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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Table 
  showing, 
  by 
  counties 
  and 
  apparatus, 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries, 
  etc. 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  "Introduced. 
  

  

  FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  MIDDLE 
  ATLANTIC 
  STATES. 
  

  

  The 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Middle 
  Atlantic 
  States 
  in 
  1901 
  furnished 
  employ- 
  

   ment 
  to 
  93,661 
  persons, 
  of 
  whom 
  18,623 
  were 
  on 
  fishing 
  and 
  transport- 
  

   ing 
  vessels, 
  52,300 
  on 
  boats 
  in 
  the 
  shore 
  fisheries, 
  and 
  22,738 
  were 
  

   engaged 
  as 
  shoresmen 
  in 
  wholesale 
  fish 
  establishments, 
  menhaden 
  fac- 
  

   tories, 
  oyster 
  canneries, 
  and 
  other 
  occupations 
  on 
  shore 
  connected 
  with 
  

   the 
  fisheries. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  

   states 
  was 
  as 
  follows: 
  New 
  York, 
  11,564; 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  12,030; 
  Penn- 
  

   sylvania, 
  2,481; 
  Delaware, 
  1,998; 
  Maryland, 
  36,260; 
  and 
  Virginia, 
  

   29,325. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  amount 
  of 
  capital 
  invested 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  this 
  region 
  

   was 
  $25,080,371. 
  The 
  investment 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  was 
  $9,444,271; 
  in 
  New 
  

   Jersey, 
  $2,729,571; 
  in 
  Pennsylvania, 
  $2,110,162; 
  in 
  Delaware, 
  $657,197; 
  

   in 
  Maryland, 
  $6,506,066; 
  and 
  in 
  Virginia, 
  $3,633,104. 
  The 
  number 
  

   of 
  vessels 
  employed 
  was 
  3,721, 
  valued 
  at 
  $3,657,103, 
  with 
  a 
  net 
  ton- 
  

   nage 
  of 
  54,761 
  tons, 
  and 
  outfits 
  valued 
  at 
  $1,088,706. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  

   boats 
  in 
  the 
  shore 
  fisheries 
  was 
  36,237, 
  valued 
  at 
  $2,023,880. 
  The 
  

   apparatus 
  of 
  capture 
  used 
  on 
  vessels 
  and 
  boats 
  was 
  valued 
  at 
  $1,713,454, 
  

   the 
  shore 
  and 
  accessory 
  property 
  at 
  $9,561,356, 
  and 
  the 
  cash 
  capital 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  $7,035,872. 
  

  

  