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Butterfish Poronotus triacanihus. 



Carp Cyprinus carpio. 



Catfish Siluridae (species), 



Crevall6 (including blue runner) Caranx (species). 



Croaker Micropogon undulatus. 



Eels Anguilla rostrata. 



•p, J j Paralichthys dentatus. 



l*Iounders \Pleuronectid£e (species). 



Gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum. 



Goldfish Carassius auratus. 



Hickory shad Pomolobus mediocris. 



King whiting Menticirrhua (species). 



Mackerel Scomber scombrus. 



Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus. 



HT ,, , f Miiqil cephalus. 



^^""^t {ihcgilalrema. 



Ocean sunfish Mola mola. 



Perch, white Morone americana. 



Perch, yellow Percaflavescens. 



Pigfish Orthopristis chrysopterus. 



Pike or pickerel Esox (species). 



Pompano Trachinotus (species). 



Redfish or red drum Sciaenops oceUatus. 



Scup Stenotomus chrysops. 



Sea bass Centropristes striatus. 



Shad Alosa sapidissima. 



Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus. 



Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus maculatus. 



Spot Lciostomus xanthurus. 



Squeteagues or "sea trout " [cynoscion nebulosus. 



Striped bass Roccus lineafus. 



Sturgeon Acipenser sturio. 



Suckers Castostomidse (species). 



Sunfish Centrarchidse (species). 



Whiting Merluccius bilinearis. 



Yellowtail or "silver perch " Bairdiella chrysura. 



GENERAL STATISTICS. 



The number of persons engaged in the fisheries, the investment, and 

 the quantity and value of the products of the fisheries of Maryland 

 and Virginia in 1920 are shown in the table which follows. 



In 1920 the total number of persons engaged in these States was 

 40,761 as compared with 59,205 in 1904, a decrease of 18,444, or 31.15 

 per cent. The total investment was $18,275,933 as compared with 

 $10,598,399 in 1904, an increase of $7,677,534, or 72.44 per cent. The 

 products of the fisheries amounted to 530,749,884 pounds as compared 

 with 426,311,000 pounds in 1908, an increase of 104,438,884 pounds, 

 or 24.49 per cent, and 436,444,664 pounds in 1904, an increase of 

 94,305,220 poimds, or 21.60 per cent. The value of the products in 

 1920 was $12,740,392 as compared with $8,022,000 in 1908, an in- 

 crease of $4,718,392, or 58.81 per cent, and $8,380,845 in 1904, an 

 increase of $4,359,547, or 52.01 per cent. 



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