ 



predates the stntistical scries fri">m which these figure* 



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