FISHERY INDUSTRIES OP THE UNITED STATES, 1929 863 



FISHERIES OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY STATES 



The latest statistical canvass of the fisheries and fishery industries 

 of the Chesapeake Bay States (Maryland and Virginia) was for the 

 calendar year 1925. Complete statistics are published in the report 

 of the division of fishery industries for 1926 and in condensed form in 

 Statistical Bulletin No. 745. 



During 1925 the fisheries and fishery industries of Maryland and 

 Virginia gave employment to 39,091 persons, of whom 25,856 were 

 engaged in fishing operations, 9,671 in the wholesale fishery trade, 

 and 3,564 in the canning, salting, smoking, and by-products industries. 

 The products of the fisheries of the two States amounted to 333,205,769 

 pounds, valued at $13,948,060. The products of the canning and 

 other fishery industries had a value of $4,936,664. 



Fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay States, 1925 



Products 



Alewives, fresh 



Alewives, salted... 

 Alewives, smoked. 



Amberfish 



Anglefish 



Black bass.. 



Bluefish 



Benito 



Bowfin 



Butterfish 



Carp 



Catfish 



Cobia or coalflsh.. 

 Cod 



Croaker 



Drum, black 



Drum, red, or redflsh 



Eels, fresh 



Eels, salted 



Flounders 



Gizzard shad 



Goldfish 



Haddock 



Hake 



Harvestfish 



Hickory shad 



Hog-chokers, salted 



Hogfish 



King whiting 



Mackerel 



Menhaden 



Mullet 



Pigfish 



Pike 



Pinflsh 



Pompano 



Scup or porgy... 



Sea bass 



Sea robin • 



Shad 



Sharks 



Sheepshead 



Skates 



Spanish mackerel 



Spot 



Squeteagues, or "sea trout". 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Sturgeon caviar and roe 



Suckers 



Sunflsh.. 



Swellfish 



Tautog 



Thimble-eyed mackerel 



Tomcod 



Maryland 



Pounds 

 7,480,114 

 200, 400 

 20,400 



35, fi09 

 57, 743 

 16, 300 



276, 575 

 198, 353 

 474, 719 



, 602, 861 

 25, 150 

 4,160 

 197,862 

 67, 200 

 118,078 

 31,025 

 400 



3,700 

 20, 561 

 23, 525 



3,600 

 9,460 

 7,000 



14, 509 

 1,000 



71,691 



250 

 45, 000 

 54, 700 



1, 260, 152 



290 



208, 377 



480, 209 



413,999 



19,225 



2,500 



3,775 



7,733 



400 



5,000 



800 



Value 

 $78, 502 

 4,582 

 1,200 



6,760 



7,803 



925 



15,694 

 16, 698 

 26, 005 



63, 326 



472 



107 



23, 423 



8,064 



7,704 



973 



20 



428 

 1,132 

 1,379 



424 

 980 



25 

 999 



34 

 16, 456 



70 

 3,100 



3,788 



264,388 



65 



11,485 



88, 733 



240, 388 



4,321 



2,500 



155 



322 



24 

 100 

 25 



Total 



Value 



$287, 455 



5,352 



1,200 



18 



225 



14, 494 



26, 661 



16,816 



753 



267, 992 



47, 695 



58, 062 



265 



406 



711,416 



4,001 



2,350 



45, 323 



8,064 



45, 606 



9, 758 



149 



80 



232 



27, 292 



12, 166 



1,379 



128 



9,343 



2,214 



1,434,706 



9,160 



7,464 



19,439 



130 



1,073 



31,028 



8,356 



71 



1,636,879 



1,021 



17 



148 



16, 744 



99, 575 



668, 296 



391,415 



20,488 



8,252 



405 



342 



49 



249 



528 



445 



> Of the amount 701,445 pounds, valued at $25,376 were formerly reported as Crevalle. 

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