FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1927 475 



NEW JERSEY 



The fisheries and industries related to the fisheries of New Jersey 

 employed 6,000 persons in 1926, which is 4 per cent more than in 1921. 

 Of the total, 5,134 were employed in fishing, 23 on transporting 

 boats and vessels, 640 in the wholesale trade, and 203 in the canning 

 or prepared-products trade and in menhaden-reduction plants. 



The products of the fisheries amounted to 73,299,123 pounds, valued 

 at $6,254,264. This represents a decrease of 24 per cent in amount 

 and an increase of about 5 per cent in value, compared with the amoimt 

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

 mainly to the smaller catches of menhaden and squeteagues or 

 weakfish . 



Of the total value, oysters accounted for 53 per cent; squeteagues or 

 sea trout, 7 per cent; clams, 5 per cent; butterfish, 4 per cent; flounders, 



3 per cent; lobsters, 3 per cent; sea bass, 3 per cent; and bluefish, 2 

 per cent. Of the total production, oysters accoimted for 35 per cent; 

 squeteagues or sea trout, 10 per cent; whiting, 10 per cent; butterfish, 



4 per cent; flounders, 4 per cent; croakers, 3 per cent; scup or porgy, 

 3 per cent; and cod, 3 per cent. 



Operating units. — The catch of fishery products in New Jersey 

 during 1926 was taken by 2,187 motor, sail, and row boats, 255 motor 

 vessels, 93 sail vessels, 16 types of apparatus, and hj hand. The 

 following table shows in detail the vessels, boats, and types of 

 apparatus used in 1926. 



Fisheries of New Jersey, 1926 

 OPERATING UNITS: By gear 



1 Number undetermined. 



