FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 7 



bushels, valued at $1,018,653. Among the other important species 

 were alewives, 31,717,124 pounds, $262,596; bluefish, 14,795,651 

 pounds, $707,844; butterfish, 3,646,683 pounds, $113,835; cod, 

 2,433,450 pounds, $106,547; eels, including fresh, salted, and smoked, 

 1,858,266 pounds, $114,941; flounders, 3,160,316 pounds, $113,688; 

 sea bass, 2,953,362 pounds, $122,103; shad, 16,954,738 pounds, 

 $995,140; squeteague, 25,548,484 pounds, $669,482; striped bass, 

 1,338,081 pounds, $136,143; crabs, hard and soft, 31,975,446 pounds, 

 $674,633; and scallops, 148,799 bushels, $145,646. Various other 

 species were taken in noteworthy quantities. 



The products in 1904 compared with 1901 have decreased in 

 quantity 7,189,514 pounds, but have increased in value $1,478,476. 

 The yield has increased in both quantity and value in New York, and 

 in value in Delaware and Virginia, but has decreased in both respects 

 in all the other states. The increase in New York was chiefly in the 

 catch of menhaden, squeteague, and oysters. The yield of shad 

 decreased in all the states of this region except Virginia, where there 

 was considerable increase in both the quantity and value. There was 

 also an increase in the value of the catch in Delaware and Mar3 T land. 

 The decrease in the shad catch amounted in all to 14,942,949 pounds, 

 or nearly 47 per cent in quantity, and $258,482, or over 20 per cent in 

 value. The yield of oysters also has decreased, 1,883,004 bushels in 

 quantity, but has increased $1,260,073 in value. The decrease was 

 chiefly in New Jersey and Maryland; there was a slight decrease in 

 the quantity taken in Virginia, but an increase in the value. 



The following tables give the number of persons employed, the 

 amount of capital invested, and the quantity and value of the prod- 

 ucts of the fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States in 1904, and also a 

 comparison of the extent of the fisheries in 1901 and 1904. 



Number of Persons Engaged in the Fisheries op the Middle Atlantic 



States in 1904. 



