FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1922. 



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FISHERIES BY APPARATUS. 



The most important forms of fishing apparatus used in the fisheries 

 of New York in 1921 were purse and haul seines, with a catch of 

 180,655,920 pounds, valued at $1,262,217; pound nets and trap nets, 

 with 6,756,423 pounds, valued at $529,844; otter trawls, with 

 2,941,095 pounds, valued at $205,717; lines, with 3,348,876 pounds, 

 valued at $297,640; dredges, tongs, rakes, etc., with 13,514,532 

 pounds, valued at $2,259,493, consisting chiefly of oysters, clams, 

 and scallops; and lobster pots, with 1,028,460 pounds, valued at 

 $194,952, of which 1,021,710 pounds, valued at $193,602, were 

 lobsters, and the remainder sea bass. There were also 7,985 pounds 

 of lobsters, valued at $1,615, taken in otter trawls, and 7,700 pounds, 

 valued at $1,545, in pound nets. The catch with fyke nets, consist- 

 ing chiefly of flounders, amounted to 917,568 pounds, valued at 

 $41,279, and with gill nets, to 607,077 pounds, valued at $93,517. 

 Considerable quantities of products were also taken with dip nets, 

 scap nets, stop nets, harpoons, drag nets, eel pots, spears, and minor 

 forms of apparatus. The entire catch of swordfish, amounting to 

 44,865 pounds, valued at $9,125, was taken with harpoons. The 

 products taken with each form of fishing apparatus in the vessel and 

 shore fisheries combined are shown in the appended tables. 



Yield of the fisheries of New York in 1921, by counties, apparatus, and species. 

 BY PURSE SEINES AND HAUL SEINES. 



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