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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay States, 1929 



SUMMARY OF CATCH 



OPERATING UNITS: Bt States 



Items 



Maryland Virginia 



Total 



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 



Drift 



Square yards 



Runaround 



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 



Spears 



Scrapes.. 



Yards at mouth 



Dredges — 



Crab 



Yards at mouth 



Oyster 



Yards at mouth 



Scallop 



Yards at mouth 



Tongs 



Rakes 



Picks... 



Number 

 1,179 



5,083 

 2,167 



8,429 



3 



18 



264 



2,852 



267 

 2,870 



3,727 

 2,031 



18 



16 



4,564 



198 



39, 194 



33 



2,363 



609 



589, 085 



1 



2,400 



2, 966 



201, 498 



1, 



789, 764 



361 



4, 650 



780 



5 



3.600 



2,381 



1,180 



5 



12, 942 



1,102 

 1,102 



766 

 944 



4,400 

 121 



7 



Number 

 1,407 



1,980 

 6,654 



10, 041 



30 

 3,118 



92 

 1,102 



17 

 249 



139 



4,188 

 3,451 



31 

 8,400 



196 

 41,340 



756 

 840, 661 



14, 526 

 550, 604 



10 



10 



1,064 



494, 500 



2,190 



92f; 

 405 



5 

 147 

 160 



2 

 693 

 593 



124 

 226 

 150 

 174 

 819 

 546 

 4,244 

 1,000 



Number 

 2,586 



7,063 

 8,821 



18,470 



30 

 3,118 



95 



1,120 



281 



3,101 



406 

 7,339 



7,915 



5,482 

 18 



31 



8,400 



16 



4.564 



394 



80, 534 



33 



2,363 



1, 365 



1, 429, 746 



1 



2,400 



17, 492 



752, 102 



28 



46 



2,472 



1, 284, 264 



361 



4,650 



2,970 



5 



3,600 



3,307 



1,585 



5 



5 



147 



13, 102 



9 



1,695 



1,695 



124 



226 



916 



1,118 



819 



546 



8,644 



1,121 



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