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Industries related to the fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States, 1926 — Continued 



Items 



Menhaden industry: 



Factories.- 



Persons engaged 



Wages paid 



Menhaden utilized number. . 



Products- 

 Acid scrap -.tons-- 



00- gallons.. 



New York and New 

 Jersey 



3 



195 



$188, 464 

 25, 187, 000 



2,898 

 185, 800 



2 38,714,200 pounds. 



3 Value, $178,435. 



Pennsyl- 

 vania 



Delaware 



3 



158 



$53, 017 



39, 457, 000 



4,133 

 390, 687 



Total 



* Value, $252,420. 



6 



353 



$241, 481 



2 64, 644, 000 



3 7, 031 

 * 576, 487 



NEW YORK 



The fisheries and industries related to the fisheries of New York 

 employed 5,767 persons in 1926, which is 19 per cent less than in 

 1921. Of these, 3,113 were employed in fishing, 82 were engaged on 

 transporting boats and vessels, 2,181 were employed in the wholesale 

 trade, and 391 were employed in the canning or prepared products 

 trades and m menhaden-reduction plants. 



The products of the fisheries amounted to 60,720,869 pounds, valued 

 at $5,128,743. This represents a decrease of 71 per cent in amount 

 and an increase of 3 per cent in value compared with the amount and 

 value of the fisheries in 1921. The decrease in amount is due mainly 

 to the smaller catch of menhaden. 



Of the total value, oysters accounted for 43 per cent; haddock, 

 12 per cent; flounders, 8 per cent; clams, 7 per cent; scallops, 7 per 

 cent; lobsters, 3 per cent; cod, 2 per cent; and tilefish, 2 per cent. 

 Of the total production, haddock accounted for 28 per cent; oysters, 

 12 per cent; flounders, 12 per cent; cod, 4 per cent; tilefish, 3 per cent; 

 scallops, 2 per cent; clams, 2 per cent; and lobsters, less than 1 

 per cent. 



Operating units. — The catch of fishery products in New York during 

 1926 was taken by 1,699 motor, sail, and row boats, 13 steam vessels, 

 202 motor vessels, 3 sailing vessels, 20 types of apparatus, and by 

 hand. The following table shows in detail the statistics of the boats 

 and vessels and types of apparatus used during 1926: 



