14 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



The number of persons engaged in the fisheries of Pennsylvania 

 was 591, the investment was $1,375,778, and the products amounted to 

 594,613 pounds, valued at $44,621. The principal species taken, in 

 the order of their value, were squeteagues, " sea trout," or weakfish, 

 240,000 pounds, valued at $14,400; sea bass, 135,000 pounds, valued 

 at $12,500; scup or porgy, 142,000 pounds, valued at $7,100; shad, 

 18,872 pounds, valued at $5,834; suckers, 21,199 pounds, valued at 

 $2,469; carp, 9,712 pounds, valued at $1,511; and alewives, 20,085 

 pounds, valued at $405. Compared with 1904, there was a decrease 

 of 821, or 58.14 per cent, in the number of persons employed, of 

 $721,937, or 34.41 per cent, in the investment, and of 1,451,681 pounds, 

 or 70.94 per cent, in the quantity and $122,878, or 73.36 per cent, in 

 the value of the products. 



The number of persons engaged in the fisheries of Delaware was 

 976, the investment was $585,616, and the products amounted to 

 25,023,193 pounds, valued at $652,448. The principal species taken, 

 in the order of their value, were oysters, 4,315,731 pounds, or 616,533 

 bushels, valued at $450,873; menhaden, 18,082,000 pounds, valued at 

 $67,970 ; squeteagues, " sea trout," or weakfish, 886,550 pounds, valued 

 at $53,317 ; croaker, 418,873 pounds, valued at $18,682 ; shad, 86,836 

 pounds, valued at $16,312; carp, 87,820 pounds, valued at $13,166; 

 sturgeon, including roe, 13,962 pounds, valued at $6,952; and ale- 

 wives, 351,590 pounds, valued at $6,431. Compared with 1904, there 

 was a decrease of 923, or 48.60 per cent, in the number of persons 

 employed, and of $84,379, or 12.59 per cent, in the investment, but 

 an increase of 19,414,904 pounds, or 346.18 per cent, in the quantity 

 and $392,858, or 151.53 per cent, in the value of the products. 



SHAD FISHERY OF THE HUDSON RIVER. 



The shad fishery of the Hudson River in 1921 had engaged 307 

 persons, the investment was $44,607, and the catch was 35,448 shad 

 in number, or 130,803 pounds, valued at $30,623. Of this quantity 

 28,948 shad, or 104,883 pounds, valued at $24,329, were taken in New 

 York, and 6,500, or 25,920 pounds, valued at $6,294, in New Jersey. 

 Compared with 1920, there was a decrease of 61 persons, and of 13,867 

 shad, or 69,041 pounds, and $25,706 in the value, but an increase of 

 $4,256 in the investment. 



In 1922 there were engaged 272 persons, the investment was $40,342, 

 and the catch was 48,336 shad, or 175,186 pounds, valued at $39,706. 

 The catch in New York was 36,111 shad, or 128,324 pounds, valued 

 at $27,451, and in New Jersey, 12,225 shad, or 46,862 pounds, valued at 

 $12,255. Compared with 1920, there was a decrease of 96 persons, 

 and of 979 shad, or 24,658 pounds, and $16,603 in the value, with 

 practically no change in the investment. 



FLORIDA SPONGE FISHERY. 



The quantity of sponges sold at the Sponge Exchange, Tarpon 

 Springs, Fla., 'in 1922, was 526,885 pounds, valued at $699,092. This > 

 total included large wool sponges, 248,475 pounds, valued at $596,199; 

 small wool, 70,478 pounds, valued at $42,286; yellow, 115,455 pounds, 



