FISHEEIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



Persons etiijAoyed. 



521 



Table of apparatus and (■apital. 



Items. 



Vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels transporting 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Shore and accessory property. 



Cash capital 



Apparatus — vessel fisheries: 



Seines 



Oyster dredges 



Oyster tongs 



Clam tongs, rakes, etc 



No. 



702 



8,245 



384 

 7,338 



12, 174 



54 



435 



1.687 



359 



Value. 



S529, 588 



241, 106 

 276, 320 



50, 317 

 589, 757 

 869, 624 

 547,000 



37, 395 



9,315 



7,318 



556 



Items. 



Total. 



No. 



Apparatus — shore fisheries: 



Seines 



Pound nets 



Gill nets •... 



Fyke nets 



Lines 



Eel pots and spears 



Weirs and slat traps 



Oyster dredges 



Oyster tongs 



Crab scrapes 



Clam tongs, rakes, etc 



Minor apparatus 



257 



1, 590 



10,437 



729 



579 

 15 



526 

 9,478 



933 

 1,976 



Value. , 



$41,135 



313, 616 



50, 035 



7,444 



3, 579 



585 



500 



7,341 



42, 488 



2, 256 



6,574 



255 



3, 633, 104 



Table of products. 



Species. 



Alewives, fresh. 

 Alewives, salted 



Black bass 



Blue-fish 



Bonito 



Butter-fish 



Carp 



Cat-fish 



Crevalle 



Cod 



Croakers 



Drum 



Eels 



Flounders 



Gizzard shad . . . 

 Hickory shad... 



Hog-flah 



King-fish 



Menhaden 



Moon-fish 



Mullet 



Perch, white . . . 

 Perch, yellow . . 



Pike 



Pompano 



Sea bass 



Lbs. 



13, 633, 444 



280, 000 



199, 439 



755, 085 



14, 160 



1,071,860 



127, 930 



820, 325 



468, 791 



100 



3,937,168 



228, 172 



105, 815 



209, 394 



6, 250 



448, 600 



44, 892 



91,122 



273, 493, 799 



70, 400 



190, 700 



731,925 



158, 939 



32, 103 



96, 186 



2,200 



Value. 



f 110, 524 



4,900 



16, 735 



25, 609 



537 



28, 551 



2, 940 



23, 560 



13, 533 



4 



53, 493 



2,707 



4,430 



6,253 



100 



11, 427 



3, 586 



3,436 



433, 109 



2,161 



5,420 



32, 582 



4,472 



2,848 



7,549 



93 



Species. 



Shad 



Sheepshead 



Spanish mackerel 



Spots 



Squeteague 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Caviar 



Suckers 



Sun-fish 



Tarpon 



Whiting 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, soft 



Prawn 



Terrapin 



Turtles 



Frogs 



Clams, hard 



Market oysters, natural 



rock. 

 Market oysters, private 



beds. 

 Seed oysters, natural rock. 



Total 378, 183, 358 



Lbs. 



6, 972, 212 



8,430 



620, 142 



806, 827 



7,431,496 



527, 507 



183, 023 



18, 318 



48, 165 



4,000 



75 



600 



6,113,277 



& 1,288, 424 



2,850 



5,130 



56, 897 



15, 377 



c 1,764, 680 



<i 20, 938, 008 



6 21,535,675 



/ 12, 724, 446 



S366, 203 



348 



44,017 



24, 3ur) 



127, 993 



45, 177 



12, 161 



10, 204 



927 



95 



1 



12 



52, 863 



65, 972 



142 



1, 444 



1,444 



1,283 



134, 777 



1, 145, 169 



1,476,746 



301,541 



4, 613, 384 



"18,339,831 in number, 

 b 3,865,272 in number. 



^220,585 bushels. 

 ^2,991,144 bushels. 



''3,076,525 bushels. 

 /1, 817,778 bushels. 



The hard and soft crabs, clams, and oysters above shown in pounds 

 are given by number and bushels in the following table: 



Products. 



Value. 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, soft 



Clams bu.sheis. . 



Market oysters, natural rocks , do 



Market oysters, private beds do 



Seed oysters, natural rocks do 



18, 339, 831 

 3, 865, 272 

 220, 585 

 2,991,144 

 3, 076, 525 

 1,817,778 



S62, 863 

 65, 972 



134,777 

 1, 145, 169 

 1,476,746 



301,641 



