﻿CXXVI 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  C0MMISSI0NP:R 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  The 
  followiug 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  uuiuber 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  iu 
  each 
  

   State 
  : 
  

  

  Tabic 
  showing 
  by 
  States 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  shad 
  and 
  alewife 
  fisheries 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  1896. 
  

  

  States. 
  

  

  Ooiinecticut 
  

  

  Delaware 
  

  

  Florida 
  

  

  Georgia 
  

  

  Maiuo 
  

  

  Maryland 
  

  

  Massachusetts 
  . 
  . 
  

   New 
  Hampshire 
  

  

  New 
  Jersey 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  

  

  Nortli 
  Carolina 
  . 
  

   Pennsylvania... 
  

   Rhode 
  Island 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   Sontli 
  Carolina.. 
  

   Virginia 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Fisher- 
  

   men. 
  

  

  278 
  

  

  904 
  

  

  487 
  

  

  888 
  

  

  435 
  

  

  4,418 
  

  

  342 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  2,937 
  

  

  1,180 
  

  

  6,112 
  

  

  1,115 
  

  

  66 
  

  

  1,646 
  

  

  3,972 
  

  

  Trans- 
  

   porters. 
  

  

  24, 
  796 
  

  

  73 
  

  

  197 
  

  

  Shores- 
  

   men. 
  

  

  42 
  

  

  1,581 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  278 
  

   904 
  

   523 
  

  

  888 
  

  

  445 
  

  

  4,820 
  

  

  388 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  3,010 
  

  

  1,196 
  

  

  7,162 
  

  

  3,133 
  

  

  84 
  

  

  1,646 
  

  

  4,087 
  

  

  26, 
  574 
  

  

  The 
  investment 
  in 
  vessels, 
  boats, 
  apparatus, 
  and 
  shore 
  property 
  used 
  

   in 
  these 
  fisheries 
  is 
  very 
  large, 
  amounting, 
  in 
  189G, 
  to 
  about 
  $2,172,000. 
  

   This 
  represented 
  56 
  vessels 
  used 
  in 
  transporting 
  the 
  catch 
  or 
  in 
  setting 
  

   the 
  nets, 
  12,400 
  boats, 
  over 
  4,000 
  jiound 
  nets 
  and 
  similar 
  nets, 
  nearly 
  

   950 
  seines 
  (with 
  a 
  combined 
  length 
  of 
  133 
  miles), 
  84,000 
  gill 
  nets 
  (aggre- 
  

   gate 
  length 
  1,970 
  miles), 
  800 
  fyke 
  nets, 
  and 
  miscellaneous 
  property. 
  

  

  In 
  North 
  Carolina 
  $623,000 
  was 
  invested 
  in 
  these 
  fisheries, 
  the 
  lead- 
  

   ing 
  item 
  of 
  apparatus 
  being 
  1,705 
  j)ound 
  nets. 
  Virginia 
  is 
  credited 
  

   with 
  $442,000 
  devoted 
  to 
  this 
  industry 
  and 
  with 
  over 
  1,200 
  pound 
  nets. 
  

   In 
  both 
  New 
  Jersey 
  and 
  Maryland 
  more 
  than 
  $300,000 
  is 
  invested. 
  

  

  The 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  fishery 
  property 
  in 
  each 
  State 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  

   following 
  table 
  : 
  

  

  Table 
  showiny 
  by 
  States 
  the 
  vessels, 
  boats, 
  apparatus, 
  and 
  property 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  shad 
  

   and 
  alewife 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  1S96. 
  

  

  * 
  This 
  vessel 
  fished 
  for 
  shad, 
  using 
  a 
  purse 
  seine. 
  

  

  