88 IT. R. BrnEAU OF FISHERIES. 



The Oyster Fishery of Maryland and Virginia in 1920, by Counties — Contd. 



states and 

 counties. 



Market oysters 

 from natural roek. 



Market oysters 

 from private beds. 



Seed oysters 



from natural 



rock. 



Seed oysters 



from private 



beds. 



Total. 



Virginia — Contd . 

 Northampton . . . 

 Northumberland 

 Princess Amie. . 



Eictunond 



Warwick 



Westmoreland.. 

 York 



Buthrh. 

 30,650 

 80, 996 



29,605 

 75, 250 

 145, 193 

 63,100 



Vahif. 

 S17, 8C 

 65,850 



21,525 

 37, 550 

 73,454 

 29,120 



Bushels. 

 208,233 

 58, 930 

 12, 451 

 21,500 

 5,000 

 10, 150 

 65, 553 



Total 



Grand total . 



1,536,784 993, .548 



1, 689, 060 



5,815,867i3,104,893 



1, 957, 448 



Vahte 

 $123, 076 

 46,540 

 35, 772 

 19,230 

 2,500 

 3,875 

 46,686 



Bush 

 40,500 



Value 

 $8,100 



2,275 



120, 000 



171,800 



30,000 



42, 950 



1, 174, 375 



715,450)78,038 



22, 275 



1, 354, ISO 



715,450178,038 



22, 275 



Value. 



$750 



Bushels. 

 279, 383 

 139, 926 

 14, 726 

 51, 105 

 200, 250 

 155, 343 

 300, 453 



3, 200 3, 963, 569 



3, 20018, 511, 040 



Value. 

 $148, 984 



102, 390 

 36, 522 

 40,755 

 70,050 

 77,329 



118,756 



2, 349, 161 



4, 640, 281 



FISHERIES OF MARYLAND. 



In 1920 the number of persons employed in the fisheries of Mary- 

 land was 21,383, of whom 1,947 were on vessels fishing, 733 on trans- 

 porting vessels, 9,859 in the shore or boat fisheries, and 8,844 on 

 shore in wholesale establishments, canneries, and other fishing 

 industries. 



The investment in fisheries amounted to $7,566,434 and includes 

 416 steam and gasoline fisliing vessels, valued at $462,435, with a 

 net tonnage of 4,330 tons and outfits valued at $98,677; sail and 

 gasoline transporting vessels to the number of 308, valued at 

 $583,475, with a net tonnage of 6,610 tons and outfits valued at 

 $85,910; power, sail, row, and other boats to the value of $1,156,106; 

 fishing apparatus employed on vessels to the value of $21,646; 

 fishing apparatus employed in shore or boat fisheries to the value 

 of $614,929; shore and accessory property to the value of $3,589,956; 

 and cash capital amounting to $953,300. 



Products of the fisheries amounted to 59,530,795 pounds, with a 

 value of $4,198,668 to the fishermen. The species of chief import- 

 ance arranged in the order of their value were: Oysters, 4,547,471 

 bushels, or 31,832,297 pounds, valued at $2,291,120; crabs to the 

 number of 27,188,922, or 9,062,974 pounds, valued at $742,944; 

 shad, 1,867,196 pounds, valued at $355,217; striped bass, 1,040,274 

 pounds, valued at $193,295; alewives, fresh and salted, 7,073,688 

 pounds, valued at $177,240; squeteagues or ''sea trout," fresh and 

 salted, 2,281,490 pounds, valued at $92,284; and croakers, 2,519,770 

 pounds, valued at $66,576. 



Compared with 1904 there were decreases in the number of persons 

 employed in the fisheries of Maryland of 8,954, or 29.51 per cent, 

 and in the quantity of products taken, amounting to 21,598,071 

 pounds, or 26.62 per cent, but increases in the investment amounting 

 to $1,582,969, or 26.45 per cent, and in the value of the product 

 amounting to $862,108, or 25.83 per cent. 



For comparative purposes the products of certain of the important 

 fisheries of the State for various years are shown in the following 

 table. It will be noted that there has been a marked decline in the 

 catch of alewives, shad, crabs, and oysters. In 1890 these four prod- 

 ucts represented 74 per cent of the total catch of fishery products 

 in the State; in 1891, 71.39 per cent; in 1897, 93.88 per cent; in 1901, 



