CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introduction 5 



General and comparative statistics: 6 



Persons employed 7 



Investment 8 



Products 9 



New York fisheries: 



General and comparative sta- 

 tistics 12 



The fisheries by counties 13 



The products by apparatus ... 18 

 Notes and detailed statistics of 

 principal fisheries — 



Oyster 27 



Clam and scallop 27 



Menhaden 27 



Bluefish 28 



Squeteague 28 



Shad 28 



Sturgeon 29 



Wholesale trade 29 



New Jersey fisheries: 



General and comparative sta- 

 tistics 29 



The fisheries by counties 31 



The products by apparatus ... 40 

 Notes and detailed statistics of 

 principal fisheries — 



Oyster 50 



Clam 51 



Mussel 52 



Crab 52 



King crab 52 



Lobster 52 



Squeteague 52 



Shad 52 



Bluefish 53 



Menhaden 53 



Sea bass 54 



Cod 54 



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 New Jersey fisheries — Continued. 

 Notes and detailed statistics of 

 principal fisheries — Cont'd. 



Butterfish 54 



Carp 54 



Striped bass and white 



perch 55 



Sturgeon 55 



Whiting 55 



Pennsylvania fisheries: 



General and comparative sta- 

 tistics 55 



The fisheries by counties 57 



The fisheries by apparatus. ... 59 

 Notes and detailed statistics of 

 principal fisheries — 



Oyster 61 



Shad 61 



Wholesale trade 62 



Delaware fisheries: 



General and comparative sta- 

 tistics 62 



The menhaden industry 66 



Maryland fisheries: 



General and comparative sta- 

 tistics 66 



The fisheries by counties 68 



The products by apparatus ... 75 

 Notes and detailed statistics of 

 principal fisheries — 



Oyster '. . 84 



Crab 85 



Clam 85 



Shad 85 



Alewife 87 



Menhaden 87 



Striped bass and white 



perch 87 



Yellow perch 87 



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