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Fisheries of Delaware, 1 926^Contmued 

 OPERATING UNITS: By gear— Continued 



' Number undetermined. 



Catch, hy gear. — Two types of gear caught 86 per cent of the catch, 

 of which purse seines took 70 per cent and dredges took 16 per cent. 

 The catch of purse seines consisted entirely of menhaden and that of 

 dredges mostly of oysters and a few clams. In addition, haul seines 

 (which took 6 per cent of the catch) and gill nets (which took 2 per 

 cent) accounted for quantities of virtually every species of fish repre- 

 sented in the catch. The following table shows the amount of the 

 species of fishery products taken and their mode of capture: 



