438 REPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



The following tiibles present the number of persons employed, the 

 amount of capital invested, and the quantity and value of the products 

 of the fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States in 1901, and also a com- 

 parison of the extent of the fisheries in 1897 and 1901: 



Table shoidiig the munJx'r of persons engaged in the fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States 



' in 1901. 



Fishermen. 



Shoresmen. 



Total. 



New York . . . 

 New Jersey . . 

 l\iinsylvania 



Delaware 



Maryland 



Virginia 



Total . . 



8,676 

 11,170 

 1,748 

 1,565 

 23,707 

 24,057 



70, 923 



2,888 



860 



736 



433 



12,553 



5, 268 



22, 738 



11,564 

 12,030 

 2,484 

 1,998 

 36, 260 

 29,325 



93,661 



Table showing the inrestmext in the fislieries of tlie Middle Atlantic States in 1901. 



Items. 



New York. 



No. 



Value. 



New Jersey. 



No. 



Value 



Pennsylvania. 



No. 



Value. 



Vessels 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Seines 



Gill nets 



Pound nets, traps, and weirs 



Fyke nets 



Stop nets 



Dip nets 



Lines 



liel pots 



Lobster pots 



Dredges, tongs, nippers, rakes, and hoes. 



Crab scrai)es 



Other apparatus 



Shore an<l aecessory property 



Cash capital 



683 

 11,641 



4,656 

 335 



3,918 

 248 



7,212 



101 



7,526 

 4,986 



Total investment 



1,241,215 



354, 176 

 317, 447 

 53, 075 

 67, 347 

 67, 645 

 34, 860 



611 

 6,714 



1643, 475 



27 

 519 



»59, 150 



6,473 

 483 



5,060 

 158 



3,057 

 14 



155 



6,694 



7,301 



8,350 



39, 159 



5,665 

 850 



121 

 4,221,226 

 3, 025, 500 



9,444,271 



106, 813 

 502, 666 



38, 785 

 145,306 

 155, 679 



16, 9.55 

 1,660 



526 

 120 



228 



23, 840 

 30, 583 

 12, 015 

 13, 193 



1,384 



16 



252 



4,473 



4,052 



2,358 



101,593 



1,125 



3,643 



785, 428 



155, 550 



2, 239 

 905 

 570 

 659 

 122 



2,650 



1,686 



1,168,243 



793, 707 



2, 729, 571 



2, 110, 162 



Items. 



Vessels 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Seines 



Gill nets 



Pound nets, traps, and weirs. 



Fyke nets 



Stop nets 



Bow nets 



Dip nets 



Trammel nets 



Slat traps 



Lines 



Eel pots 



Lobster pots 



Dredges, tongs, nippers, 



rakes, and hoes 



Crab sera pes 



Other apjiaratus 



Shore and accessory property . 

 Cash capital 



Delaware. 



No. Value. 



237 



9f0 

 192 

 691 



548 



1,260 

 60 



$20, 200 



2,247 

 29, 901 



9,091 



22, 343 



760 



56 



406 



60 



2, 430 



86 

 352, 086 

 216, 600 



Maryland. 



No. 



1,337 

 20, 067 



11,498 



318 



3,653 



1,017 



4,064 



106 



18 

 '4,'389 



2,831 



Value. 



$887, 155 



250, 207 

 553, 526 

 30, 033 

 34,660 

 99, 265 

 11,372 



529 



1,570 



4,722 

 2,248 



157,398 



10, 247 



870 



2,164,749 



2, 297, 515 



Virginia, 

 No 



1,086 

 15, 683 



12,174 



311 



10, 437 



1,599 



729 



6 

 '569' 



Total investment I 657,197 



6, 506, 066 



Value. 



$805, 908 



291,423 



589, 757 



78, 530 



50, 035 



313,996 



7,444 



Total. 



No. 



3,721 

 54, 761 



$3, 657, 103 



120 



3, 579 



579 



72, 592 



2, 2.56 



261 



869, 624 



547,000 



36, 237 



1,759 



23,987 



3,029 



16, 994 



30 



118 



a53 



18 



6 



19, 526 



5, 896 



Value. 



4,087 



1, 088, 706 



2,023,880 



222, 129 



332, 884 



637, 345 



73,709 



2,565 



561 



725 



1,570 



120 



20, 183 



14,708 



10, 768 



375, 822 



13, 638 



6,667 



9, 561, 356 



7, 035, 872 



3, 633, 104 25, 080, 371 



