FISHEEIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 

 Perwns i'iiij)loyt'd. 



521 



How engaged 



In vessel fisheries 



On vessels transporting 



In shore or boat fisheries 



.Shoresmen 



Total 



4,430 

 1,135 

 18,492 

 5,268 



29, 326 



Table of apparatus and capital. 



Vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels transporting 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Shore and accessory property 



Cash capital 



Apparatus— vessel fisheries: 



Seines , 



Oyster dredges 



Oyster tongs 



Clam tongs, rakes, etc 



702 

 B,245 



384 

 7,338 



'i'2,'i74 



54 



1,687 

 359 



241, 

 276, 



Apparatus— shore fisheries; 



Seines 



Pound nets 



Gill nets 



Fyke nets 



Lines 



Eel pots and spears 



Weirs and slat traps 



Oyster dredges 



Oyster tongs 



Crab scrapes 



Clam tongs, rakes, etc . . . 

 Minor apparatus 



Total. 



257 

 1,590 

 10,437 



729 



579 



15 



526 



9,478 



1,976 



f41, 135 



313, 616 



50,035 



7,444 



3, 579 



585 



500 



7,341 



2|256 



5,574 



265 



,633,104 



Table of products. 



Species. 



Alewives, fresh. 

 Alewives, salted 



Black bass 



Blue-fish 



Bonito 



Butter-fish 



Carp 



Cat-fish 



Crevalle 



Cod 



Croakers 



Drum 



Eels 



Flounders 



Gizzard shad ... 

 Hickory shad... 



Hog-fish 



King-fish 



Menhaden 



Moon-fish 



Mullet 



Perch, white ... 

 Perch, vellow . . 



Pike 



Pompano 



13,633,444 



280, 000 



199, 439 



755, 085 



14, 160 



1,071,860 



127, 930 



820,326 



468, 791 



100 



3,937,168 



228, 172 



105, 815 



209, 394 



5,250 



448,600 



44,892 



91,122 



73, 493, 799 



70,400 



190,700 



731,926 



158,939 



32, 103 



96, 186 



2,200 



SllO, 524 

 4,900 



16, 735 



25, 609 

 537 



28, 551 

 2,940 



23,560 



13, 533 

 4 



53,493 

 2,707 

 4,430 

 6,253 

 100 



11,427 

 3,686 

 3,436 

 433, 109 

 2, 161 

 5, 420 



32,582 

 4,472 

 2,848 

 7,549 



Species. 



Shad 



Sheepshead 



Spanish mackerel 



Spots 



Squeteague 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon , 



Caviar 



Suckers 



Sun-fish 



Tarpon , 



Whiting 



Crabs, hard , 



Crabs, soft , 



Prawn 



Terrapin , 



Turtles , 



Frogs 



Clams, hard , 



Market oysters, natural 



rock. 

 Market oysters, private 



beds. 

 Seed oysters, natural rock 



Total , 



6, 972, 212 



8,430 



520, 142 



806, 827 



7,431,496 



627, 607 



183, 023 



18, 318 



48, 166 



4,000 



75 



600 



a6, 113, 277 



61,288,424 



2,850 



5,130 



66,897 



15, 377 



1, 764, 680 



d 20, 938, 008 



6 21,535,676 



X 12, 724, 446 



378,183,368 



348 



44, 017 



24, 306 



127,993 



46, 177 



12, 161 



10,204 



927 



95 



1 



12 



62,863 



65, 972 



142 



1,444 



1,444 



1,283 



134,777 



1,145,169 



1,476,746 



a 18,339,831 in number, 

 b 3,865,272 in number. 



(•220,586 bushels. 

 rf2,991,144 bushels 



e 3,076,525 bushels. 

 / 1,817,778 bushels. 



The hard and soft crabs, clams, and oysters above shown in pounds 

 are given by number and bushels in the following table: 



