464 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States, 1926 — Continued 

 OPERATING UNITS: By States— Continued 



Items 



Apparatus — Continued. 



Gill nets 



Yards.- 



Pound nets, floating traps and weirs. 

 Stop nets 



Yards 



Fyke nets 



Bag nets 



Dip nets and scap nets 



Otter trawls 



Scallop trawls 



Flounder drags 



Eelpots 



Lobster pots 



Dredges 



Tongs - 



Rakes, hoes, and forks 



Other apparatus 



New 

 York 



487 



80, 932 



422 



2,306 



183 



5 



26 



115 



3,696 



13, 432 



1,464 



743 



420 



New 

 Jersey 



3,495 



346, 569 



198 



64 



22, 085 



2,129 



36 



Penn- 

 sylvania 



50 



3,189 



15, 168 



534 



507 

 58 



107 

 ,400 



1 

 200 

 175 



Delaware 



259 



71,419 



30 



19 



6,290 



520 



1,106 



300 



50 



94 



12 



207 



Total 



4,348 



508, 320 



650 



84 



28,575 



5,130 



36 



183 



5 



26 



165 



7,991 



28,900 



2,064 



1,614 



939 



349 



Note. — In addition to the operating units listed, lines and harpoons were used, the number of which 

 was not determined. 



CATCH: By States 



Products 



New York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania 



Albacore 



-Vlewives 



Bluefish. 



Bonito 



Butterfish 



Carp 



Catfish and bullheads. 

 Cod. 



Cod roe... 

 Croaker.. - 

 Drum: 



Black. 



Red... 

 Eels 



Flounders 



Crayfish 



Haddock 



Hake 



Halibut 



Herring 



Hickory shad 



King whiting or "kingflsh". 



Mackerel 



Menhaden 



Minnows 



Mullet 



Mummichog 



Pike or pickerel 



Pilotfish 



Pollock. 



Pompano 



Scup or porgy 



Sea bass 



Sea robin 



Shad 



Sharks 



Silversides or spearing 



Skates 



Smelt... 



Spanish mackerel 



Spot 



Squeteagues or weakflsh 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon. 



Sturgeon roe 



Suckers 



Swell fish 



Sword fish 



Tautog 



Pounds 



16, 800 



1, 564, 415 



261, 740 



90,205 



998, 135 



207, 100 



23,567 



2, 642, 961 



40 



4,000 



200 



100 



516, 394 



7, 532, 138 



2,115 



17, 019, 780 



175, 845 



10, 381 



2,407 



13, 147 



63, 861 



740. 299 



11, 224, 870 



8,033 



750 



9,075 



327 



225 



102, 463 



116 



927, 493 



231, 125 



30, 084 



231, 392 



15, 763 



61, 200 



40,240 



180 



37 



436, 484 



1,073,211 



86,550 



8,946 



80 



72, 493 



12, 900 



60, 809 



48,312 



Value 



$668 



25, 594 



60, 381 



4,910 



84,313 



27, 636 



3,981 



123, 555 



4 



120 



2 



2 



70,543 



396, 707 



69 



597, 276 



6,966 



3,489 



40 



586 



10, 599 



52, 579 



44,759 



4,598 



21 



620 



98 



10 



5,057 



12 



88, 553 



29, 385 



572 



49,212 



408 



2,715 



1,207 



44 



9 



26, 084 



98, 544 



20, 984 



1,682 



22 



9,505 



390 



11,391 



4, 393 



Pounds 



18, 268 



379, 550 



628, 241 



507, 660 



3, 078, 247 

 279, 039 

 136, 226 



2, 216, 691 



2, 455, 867 



31, 100 



14, 300 



251, 671 



2, 921, 714 



4,640 



3,450 



451, 320 



235, 665 



5,439 



33, 125 



2, 165, 752 



5, 378, 807 



6,000 



3, 900 



23, 310 



625 



2, 452, 079 



2, 095, 857 



23, 100 



552, 480 



48, 710 



2,000 



47, 446 



13, 992 



1,217,704 



7, 172, 685 



64, 159 



7,400 



490 



92, 675 



Value 

 $665 



12, 584 

 148, 147 



40, 756 

 235, 293 



50, 024 



10, 935 

 109, 065 



Pounds 



5,300 

 21, 400 

 400 

 6,000 

 3,875 

 5,600 

 14, 287 



104, 827 



412 



25, 392 



209, 314 



278 



156 



1,000 



2,500 

 400 



7,030 



219 



4,664 



141, 147 



20, 945 



39, 847 

 36, 000 



500 



Value 



1, 



75. 



448, 



18, 



2, 



383,000 



26,000 



1,700 



200 



$165 

 4,850 

 40 

 300 

 800 

 505 

 817 



40 



375 

 26 



2,284 

 240 



122,400 5,520 

 42,800 3,574 



20, 766 5, 322 



15, 440 



2,858 



