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U. S. BUEEAU OF FISHERIES. 



Products of the vessel and shore fisheries of Pennsylvania, 1921. 



FISHERIES BY .\PPAR.\TUS. 



The most important forms of fishing apparatus used in the fisheries 

 of Pennsylvania in 1921 included purse seines, with a catch of 398,400 

 pounds, valued at $22,472, of which squeteague was the principal 

 species taken; haul seines, with 58,770 pounds, valued at S7,503; 

 and hand lines, with 124,000 pounds, valued at SI 1,780, consisting 

 mostly of sea bass. The remainder of the catch was taken with 

 gill nets, stop nets, and fyke nets. The catch taken with each form 

 of fishing apparatus in the vessel and shore fisheries combined is 

 given in the following table: 



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



