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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay States, 1936 — Continued 

 CATCH: By States— Continued 



Species 



Maryland 



Virginia 



Total 



FISH — continued 



Mullet 



Pigfish 



Pike or pickerel 



Pollock 



Pompano 



Rudderflsh 



Scup 



Sea bass 



Sea robin 



Shad 



Sharks 



Sheepshead.- 



Skates 



Spanish mackerel.. 



Spot 



Squetea?ues or "sea trout": 



Gray... 



Spotted 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Suckers 



Suufish 



Swellfish 



Tautog 



Tomcod 



Tuna or "horse mackerel".. 



White perch... 



Whiting 



Wolffish 



Yellow perch 



Total. 



SHELLFISH, ETC. 



Crabs: 



Hard. 



Soft and peelers 



Lobsters 



Clams: ' 



Hard, public 



Hard, private. 



Mussels, sea 



Oysters, market: » 



Public, spring 



Public, fall 



Private, spring 



Private, fall. 



Squid 



Terrapin, diamond back.. 

 Turtles: 



Hawksbill 



Snapper 



Total. 



Pounds 

 15, 300 



39, 100 



45, 000 

 20, 000 



570, 200 



37, 100 



1, 340, 400 

 4,000 



1, 864, 100 

 ■ 500 

 6,900 

 3,600 



100 



273, 500 



114,700 



12, 114, 800 



13, 294, 200 

 2, 268, 900 



48, 000 



3, 676, 500 



11,341,200 



221, 100 



821, 200 



4,900 



31, 676, 100 



Value 

 $623 



6,211 



1,075 

 1,050 



56, 414 



1,523 



37, 062 



399 



140, 339 



75 

 300 

 74 



Pounds 



89, 400 



6,600 



800 



100 



100 



400 



1, 433, 900 



86, 100 



1,100 



1, 614, 700 



11, 500 



300 



2,200 



21, 100 



909, 500 



10, 348, 800 



112, 400 



519, 500 



26, 600 



2,200 



11, 826 



7,444 



2,500 



1,900 



200 



100 



209, 600 



20, 200 



100 



39, 400 



225, 115, 500 



313, 595 

 199, 286 



6,333 



281, 021 



864, 722 



30, 720 



79, 638 



1,762 



26, 137, 800 



1, 969, 500 



200 



2, 449, 200 

 176, 000 



77, 400 



1, 435, 800 

 2, 094, 100 

 6, 155, 500 

 4, 568, 400 

 122, 000 

 300 



500 

 1.700 



1, 776, 081 



45, 188, 400 



Grand total 43,790,900 2,175,473 270,303,900 4,312,168 314,094,800 



Value 



$4, 801 



129 



110 



2 



8 



4 



18, 883 



5,256 



11 



178, 539 



344 



20 



13 



1,269 



16, 688 



189, 193 



6,310 



35, 387 



2,417 



108 



41 



22 



3 



1 



7,572 



283 



1 



2,941 



Pounds 



104, 700 



6,600 



39, 900 



100 



100 



400 



1, 478, 900 



106, 100 



1,100 



2, 184, 900 



11, 500 



300 



2,200 



21, 100 



946, 600 



11, 689, 200 



116,400 



2, 383, 600 



27, 100 



9,100 



3,600 



2,500 



2,000 



200 



100 



483, 100 



20, 200 



100 



154, 100 



1, 899, 541 



237, 230. 300 



573, 180 



218, 866 



15 



373, 895 

 33, 000 



2,257 



114,231 

 156,743 

 540, 749 

 395, 457 

 4,043 

 135 



5 

 51 



39, 432, 000 



4, 238, 400 



200 



2, 497, 200 

 176, 000 

 77, 400 



5, 11 2, .300 

 13, 435, 300 

 6, 376, 600 

 5, 389, 600 

 122, 000 

 5,200 



500 

 1,800 



2, 412, 627 



76, 864, 500 



Value 



$5, 424 



129 



6,321 



2 



8 



4 



19, 958 



6,306 



11 



234, 953 



344 



20 



13 



1,269 



18, 211 



226, 255 



6,709 



175, 726 



2,492 



408 



74 



41 



25 



3 



1 



19, 398 



283 



1 



10, 385 



2, 298, 93a 



886, 775 



418, 152 



15 



379, 228 

 33,000 

 2,257 



395, 252 



1, 021, 465 



571, 469 



475, 095 



4, 043 



1,897 



6 



55 



4, 188, 708 



6, 487, 641 



> Statistics on hard clams used in this table are based on yields of 8 pounds of meats per bushel in Maryland, 

 and 8.02 pounds in Virginia. 



» Statistics on market oysters used in this table are based on yields of 6.15 pounds of meats per bushel in 

 Maryland, and 5.42 pounds in Virginia. 



Note.— The seed oyster fishery was prosecuted in this section only in Virginia where 1,397 fishermen using 

 16 motor vessels, 488 motor boats, 267 other boats, 1.029 tongs, and 188 rakes took 830,094 bushels of seed 

 oysters valued at $200,724 from public beds and 15,040 bushels valued at $3,008, from private beds. Of 

 the total number of persons fishing for seed oysters, 1,343 are duplicated among those fishing for market 

 oysters or other species. Similarly, the following craft and gear are duplicated: 10 vessels, 480 motor boats^ 

 248 other boats, 981 tongs, and 188 rakes. 



