FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1927 



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Fisheries hy counties. — Fishing was prosecuted in the waters of 

 14 counties in the State of New Jersey in 1926. The fisheries of 

 Cumberland County were most important and accounted for 35 per 

 cent of the total catch and 51 per cent of the total value. Ocean 

 County followed in value of catch, accounting for 18 per cent of the 

 total catch and 14 per cent of the total value. In value of catch, 

 Cape May County ranked third, Monmouth County fourth, and 

 Atlantic County fifth. The following table is a summary of the 

 fisheries of New Jersey by counties. 



Fisheries of New Jersey, 1926 

 OPERATING UNITS AND CATCH: By counties 



County 



Fisher- 

 , men 



Vessels 



Motor 

 boats 



other 

 boats 



Products 



Atlantic 



Bergen 



Burlington.. 



Camden 



Cape May_-- 

 Cumberland. 

 Gloucester... 



Hudson 



Hunterdon.. 



Mercer 



Middlesex... 

 Monmouth-. 



Ocean. 



Salem 



Total. 



Number 



432 



9 



152 



8 



703 



2,369 



55 



1 



18 

 34 



532 

 590 

 234 



Number 

 10 



54 

 229 



Net 

 tonnage 

 134 



582 

 3,760 



Number 



145 



3 



74 



1 



231 



103 



22 



1 



129 

 240 



3 



232 



311 



69 



Number 



252 



3 



85 

 2 

 132 

 145 

 27 



12 



4 



114 



121 



Pounds 



4, 454, 143 



46, 237 



458, 619 



25, 690 



14, 490, 947 



25, 794, 302 



73, 767 



13, 680 



8.345 



32, 540 



31, 470 



14, 389, 938 



12, 942, 745 



536, 700 



1,195 



992 73, 299, 123 



Value 



$443, 946 



6,300 



101, 719 



1,760 



795, 197 



i, 174, 775 



14, 410 



1,505 



1,397 



5,116 



5,616 



704, 562 



884, 194 



113, 767 



6, 254, 264 



INDUSTRIES RELATED TO THE FISHERIES 



Transporting.- — In 1926, there were 23 persons engaged primarily in 

 transporting the catch of fishery products from the fishing groimds 

 to market. For the conduct of this trade 18 motor vessels were used, 

 having an aggregate of 171 net tons. 



Wholesale trade. — In 1926, there were 52 wholesale establishments 

 in New Jersey engaged chiefly in handling primary fishery products. 

 The total investment in these establishments amounted to $845,187 

 and the cash or working capital amounted to $316,000. There were 

 602 persons employed, who received $363,607 in wages. In addition, 

 38 commission men, oyster shuckers, etc., were employed. These 

 were not connected directly with the wholesale trade, and therefore 

 the amount of their wages was not obtained. 



Prepared and by-products trade. — In 1926, there were 9 establish- 

 ments engaged in preparing smoked fish and miscellaneous canned 

 products and by-products. The value of these establishments was 

 $236,066, and the cash or working capital amounted to $84,000. 

 There were 164 persons employed who received $86,509 in wages. 

 The products included 1,052,800 pounds of smoked fish, valued at 

 $496,015, and miscellaneous products and by-products valued at 

 $248,071. 



Following are tables showing the statistics of the industries related 

 to the fisheries of New Jersey for 1926. 



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