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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 

 Shad fishery of the Hudson River, 1921 and 1922 — Continued. 



Comparative statistics of shad fishery of the Hudson River, 191 5-1 9i 



Year. 



New York. 



New Jersey. 



Total. 



1915 

 1916 

 1917 

 1918 

 1919 

 1920 

 1921 

 1922 



Number. 

 11,606 

 7,787 

 10,615 

 63,404 

 76,501 

 39, 692 

 28, 948 

 36, 111 



Pounds. 

 48, 564 

 32, 923 

 38,344 

 220, 602 

 301, 306 

 157,715 

 104, 883 

 128, 324 



ValiK . 

 $5, 969 

 4,540 

 5,810 

 44, 784 

 60, 690 

 43, 882 

 24, 329 

 27, 451 



Number. 

 4,249 

 1,500 

 1,400 

 3,999 



13,800 

 9,623 

 6,500 



12, 225 



Pounds. 

 20, 104 

 7,250 

 5,040 

 14.000 

 73. 668 

 42, 129 

 25,920 

 46, 862 



FISHERIES OF NEW YORK. 



In 1921 the number of persons employed in the fisheries of New- 

 York was 7,145, of whom 1,799 were on vessels fishing, 62 on trans- 

 porting vessels, 2,365 in the shore or boat fisheries, and 2,919 on 

 shore in wholesjile establishments and other fishery industries. 



Tlic investment in the fisheries and fishery industries amounted to 

 $13,836,455 and included 319 fishing and transporting vessels, valued 

 at $4,275,465, with a tonnage of 5,262 net tons, and outfits valued at 

 $518,170; 2,087 boats, valued at $504,985; fishing apparatus valued 

 at $461,138; shore and accessory property valued at $7,140,497; 

 and cash capital amounting to $936,200. 



The products of the fisheries amounted to 210,377,152 pounds, 

 valued at $4,986,918. The prmcipal species taken, arranged in the 

 order of their value, were: Oysters, 9,500,295 pounds, or 1,357,185 

 bushels, valued at $1,785,913; menhaden, 179,447,799 pounds, 

 valued at $1,117,235; flounders, 4,471,161 pounds, valued at $283,- 

 412; clams, 1,006,538 pounds, or 121,113 bushels, valued at $260,773; 

 squeteaques, "sea trout," or weakfish, 1,921,036 pounds, valued at 

 $228,524; scallops, 1,235,760 pounds, or 205,960 bushels, valued at 

 $217,108; lobster, 1,037,395 pounds, valued at $196,762; and blue- 

 fish, 1,082,917 pounds, valued at $176,726. 



