﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  119 
  

  

  The 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  those 
  states 
  aggregated 
  819,046,576 
  

   pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $17,485,500. 
  The 
  yield 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  was 
  228,092,285 
  

   pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $3,894,270; 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  117,930,964 
  pounds, 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $4,755,522; 
  in 
  Pennsylvania, 
  6,029,538 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $251,491; 
  in 
  Delaware, 
  5,835,186 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $203,372; 
  in 
  

   Maryland, 
  82,975,245 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $3,767,461; 
  and 
  in 
  Virginia, 
  

   378,183,358 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $4,613,384. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  species 
  taken 
  in 
  these 
  fisheries 
  were: 
  Oysters, 
  19,749,677 
  bushels, 
  

   $10,287,556; 
  clams, 
  hard 
  and 
  soft, 
  1,118,777 
  bushels, 
  $1,074,834; 
  shad, 
  

   31,897,687 
  pounds, 
  $1,253,622; 
  alewives, 
  33,198,605 
  pounds, 
  $243,340; 
  

   blue-fish, 
  16,317,795 
  pounds, 
  $758,122; 
  menhaden, 
  493,936,462 
  pounds, 
  

   $987,228; 
  squeteague, 
  23,496,383 
  pounds, 
  $558,653; 
  crabs, 
  hard 
  and 
  

   soft, 
  70,951,965 
  in 
  number, 
  $495,385. 
  Mai\y 
  other 
  species 
  were 
  also 
  

   obtained 
  in 
  large 
  quantities. 
  

  

  Considering 
  this 
  region 
  as 
  a 
  whole, 
  the 
  returns 
  for 
  1901, 
  as 
  com- 
  

   pared 
  with 
  those 
  for 
  1897, 
  indicate 
  a 
  large 
  increase 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  

   few 
  years 
  in 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries. 
  There 
  has 
  been 
  some 
  falling 
  

   oft' 
  since 
  1897 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed, 
  but 
  the 
  investment 
  

   has 
  increased 
  $4,973,900, 
  and 
  the 
  products 
  224,874,366 
  pounds 
  in 
  

   quantit}' 
  and 
  $3,161,037 
  in 
  value. 
  There 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  an 
  increase 
  in 
  

   the 
  quantity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  important 
  forms 
  of 
  fishing 
  appa- 
  

   ratus, 
  such 
  as 
  seines, 
  pound 
  nets, 
  trap 
  nets, 
  weirs, 
  fyke 
  nets, 
  lines, 
  eel 
  

   and 
  lobster 
  pots, 
  dredges, 
  tongs, 
  and 
  crab 
  scrapes. 
  

  

  Fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Middle 
  Atlantic 
  States, 
  1901. 
  

  

  