490 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States, 1880 to 1926 



CATCH OF CERTAIN SPECIES: Bt States 



[Expressed in thousands of pounds; that is, 000 omitted] 



Year 



Bluefish 



New 

 York 



1880... 3,000 



1887 2,853 



1888 ' 3,454 



1889 5,027 



1890 _.. 5,740 



1891 5,507 



1897.. 11,146 



1901 ..I 9,351 



1904 11,414 



1908... 3,191 



1921 1,083 



1926 I 262 



New Pennsyl- 

 Jersey vania 



Dela- 

 ware 



Total 



46 



6,711 

 7,672 

 8,115 

 13, 592 

 15, 031 

 12, 735 

 16, 323 

 15, 462 

 14, 137 

 5,049 

 3,328 

 922 



Bonito 



New 



York 



3 



2 

 2 

 43 

 195 

 310 

 102 

 256 

 90 



New 

 Jersey 



(') 



178 

 145 

 150 

 359 



1,459 

 598 

 578 



1,503 

 508 



Total 



21 



181 

 147 

 152 

 402 

 1,654 



1,759 



Year 



1887. 

 1888- 

 1889. 

 1890- 

 1891. 

 1897. 

 1901. 

 1904- 

 1908. 

 1921. 

 1926. 



Butterfish 



New 

 York 



365 

 423 

 837 

 729 

 591 

 579 

 1,229 

 630 

 998 



New 

 Jersey 



Penn- 

 sylva- 

 nia 



237 



239 



231 



217 



3,008 



1,357 



2,054 



2,863 



3,078 



Dela- 

 ware 



Total 



602 

 662 

 1,068 

 946 

 3,599 

 1,936 

 3,283 

 3,493 

 4,089 



Cod 



New 

 York 



580 

 455 

 195 

 880 

 939 

 277 

 116 

 172 

 170 



New 

 Jersey 



Penn- 

 sylva- 

 nia 



Dela- 

 ware 



2,643 



Total 



5,247 

 4,273 

 3,942 

 3,010 

 2.811 

 3,251 

 5,598 

 3,474 

 2,433 

 6,823 

 1,355 

 4,874 



' Not specified. 



