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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of New Jersey, 1926 — Continued 

 OPERATING UNITS: By gear— Continued 



Catch by gfear.— Pound nets, weirs, and dredges were the most 

 important types of apparatus used. The first two accounted for 

 40 per cent and the last for 34 per cent of the catch, or approximately 

 three-fourths of the total catch made in New Jersey. The catch by 

 pound nets and weirs consisted of virtually every species of fish 

 represented in the fisheries, while that of dredges consisted almost 

 entirely of oysters, with a few crabs, scallops, and clams. The 

 following table shows the species of fishery products taken and their 

 mode of capture: 



