FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



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THK PRODUCTS BY APPARATUS. 



In the vessel fisheries seines lead in the quantity of products 

 secured — over nine-tenths of the catch consisting of menhaden — but 

 dredges, tongs, rakes, etc., rank first in the value of the catch. In the 

 shore fisheries dredges, tongs, rakes, etc., occupy first phice, both as 

 regards quantity and value of catch, while the pound net and weir fish- 

 eries are second in quantitj^ secured, but are outstripped by gill nets 

 in the value of the yield. A feature of the shore fisheries is the great 

 increase — 6,811,064 pounds and $204,409 — shown in the pound-net 

 catch of Monmouth County over 1898. Ocean and Cape May counties 

 also show relatively large increases. 



Cod show a great falling off in the pound-net fisheries. In 1897 

 1,191,000 pounds, valued at $14,795, and in 1898, 280,000 pounds, 

 valued at $5,590, were secured, while in 1901 the catch amounted to 

 only 30,686 pounds, worth $903. According to the reports of the 

 pound-net owners the catch of 1897 was very large, as cod are generally 

 taken in but small quantities in this form of apparatus. Butter-fish, 

 bonito, and squeteague taken in pound nets show large increases over 

 1897 and 1898, while king crabs have fallen off considerably. 



Table shoidng, by counties, the yield of the seine fisheries of New Jersey in 1901. 



