FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1932 



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Fisheries of Delaware, 1931 — Continued 

 CATCH: By counties 



Species 



Kent 



New Castle 



Sussex 



Alewives 



Blueflsh - 



Carp 



Catfish and bullheads 



Cod 



Croaker 



Eels 



Flounders 



Herring, sea 



King whiting or "kingflsh" 



Menhaden 



Mullet 



Soup 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Spot 



Squeteagues or "sea trout", gray- 

 Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Tautog 



White perch 



Yellow perch 



Crabs: 



King 



Soft 



Lobsters 



Clams, hard, public 



Oysters: 



Market, public, fall 



Market, private, fall 



Seed, public, spring 



Seed, public, fall 



Turtles, snapper 



Pounds 

 800 



Value 



4,360 



1,932 



14,628 



117,061 



12,007 



990 

 ""17" 



4,279 



179, 827 

 32, 140 



40,628 

 80 



683, 832 



21,523 



78, 540 

 343, 530 

 751, 500 



24,300 

 1,550 



670 



278 



575 



4,611 



1,376 



648 



8,292 

 7,356 



6,175 



7 



1,026 



3,758 



7,180 

 40,000 

 51,500 



1,620 

 83 



Total -.-J 2.313,524 



135, 227 



Pounds 

 2,000 



50, 335 

 15, 181 



16, 815 



17, 651 



260 

 4,670 



5,400 

 2,234 



100 



114, 646 



Value 

 $91 



5,853 

 1,379 



2,007 



3,820 



52 

 934 



Pounds 



2, 431, 386 



70, 818 



19, 475 



10, 410 



36,000 



185, 012 



57, 341 



72, 699 



1,314 



900 



14, 280, 600 



582, 500 



12,600 



9,600 



16. 880 



200, 495 



220, 200 



19, 874 



472 

 194 



14, 807 



58,500 

 85,388 

 25, 215 



33,600 

 11,250 

 3,930 



27.720 

 20.764 

 60, 750 



18, 555, 221 



Value 



$10, 613 



3.677 



1,156 



971 



1.200 



5. 4S7 



6.925 



4,930 



4 



24 



93,299 



39. 825 



906 



679 



2.532 



7,122 



6.822 



4.289 



1.755 

 12.231 



7,660 



2. 814 



790 



3.360 

 2.517 

 4.050 



228. 134 



FISHERIES OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY STATES 



(Area XXIII) = 



The yield of fishery products in the Chesapeake Bay States (Mary- 

 land and Virginia) during 1931 amounted to 293,270,746 pounds, 

 valued at $7,427,960. This is a decrease of 7 percent in the catch and 

 35 percent in the value of the catch as compared with the quantity 

 and its value for 1930. Of the total catch in 1931, 186,412,085 

 pounds, valued at $2,871,929, were fish and 106,858,661 pounds, 

 valued at $4,556,031, were shellfish and miscellaneous products. 

 These fisheries gave employment to 20,689 fishermen, or 7 percent 

 more than in 1930. Of the total number of fishermen employed 

 during 1931, 2,106 regular fishermen were engaged on vessels and 

 13,286 regular and 5,297 casual fishermen were employed in the shore 

 and boat fisheries. 



5 This is the number given to this area by the North American Council on Fishery Investigations 

 It should be explained that there are included under this area craft owned in the area but at times fishing 

 elsewhere. A notable example is the southern trawl fishery, which extends into area XXIV. Data on the 

 operating units and catch of the fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay States have been taken largely from sta- 

 tistics collected by the State fishery agencies of Maryland and Virginia. Supplementary surveys, com- 

 pilations, and analyses have been made by agents of this Bureau in order that the figures may be presented 

 in a manner comparable with those of other sections. 



