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•0.8. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of New York, 1931 — Continued 

 OPERATING UNITS: By gear— Continued 



CATCH: By GEAR 



Note. — A recheck of the pound-net fisheries of Suffolk County, New York, shows that changes should b e 

 made from the data previously published for this fishery for the years 1929 and 1930. Additions in 1929 

 should be albacore, 51,625 pounds, valued at $1,032; bonito, 1,259 pounds, valued at $76; butterfish, 545,444 

 pounds, valued at $47,454; cod, 23,315 pounds, valued at $933; eels, 1,587 pounds, valued at $206; flounders, 

 30,159 pounds, valued at $1,116; frigate mackerel, 15,395 pounds, valued at $462; sea herring, 12,729 pounds, 

 valued at $280; king whiting, 557 pounds, valued at $78; mackerel, 243,105 pounds, valued at $10,454; pol- 

 lock, 1,130 pounds, valued at $31; scup or porgv, 84,116 pounds, valued at .$4,626; sea bass, 30,549 pounds, 

 valued at .$3,360; shad, 3,839 pounds, valued at $790; sharks, 1,505 pounds, valued at $30; spot, 822 pounds, 

 valued at $66; gray squeteague or "sea trout", 60,420 pounds, valued at $5,438; striped bass, 694 pounds, 

 valued at .$128; tautog, 3,960 pounds, valued at $217; tuna or "horse mackerel", 4,399 pounds, valued at 

 $527; whiting, 186,229 pounds, valued at $4,655; and squid, 165,752 pounds, valued at $7,624; and deletions 

 in 1929 should be bluefish, 65,429 pounds, valued at $6,543; and menhaden, 26,145 pounds, valued at $131. 

 Additions in 1930 should be bluefish 58,751 pounds, valued at $5,875; bonito, 54,445 pounds, valued at .$3,974; 

 butterfish, 365,164 pounds, valued at $28,483; cod, 22,743 pounds, valued at $910; flounders, 32,645 pounds, 

 valued at $1,077; king whiting, 2,192 pounds, valued at $282; mackerel, 109,700 pounds, valued at $5,485; 

 mullet, 140 pounds, valued at $7; pollock, 661 pounds, valued at $18; scup or porgy, 128,740 pounds, valued 

 at $6,437; sea bass, 74,309 pounds, valued at $7,431; sea robin, 1,330 pounds, valued at $27; shad, 1,901 pounds, 

 valued at $:?80; spot, 140 pounds, valued at $11; gray squeteague or "sea trout", 10,725 pounds, valued at 

 $912; tuna or "horse mackerel", 4.138 pounds, valued at .$484; and squid, 214,102 pounds, valued at $8,566, 

 and deletions in 1930 should be albacore, 9,871 pounds, valued at $335; sea herring, 5,150 pounds, valued 

 at $103; menhaden, 80,202 pounds, valued at $320; and striped bass, 4,600 pounds, valued at $718. 



