FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



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In the following tables is shown, iirst, the number of persons 

 engaged in the fisheries; second, the vessels, boats, and apparatus used 

 and the value of the shore and accessory property and cash capital 

 employed; third, the quantit}^ and value of fishery products taken in 

 the State during 1901, the statistics on o3^sters, however, being for 

 the season of 1900-1901. 



Person!^ employed. 



Table of apparatus and capital. 



Vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels transporting 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Shore and accessory prop- 

 erty 



Cash capital 



Apparatus — vessel fisheries: 



Oyster dredges 



Crab scrapes 



Tongs 



Seines 



Eel pots 



955 

 10, 811 



382 

 9,256 



11,498 



3, 570 

 178 

 54 

 rt 6 



1,240 



Value. 



g512, 955 



193, 089 

 374, 200 



57, 118 

 553, 526 



2, 164, 749 



2,297,515 



51, 730 



607 



512 



1,385 



570 



Items. 



Apparatus — shore fisheries: 



Seines 



Gill nets 



Pound nets 



Trap nets and weirs 



Fyke nets 



Trammel nets 



Bow nets 



Minor nets 



Lines 



Eel pots 



Spears 



Oyster dredges 



Crab scrapes 



Tongs and nippers 



Total 



''312 



c 3, 653 



997 



20 



4,064 



dig 



106 



2,144 



3,149 



25 

 2,183 

 2,653 

 13, 9.59 



S28, 648 



34, 660 



98, 765 



500 



11,372 



1, 570 



529 



837 



4,722 



1,678 



33 



20, 576 



9,640 



84, 580 



6,506,066 



"Total length, 1,445 yards. 

 & Total length, 60,640 yards. 



c Total length, 348,061 yards. 

 d Total length, 7,520 yards. 



Table of p>roducts. 



Species. 



Alewives, fresh. 

 Alewives, salted 



Black bass 



Blue-fish 



Bonito 



Butter-fish 



Carp 



Cat-fish 



Cero 



Croakers 



Drum 



Eels, fresh 



Eels, salted 



Flounders 



Gizzard shad . .. 



Harvest-fish 



Hickory shad. .. 



King-fish 



Mackerel 



Menhaden 



Mullet 



Perch, white 



Perch, yellow . . 



Pike 



Pompano 



Lbs. 



13, 



454, 757 



292, 400 



23, 383 



100, 145 



250 



468, 700 



163, 180 



488, 777 



500 



303, 405 



53, 450 



334,811 



2, 200 



51,205 



6,010 



12, 800 



8,315 



7,215 



1,800 



122, 230 



35, 295 



452,815 



292, 720 



67, 530 



140 



Value. 



«87, 021 



4,287 



2,124 



4,378 



10 



11, 505 



5, 319 



15, 547 



10 



4, 239 



570 



12, 309 



60 



1,625 



133 



110 



209 



956 



180 



11, 573 



900 



25, 006 



9,617 



5,390 



14 



Species. 



Scup 



Sea bass 



Shad, fresh 



Shad, salted , 



Sheepshead , 



Spanish mackerel 



Spot 



Squeteague 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Caviar 



Suckers 



Sun-fish 



Other fish 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, soft.. 



Shrimp 



Oysters, natural rock 

 Oysters, private beds. 



Clams 



Turtles 



Terrapin 



Frogs 



Total 82,975,245 



32, 650 



50, 800 



094, 181 



17, 000 



1,350 



2, 922 



22, 470 



018,775 



824,418 



107,620 



5,818 



14,750 



3,970 



2,300 



824, 793 



303, 682 



728 



298, 717 



500, 210 



107, 600 



4,836 



1,593 



130 



«1,019 



2,540 



120, 177 



426 



52 



348 



387 



26, 921 



68, 568 



3,503 



3,486 



281 



72 



143 



85, 884 



202, 563 



708 



2,732,274 



299, 244 



14,384 



203 



1,139 



60 



3, 767, 461 



"29,474,379 in number. b 12,910,746 in uumber. c 5,185,531 bushels, 



rf 500,030 bushels. e 13,460 bushels. 



