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U.S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay States, 1931 

 SUMMARY OF CATCH 



OPERATING UNITS: By States 



Item 



Fishermen: 



On vessels 



On boats and shore: 



Regular 



Casual 



TotaL 



Vessels: 



Steam 



Net tonnage- 

 Motor 



Net tonnage. 

 Sail 



Net tonnage. 



Total vessels.. 



Total net tonnage. 



Boats: 



Motor 



Other 



Accessory boats 



Apparatus: 



Purse seines: 



Menhaden 



Length, yards 



Other 



Length, yards 



Haul seines 



Length, yards 



Gill nets: 



Anchor 



Square yards 



Diift 



Square yards 



Stake 



Square yards 



Lines: 



Hand 



Hooks 



Trot with baits or snoods. 



Baits or snoods 



Trot with hooks... 



Hooks 



Pound nets 



Stop nets 



Square yards 



Fyke nets 



Dip nets 



Cast nets 



Otter trawls 



Yards at mouth 



Pots, eel-. 



Scrapes 



Yards at mouth 



Dredges: 



Crab 



Yards at mouth 



Oyster 



Yards at mouth 



Scallop 



Yards at mouth 



Tongs 



Rakes 



Picks 



Maryland 



Number 

 845 



6,727 

 1,986 



9,558 



3 



18 



191 



2,191 



194 

 2,209 



4,263 



2,342 



22 



15 



3,906 



185 



21, 844 



39 



21, 260 



193 



397, 015 



3,113 



197, 483 



18 



36 



1,560 



, 039, 560 



12 



3,600 



721 



3 



5,650 



1,741 



1,776 



2 



11,309 

 1,098 

 1,093 



560 

 660 



5,887 

 85 



Virginia 



Number 

 1,261 



6,559 

 3,311 



11,131 



19 



2,104 



101 



1,756 



6 



39 



126 



4,220 



3,274 



54 



27 

 8,020 



131 

 43, 465 



540 



487, 555 



14, 021 



503, 780 



1.094 

 472, 260 



2,208 



832 



745 



27 

 795 



30 

 388 

 388 



112 

 224 

 164 

 212 



1,216 

 811 



4,411 

 843 

 731 



