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XJ. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of Delaware, 1929 — Continued 

 CATCH: By counties 



Species 



Alewives 



Bluefish.. 



Butterfish 



Carp 



Catfish and bullheads 



Cod - --- 



Croakers 



Drum: 



Black .- 



Red.... 



Eels.... 



Flounders .-. 



Hickory shad 



King whiting or "kingflsh". 



Menhaden 



Mullet 



Pike or pickerel 



Scup 



Shad 



Spot 



Squeteagues or "sea trout". 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Suckers... 



Tautog 



White perch 



Yellow perch 



Crabs: 



Hard 



King 



Soft 



Lobsters 



Frogs - 



Clams: 



Hard, public 



Hard, private 



Mussels.. 



Oysters: 



Market, public 



Market, private 



Seed, public 



Turtles 



Total 2,178,027 



Kent 



Pounds 

 2,000 

 1,663 

 135 

 7,385 

 1,025 

 1,550 

 101, 265 



600 



200 



6,518 



4,942 



237 



6,390 



2,204 



380, 325 



5,040 



10, 357 

 179 



18, 730 

 552, 000 



18, 168 



43, 200 



1,050 



19, 110 



3,500 



985, 915 



4,339 



Value 



$30 



285 



20 



1,425 



125 



84 



2,551 



14 

 10 



878 

 135 



1, 275 



58 



12, 335 



976 



1, 598 

 25 



1,460 

 966 



5,750 



16, 000 



150 



2,282 



675 



52, 159 



335 



101, 608 



New Castle 



Pounds 

 2,500 



58, 028 

 14, 501 



3,735 



800 



50, 160 

 1,000 

 2,767 



10, 560 

 1,380 



1,542 

 1,542 



12, 000 



355 



8,000 



168, 870 



Value 

 $32 



9,980 

 1,241 



530 



8, 905 

 20 

 95 



2,610 

 204 



193 

 193 



920 



461 



25, 555 



Sussex 



Pounds 



117, 200 



28,837 



1,925 



52, 175 



8,665 



13, 330 



421, 100 



2,050 

 21, 045 

 24, 660 



1,800 



29, 454, 120 



15,900 



550 



1,600 



37, 009 



23, 025 



633, 450 



5,414 



400 

 3,500 

 53, 550 

 19, 203 



6,660 



16,800 

 12,600 



80, 500 



1,400 



64, 470 



500 



31, 123, 582 



Value 



$2, 168 



6,067 



137 



4,329 



705 



750 



12, 698 



77 

 2,608 

 1,474 



198 



112,311 



1,585 



100 



80 



5,072 



1,367 



27, 149 



1,237 



23 



140 



6. 785 



1,499 



172 



3,600 

 3,780 



9,200 



250 



3,150 



50 



208, 818 



INDUSTRIES RELATED TO THE FISHERIES 



Transporting. — In 1929 there were seven persons in Delaware 

 engaged primarily in transporting fishery products by means of 

 vessels. In this trade two motor vessels, having a combined capacity 

 of 14 net tons, were operated. Both of these vessels were between 

 the capacity ranges of 5 and 10 net tons. 



Wholesale. — There were 15 establishments in Delaware engaged 

 primarily in handling fresh and frozen products. These establish- 

 ments employed 184 persons, who received $35,950 in salaries and 

 wages. 



Manufacturing. — There were five establishments in Delaware in 

 1929 engaged primarily in the manufacture of fishery products or 

 by-products. They employed 183 persons, who received $53,550 in 

 salaries and wages. The products manufactured, consisting of 

 sturgeon caviar, menhaden products, and king crab scrap, were 

 valued at $418,841. Detailed statistics of most of the production of 

 by-products may be obtained from Fisheries Document No. 1095, 

 entitled "Fishery Industries of the United States, 1929." 



