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IT, S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Fishery Products, in Pounds, Received at Municipal Fish Wharf and Market, 

 Washington, D. C, 1921 — Continued. 



Spedes. 



Bass, black and sea. 



Bluefish 



Bowfin 



Butterfish 



Carp 



Catfish 



Cod 



Crappie 



Crevall^ , 



Croaker 



Dace 



Eels. 

 Flounders — 

 Gizzard shad. 



Haddock 



Hake. 



Halibut 



Herring, river 



Hickory shad or "jacks". 



Kingfish 



Mackerel 



MuUet 



Perch 



Pike or pickerel 



PoUock 



Redflsh or red drum 



Salmon 



Scup or porgy 



Shad 



Sharks 



Sheepshead 



Smelt 



Spot 



Squeteagues or "sea trout". 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Sunflsh 



Tilefish , 



Tullibee , 



Whitefish 



Whiting 



Clams, hard ' 



Oysters: i 



In the shell 



Opened 



Scallops. 



Crabs 



Crab meat 



Frogs 



Lobsters 



Shrimp 



Turtles 



August. 



7,950 

 5,650 



48,290 



3,780 



5,550 



800 



72,700 



12,600 



Septem- 

 ber. 



4,600 

 22,350 



42,300 



9,825 



11,100 



600 



12,200 



200 



12,400 



4,700 

 'i,'2i5' 



5,000 



191,940 



12,860 



400 



9,056 

 399 



Total 455,617 458,632 



40,650 

 14,975 



200 

 2 



12,400 



"ijsoo' 

 'i6,'266' 



1,900 

 800 



2,920 

 190 



1,000 

 100 



5,400 



400 



8,700 

 171,100 

 21,400 



1,850 



6,944 



40,705 

 8,498 



25, 875 

 27,975 



October. 



27,450 

 8,560 



18,200 

 1,000 



8,600 



10,100 



1,200 

 9,800 

 11,500 

 60,000 



500 



455 

 1,000 



570 

 2,800 



230 

 8,500 



700 



21,000 

 161,320 

 21,140 



1,500 



12,800 

 2,496 



183,855 

 70,331 



2,250 

 8,975 



Novem- 

 ber. 



December. 



13,200 



21,000 

 5,275 



28, 400 

 3,400 



8,900 



5,700 



1,800 

 64,700 

 19,000 

 90,000 



39,800 

 8,100 

 6,580 



5,500 

 '5,466 



17,000 

 159,600 

 21,100 



1,700 



45,600 

 5,632 



319,200 



100, asi 



120 



661,302 



250 



300 



997,288 



14,800 

 600. 



13,200 



10, 595 



32,625 



7,700 



800 



6,700 



6,230 



19,300 



1,500 



1,900 



19,800 



18,500 



120,000 



7,400 

 1,800 

 14,700 

 3,400 

 6,300 



5,700 

 '5J966 



88,100 

 12,915 



11,300 

 3,632 



427,000 

 172,013 



1,034,660 



Total. 



166,482 



33,900 



400 



225,950 



134,888 



225,723 



42,350 



5,700 



300 



581,734 



80 



13,430 



230,856 



1,650 



100,575 



98,250 



145,662 



1,447,192 



10,259 



3,400 



120,950 



16,927 



174,841 



12,241 



20,605 



1,790 



36,400 



3,900 



592,337 



200 



100 



1,920 



55,300 



1,956,483 



243,950 



404 



400 



21,190 



815 



600 



72,700 



2 84,400 



3 1,400,077 



< 526,302 



1,196 



151,554 



95,515 



500 



340 



3,875 



151 



9,066,744 



> The clams have been reduced to pounds on the l)asis of 8 pounds of meat to a bushel, the oysters on a 

 basis of 7 pounds of meat to a bushel and S\ pounds to a gallon. 



2 10,550 bushels. 



3 200,011 bushels. 

 * 63,794 gallons. 



SHAD AND ALEWIFE FISHERIES OF THE POTOMAC RIVER, 1921.* 



The number of persons employed in these fisheries in Maryland and 

 Virginia in 1921 was 983, of whom 321 are credited to Maryland and 

 662 to Virginia. The number of boats in use were 623, valued at 

 $77,150; pound nets, 266, valued at S87,295, of which 68 are credited 

 to Maryland and 198 to Virginia; gill nets 296, valued at $37,565; 

 seines 6, valued at $5,140; and shore and accessory property to the 

 value of $7,735. The total investment amounted to $214,885. 



< The canvass of these fisheries was made by Winthrop A. Roberts, statistical agent, U. S. Bureau of 

 Fisheries. 



