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Item New York New Jersey Total 
OPERATING UNITS 
Fishermen: 
On boats and shore: Number Number Number 
Regular =_-- 2." 50 103 3 
@asuale=. — oe 569 153 722 
“Nth ee Se oe 619 256 875 
Boats: 
RG LOLe ees aoe | rene nen ern nn eerel > 1 
OTphert= 2-552 2a 299 75 374 
Apparatus: 
Haul seines-_-__-_-- 1S Pa RMA! | Ease she bee te eee ot 18 
Length, yards _- PEAY tan WA ce Me Vc eee SS PRO, eR ee 2, 574 
Gill nets: 
Dahil ees te 232 1 233 
Square yards_ 727, 751 1, 360 729, 111 
KOs eee 301 65 366 
Square yards_ 6, 993 144, 479 151, 472 
CATCH | | | 
Number, Pounds| Value |Number| Pounds | Value |Number| Pounds | Value 
Menseines-- 262222. - 3,480 | 11, 600 $620), ee aie eee ae eee 3, 480 11, 600 $620 
Drift gill nets___________ 283, 700 |946, 000 | 52, 554 70 200 | $12 |283, 770 946, 200 52, 566 
Stake gill nets__________ 4,470 | 14, 900 815 |420, 079 |1, 494, 300 |118, 474 |424, 549 |1, 509, 200 119, 289 
POUAL es 4s oe 291, 650 |972, 500 | 58, 989 |420, 149 h, 494, 500 a 486 |711, 799 iz 467,000 | 172, 475 


FISHERIES OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY STATES 
(Area X XIII) ? 
The yield of the commercial fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay States 
(Maryland and Virginia) during 1938 amounted to 294,593,900 
pounds, valued at $6,662,951 to the fishermen, representing an in- 
crease of 1 percent in volume and 5 percent in value as compared 
with the catch in the previous year. These fisheries gave employ- 
ment to 15,297 fishermen, as compared with 16,529 in 1937. 
There were 582 fishery wholesale and manufacturing establishments 
in the two States in 1938, as compared with 561 in 1937. In 1938 
these establishments employed 12,844 persons, paid $3,135,628 in 
salaries and wages, and produced manufactured products (canned, 
cured, packaged and byproducts), valued at $9,224,417. In 1937 the 
wholesale and manufacturing firms employed 12,005 persons, paid 
$3,068,069 in salaries and wages, and produced manufactured prod- 
ucts valued at $10,009,939. 
9 This is the number given to this area by the North American Council on Fishery Investigations. It 
should be explained that there may be included under this area, craft whose principal fishing ports are in 
the area but at times fish elsewhere. Data on the operating units and catch of the fisheries of the Chesa- 
peake Bay States have been taken largely from statistics collected by the State fishery agencies of Mary- 
land and Virginia. Supplementary surveys, compilations, and analyses have been made by agents of this 
Bureau in order that the figures may be presented in a manner comparable with those of other sections. 
It should be observed that the persons engaged, gear and craft employed, and the catch of the seed oyster 
fishery are not included among the statistics of the fishery for market oysters and other species but are 
shown in separate tables in this section. 
