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of the catch; tongs, 22 per cent; pound nets, 20 per cent; and oyster 

 dredges, 7 per cent. The catch by lines was prmcipally hard crabs; 

 that by tongs, almost exclusively oysters ; that by pound nets, chiefly 

 alewives, squeteagues, and croaker; and that by oyster dredges, 

 exclusively oysters, 



OPERATING UNITS BY COUNTIES 



Somerset Cotmty was foremost in the number of persons fishing, 

 accounting for 19 per cent of the total. Dorchester County followed 

 with 17 per cent. Other counties employing a considerable number 

 of fishermen were Talbot, St. Marys, Anne Arundel, and Queen 

 Annes. Somerset County accounted for 41 per cent of the total 

 number of fishing vessels, and Dorchester County accounted for 37 

 per cent. Somerset County also led in the number of motor and other 

 small fishing boats, accounting for 25 per cent of the total. Dorches- 

 ter County followed with 14 per cent. 



CATCH BY COUNTIES 



Fishing was prosecuted along the coast and in the coastal rivers 

 and bays of 16 counties of Maryland during 1929. Ranked according 

 to value, the fisheries of Dorchester County were most important, 

 accounting for 26 per cent of the total catch and 19 per cent of the 

 total value of the catch. Somerset was next in importance, account- 

 ing for 13 per cent of the quantity and 18 per cent of the value. 

 Other important producing counties listed in order of their importance 

 with respect to the value of this catch were Talbot, Queen Annes, 

 Worcester, Kent, and Anne Arundel. 



Fisheries of Maryland, 1929 

 OPERATING UNITS: By gear 



