FISHERIES UF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



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In the following' tables is shown, first, the number of persons 

 engtig-cd in the fisheries; second, the vessels, boats, and apparatus used 

 and the value of the shore and accessory property and cash capital 

 employed; third, the quantity and value of fishery products taken in 

 the State during 1901, the statistics on oysters, however, being for 

 the season of 1!)00-1901. 



I'ersoiDi eniploi/ed. 



Table of apparatus and capital. 



Vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels transpiorting 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Shore and accessory prop- 

 erty 



Cash capital 



Apparatus— vessel fisheries: 



Oyster dredges 



Crab scrapes 



Tongs 



Seines 



Eel pots 



955 

 10, 811 



382 

 9,256 



3, 570 

 178 

 54 



1, 240 



S512, 955 



374, 200 



57, 118 

 553,526 



2,164,749 

 2,297,515 



51, 730 



607 



512 



1,385 



570 



Apparatus— shore fisheries: 



Seines 



Gill nets 



Pound nets 



Trap nets and weirs 



Fyke nets 



Trammel nets 



Bow nets 



Minor nets 



Lines 



Eel pots 



Spears 



Oyster dredges 



Crab scrapes 



Tongs and nippers , 



4,064 

 ril8 

 106 



2,144 



3,149 

 25 

 2,183 

 2,653 

 13,959 



Total. 



128,648 



34, 660 



98, 765 



500 



11,372 



1,570 



529 



837 



4,722 



1,678 



33 



20,576 



9,640 



84,580 



6, 506, 066 



a Total length, 1,445 yards. 

 &Totallength, 60,640 yards. 



c Total length, 348,061 yards, 

 d Total length, 7,520 yards. 



Table of products. 



a29,474,379 in number. o 12,910,746 in jiumber. c 5,185,531 bushels. 



r< 500,030 bushels. ' ? 13,450 bushels. 



