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pounds, valued at $7,080,557, were shellfish and miscellaneous prod- 

 ucts. These fisheries gave employment to 19,391 fishermen, or 

 5 per cent more than in 1929. Of the total number of fishermen 

 employed during 1930, 2,579 regular fishermen were engaged on 

 vessels, and 10,635 regular and 6,177 casual fishermen were employed 

 in the shore and boat fisheries. 



Fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay States, 1930 



SUMMARY OF CATCH 



OPERATING UNITS: By States 



Item 



Maryland 



Virginia 



Total 



Fishermen: 



On vessels 



On boats and shore — 



Regular. 



Casual 



Number 

 1,127 



4,917 

 2,483 



Total. 



Vessels: 



Steam 



Net tonnage. 

 Motor 



Net tonnage- 

 Sail 



Net tonnage. 



Total vessels. 



Total net tonnage. 



Boats: 



Motor 



Other 



Accessory boats 



Apparatus: 



Purse seines — 



Menhaden 



Length, yards 



Other 



Length, yards 



Haul seines 



Length, yards 



Gill nets — 



Anchor 



Square yards 



Drift 



Square yards 



Runaround 



Square yards 



stake 



Square yards 



Lines — 



Hand 



Hooks. 



Trot, with baits or snoods. 



Baits or snoods 



Trot, with hooks 



Hooks 



Pound nets 



Stop nets , 



Square yards 



Fyke nets 



Dip nets 



Number 

 1,452 



5,718 

 3,694 



8,527 



2 



13 



252 



2,796 



254 

 2,809 



3,687 



2,435 



20 



18 



5,012 



188 



34, 784 



11 



2,845 



303 



447, 800 



5 



5,920 



2, 564 



151,660 



18 



36 



1,510 



977, 035 



22 



3,450 



692 



6 



10, 350 



2,3S8 



1,393 



25 

 2,902 



85 

 1,440 



27 

 219 



137 

 4,561 



4,530 



3,168 



62 



31 

 8,720 



187 

 59, 430 



1 



9,600 



652 



663, 042 



16, 453 

 607, 190 



1,386 

 662, 440 



2,262 



'i,"684 

 712 



Number 

 2,579 



10,635 

 6,177 



19, 391 



25 



2,902 



87 



1,453 



279 



3,015 



391 

 7,370 



8,217 

 5,603 



82 



31 



8,720 



18 



5,01? 



375 



94, 2U 



\2 



12,445 



955 



1.110,842 



6 



5,920 



19,017 



758, 850i 



18 

 36. 



2,896- 



1,639,475 



22- 



3,450 



2,954 



6 



10,350 



3,472- 



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