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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Persons Engaged, Investment, and Products of the Fisheries of Maryland 

 IN 1920, BY Counties — Continued. 



Items. 



Wicomico. 



Worcester. 



Total. 



PBODUCTs— continued. 



Perch, yellow 



Pike or pickerel 



Pompano 



Redflshor"re(idrum" 



Scup 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Sheepshead 



Spanish mackerel 



Spot 



Squeteagues or " sea trout" 



Fresh 



Salted 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Sturgeon caviar 



Suckers 



Sunfish 



Whiting 



Yellowtail or "silver perch' 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, soft 



Squid 



Clams, hard 



Oysters, market, pubUc 



Oysters, market, private. . . 



Terrapin 



Turtles 



Pounds. 

 940 

 450 



85,280 



11,930 

 7,000 

 13, 035 



36, 167 



935, 172 

 878, 500 



Total. 



2,141,060 



Value. 

 $110 

 59 



19, 413 



300 



1,033 



770 



2,019 



Pounds. 



3,200 



2,250 



734 



36,700 



101,980 



42, 980 



50, 850 



51 



8,140 



313, 067 



1,603,020 



20,706 

 2,755 



2,170 



11, 730 

 '90,'666' 



80, 501 

 63,750 



468 

 26, 000 

 152, 894 

 182, 847 



5, 795, 884 



Value. 



?640 



350 



147 



551 



2,611 



3,447 



11, 107 



8 



1,221 



3,691 



5,379 



8,603 



234 



'2,'io6' 



29 



9,100 



14, 981 



41, 794 



Pounds. 



310,398 



64, 458 



734 



41,535 



101, 980 



42, 980 



1,867,196 



51 



8,477 



364, 759 



2, 274, 490 



7,000 



1,040,274 



21,411 



2,784 



2,000 



5,300 



11,730 



400 



5, 165, 703 



3, 897, 271 



468 



30,200 



29, 953, 581 



1,878,716 



823 



3, 045 



260, 957 



59, 530, 795 



Value. 



$31,452 



13,688 



147 



627 



2,611 



3,447 



355, 217 



8 



1,282 



6,829 



91,514 



770 



193,295 



5,551 



8,750 



160 



70 



234 



40 



248, 160 



494, 784 



29 



10, 575 



2,111,345 



179, 775 



1,000 



147 



4,198,668 



fisheries by apparatus. 



The yield of the vessel fisheries of Maryland in 1920 was 11,868,150 

 pounds, valued at $881,796, consisting almost wholly of oysters 

 taken with dredges. In the shore fisheries the most productive 

 forms of apparatus were tongs and nippers, with a catch of 17,954,078 

 pounds of oysters and clams, valued at $1,265,560; pound nets, 

 13,581,370 pounds, valued at $621,363, tlie principal species taken 

 being alewives, squeteagues, croakers, shad, and butterfish; lines, 

 chiefly used in the fishery for crabs, 4,825,382 pounds, valued at 

 $234,253 ; dredges used for taking oysters, 2,287,509 pounds, valued 

 at $181,634; seines, 2,198,816 pounds, valued at $181,291, the more 

 important species taken being alewives, croakers, carp, striped bass, 

 and squeteagues; gill nets, 1,600,462 pounds, valued at $249,297, 

 the more important species taken being shad, alewives, striped bass, 

 and mullet; and scrapes for crabs, 1,454,908 pounds, valued at 

 $286,586. 



The products of the vessel fisheries and of the shore fisheries are 

 shown separately, by counties, in the appended tables. 



Yield of Vessel Fisheries of Maryland in 1920, by Counties, Apparatus, and 



Species. 



