56 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Products — Summa7-y. 



Species. 



Alewives 



Blatk bass 



Bluf.lisli 



Butter-lisli 



Carji 



Cattish 



Cod 



I)rum 



Eels 



Flounders 



Haddock 



Kingfisb 



Mackerel 



Menhaden 



Mullet 



Perch 



Pike 



Soup 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Sheepshead 



Skate 



Spanish mackerel. 

 Spots and croakers 



Pounds. 



125, 

 1 



369, 816 

 15, 6^5 

 TM, 501 

 068, 048 

 2,300 

 446, 232 

 118,469 

 154, 240 

 490, 218 

 554, 591 



165, 670 

 192, 198 



25,117 

 597, 656 

 287,310 

 028, 002 



52, 075 

 376, 540 

 358, 218 

 204, 849 



45,813 

 108, 947 

 153, 227 



166, 641 



Value. 



$63, 152 



1,884 



501,173 



19, 570 



184 



23, 180 



115,922 



1,360 



140, 970 



79,019 



4, 565 



13, 138 



2,316 



352, 999 



13, 905 



62, 923 



4, 190 



7,871 



217,413 



781, 014 



7,513 



2,375 



19, 875 



7,501 



Species. 



Sqneteague . 

 Striped bass. 



Sturgeon 



Suckers 



Taiitog 



Tonicod 



Other ti.ib .. . 

 Kef'iise lisb.. 

 Crabs, hard . 

 Crabs, soft .. 

 Crabs, king . 



Shrimp 



Lobsters . . . . 



Mussels 



Oysters 



Clams 



Quahogs 



Scallops 



Squid 



Shells 



Terrapins . . . 

 Turtles 



10,019,940 

 008, 788 



1, 840, 391 

 128, 958 



278, 609 



279, 800 

 623, 204 



1,118,913 



665, 677 



469, 250 



3, 538, 980 



1,200 



338, 957 



27, 000 



36, 672, 741 



2, 832, 500 

 8, 000, 464 



313, 042 



40, 830 



16, 766, 100 



15, 268 



18, 000 



Total 264,814,936 



Value. 



.$330, 340 

 78, 556 



42, 036 

 8,002 



11,832 

 10,510 

 25, 087 

 2,733 

 17, 088 



43, 543 

 8,181 



COO 



28, 528 



1,100 



4, 582, 711 



153,591 



1, 024, 648 



48, 340 



1,633 



15, 950 



3,264 



1,260 



8, 890, 163 



In the followiug table the quantities of certain products shown in 

 pounds in the foregoing table are reduced to the units by whi(;h they 

 are usually designated in commerce : 



Items. 



Crabs, hard number. . 



Crabs, soft do 



Crabs, king do 



Mussels bushels . . 



Oysters do 



Clams do 



Quabogs do 



Scallops do 



Shells do.... 



New Tork. 



1, 306, 698 

 280, 500 



2, 100 

 , 611, 062 

 150, 550 

 565, 565 

 69, 565 

 372, 580 



New 

 Jersey. 



690, 333 

 808, 500 



1, 399, 490 



600 



2, 302, 081 



82, 700 

 431, 753 



Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Delaware. 



258, 750 

 370, 000 



156, 720 

 "'2,' 740 



Total. 



1, 997, 031 



1,407,750 



1, 769, 490 



2, 700 



.5, 238, 903 



233, 250 



1, 000, 058 



()9, 505 



372, 580 



Some interesting comparisons with 1880 may be made with the recently 

 collected data. The large increase in the population of these States has 

 naturally resulted in an increase in the fishing industry. No accurate 

 comparison can be instituted in the case of Pennsylvania and Delaware, 

 owing to the absence of separate figures for the two drainage systems 

 of those States, but with New York and New Jersey a very satisfactory 

 comparison is possible. 



The fishing population of these two States has increased 10,321, of 

 which number New York has 5,902 and New Jersey 4,419. Considered 

 in the aggregate, the investment in fishing properties has nearly doubled. 

 In New York the number of vessels and boats has increased 3,070, 

 with a value of $311,425 ; in New Jersey, 1,694, worth $427,808. Among 

 the more prominent changes in the fishing apparatus, it may be noticed 

 that pound nets have come into much more general use and now con- 

 stitute one of the most conspicuous features of the fisheries, while in 

 1880 they were of little imiiortance ; the increase in the number operated 

 has been 373, or 500 per cent, the advance being marked in both States. 



