478 KEPOET OF COMMISSIONEK OF FISH AND FISHEKIES. 



Table of liroductn. 



Species. 



Ale wives, fresh.. 

 Alewives, salted. 



Black bass 



Blue-fish 



Cat-fish 



Croakers 



Eels 



Flounders 



German carp 



Perch, white 



Perch, yellow ... 



Salmon 



Scup 



Sea bass 



Species. 



Shad 



Squeteague 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Suckers 



Sun-fish 



Wall-eyed pike.. 



Frogs 



Oysters, market. 



Ovsters, seed 



Turtles 



Total. 



"282, 



ft 302, 



10, 



$124, 328 



115 



1, 153 



43 



1,313 



317 



2,321 



240 



35, 517 



14,232 



870 



251,491 



a 40, 336 bushels. 



& 43,234 bushels. 



THE FISHERIES BY COUNTIES. 



Eight counties in the eastern part of Pennsylvania engage in the 

 fisheries — Bucks, Delaware, Monroe, Northampton, Philadelphia, and 

 Pike counties on the Delaware River, and Lancaster and York counties 

 on the Susquehanna River. Nearly half of the total number of per- 

 sons employed, over two-thirds of the total investment, and almost 

 one-half of the catch are credited to Philadelphia County. This is 

 largely owing to the wholesale trade of the city of Philadelphia and 

 the vessel fishery for oysters from that city. The relative importance 

 of the fisheries of each county in 1901 is exhibited in the three following 

 tables: 



Table showimj the number uf persons employed in the fisheries of Pennsylvania in 1901. 



Table shou'liuj, by counties, the vessels, boats, apparatus, and shore property employed in 

 the fisheries of Pennsylvania in 1901. 



