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TJ. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay States, 1934 — Continued 

 CATCH: By States 



Species 



FISH 



Alewives 



Black bass 



Bluefish 



Bonito--- 



Butterflsh 



Cabio or crab eater 



Carp 



Catfish and bullheads 



Cod 



Crappie 



Croaker 



Cutlassfish 



Dolphin 



Drum: 



Black 



Red or redflsh 



Eels: 



Common - 



Conger 



Flounders 



Gizzard shad 



Haddock 



Hake 



Harvestfish 



Herring, sea-.. 



Hickory shad 



King whiting or "kingfish". 



Mackerel 



Menhaden 



Minnows - 



Mullet 



Pisflsh 



Pike or pickerel... 



Soup 



Sea bass 



Sea robin 



Shad 



Sharks 



Silver perch 



Skates 



Spanish mackerel _ 



Spot 



Squeteagues or "sea trout": 



Gray 



Spotted 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Suckers 



Sunflsh 



Swellflsh 



Tautog 



Thimble-eyed mackerel 



White perch 



Whiting 



Yellow perch 



Total. 



SHELLFISH, ETC. 



Crabs: 



Hard 



Soft 



Lobsters 



Clams, hard, public 



Mussels, sea 



Oysters: ' 



Market, public, spring.. 



Market, public, fall 



Market, private, spring. 



Market, private, fall 



Scallops, sea 



Squid 



Terrapin, diamond back 



Turtles, snapper 



Total. 



Grand total 42,210,000 1,766,487 



Maryland 



Pounds 



5, 233, 400 



32, 600 



328, 900 



400 



452, 000 



208, 700 

 266, 600 



800 

 2, 131, 100 



7,000 



158, 400 



400 



29,100 



18, 700 



26, 100 



13, 400 

 4,700 



18, 600 

 39, 000 

 10, 000 



885, 300 

 "'6,' 666" 



700 

 62, 300 



1, 477, 700 



7,900 



332, 700 



200 



8,300 



600 



100 

 "419,666 



"ii5,"266 



12, 325, 000 



13, 620, 900 

 2, 288, 800 



32, 000 



3, 902, 300 



8, 685, 100 



567, 300 



762, 600 



21, 000 

 3,000 

 2,000 



29, 885, 000 



Value 



$56, 581 



2,615 



13, 069 



16 



18, 337 



13, 450 

 10, 667 



23 

 32, 240 



92 



11, 669 



6 



1,709 



281 



708 



284 

 235 



1,540 



'2,'967 

 705 

 350 



89, 582 

 i45 



70 

 1,912 



42, 614 



791 



37, 122 



10 



342 



22 



5 

 "2i,'363 

 ""6,"849' 



368, 321 



274, 734 

 215, 204 



3,000 



229, 243 

 513, 154 

 73, 065 

 87, 421 



835 



1,400 



110 



1, 398, 166 



Virginia 



Pounds 

 5, 846, 200 



936, 500 



19, 600 



3, 339, 300 



25, 300 



251,600 



509, 800 



1,500 



19, 942, 800 

 1,900 



37, 500 

 52, 800 



115, 600 



2,100 



970, 600 



95, 400 



500 



21, 400 



262, 800 



361,400 



94, 600 



101, 600 



15, 000 



143, 878, 800 



56, 600 



85, 000 



8,900 



4,200 



692, 400 



127, 000 



600 



4, 104, 400 



20, 200 



10, 100 



52, 200 



2, 041, 200 



13, 405, 800 



49, 100 



309, 800 



8,300 



13, 300 



24,000 



1,700 



500 



22, 000 



315, 400 



4,500 



50, 700 



198, 292, 500 



22, 516, 000 



1, 370, 300 



100 



2, 609, 100 



23,400 



4, 783, 300 



5, 217, 500 

 5, 490, 800 



6, 377, 200 



1,300 

 92, 800 

 23, 200 



3,400 



48, 508, 400 



Value 

 $38. 973 



41, 975 



731 



102, 443 



1,063 



10, 695 



20.939 



25 



233, 670 

 5 



750 

 966 



12,054 



39 



47, 044 



1,184 



4 



284 



11, 099 



2,638 



1,923 



4,658 



1,174 



600, 413 



3,081 



2,823 



159 



407 



19,031 



4,919 



18 



314, 960 



483 



80 



4,131 



58, 707 



253, 360 



2,531 



29, 061 



1,079 



331 



600 



59 



7 



345 



12, 670 



68 



3,444 



1, 847, 103 



464, 044 



95, 982 



12 



364, 370 



540 



291, 642 



312,563 



369, 965 



425, 648 



896 



3,179 



870 



109 



2, 329, 820 



246, 800, 900 4, 176, 923 289, 010, 900 



Total 



Pounds 



11,079,600 



32,600 



1, 265, 400 



20,000 



3, 791, 300 



25, 300 



460, 300 



776, 400 



1,500 



800 



22, 073, 900 



1,900 



100 



37,500 

 59, 800 



274, 000 



2,500 



999, 700 



114, 100 



500 



21,400 



288, 900 



361, 400 



108, 000 



106, 300 



15, 000 



143, 878, 800 



56, 600 



114,000 



8,900 



22, 800 



731, 400 



137, 000 



600 



4, 989, 700 



20, 200 



6,000 



10, 100 



52, 900 



2, 103, 500 



14, 883, 500 



57, 000 



642, .500 



8,500 



21, 600 



24, 600 



1,700 



600 



22, 000 



734, 400 



4,500 



165, 900 



210, 617, 500 



36, 136, 900 



3, 659, 100 



100 



2, 641, 100 



23, 400 



8, 685, 600 



13, 902, 600 



6, 058, 100 



7, 139, 800 



1,300 



113,800 



26,200 



5,400 



78, 393, 400 



' Statistics on oysters used in this table are based on yields of 6.24 pounds of meats to the bushel for market 

 oysters in Maryland and 6.32 pounds in Virginia. 



