FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 

 Products op the Fisheries of New York in 1904. 



13 



Species. 



Alewives 



Bluefish 



Bonito 



Bullheads 



Butterfish 



Carp, American 



Carp, German 



Catfish 



Cod 1, 



Eels 



Flounders 1, 



Haddock 



Hake 



Kingfish 



Ling I 



Mackerel 



Menhaden 210, 



Mummichog 



Perch, white 



Perch, yellow 



Pickerel 



Pike 



Pollock 



Scup 1, 



Sea bass 



Sea robins 



Shad 



Skates 



Smelt 



Spanish mackerel 



Spot 



Species. 



Squeteague 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Caviar 



Suckers 



Sunfish 



Swellfish 



Swordflsh 



Tautog 



Tomcod or frost fish 



Whitebait 



Whiting 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, soft 



Lobsters 



Squid 



Clams, hard, public 



Clams, hard, private 



Clams, soft 



Oysters, market, public 



Oysters, market, private . . 



Oysters, seed, public 



Oysters, seed, private 



Mussels 



Scallops 



Skimmers or surf clams 



Terrapi n 



Shells 



Total 



Lbs. 



6,339,600 

 52,766 



9,506 

 579 



68,003 



12, 248 



60,000 



7,000 



58, 870 



114,350 



20, 010 



60,500 



810, 920 



a 15, 140 



229, 697 



79,060 



b 957, 096 



c 378, 920 



d 740, 930 



« 145, 635 



/19, 933, 914 



g 762, 475 



A 2, 463, 300 



i 159, 100 



* 892, 794 



I 92, 080 



605 



m 5, 832, 000 



277, 649, 747 



Value. 



$212, 623 



7,075 



633 



377 



3,220 



797 



60 



350 



2,020 



3,250 



1,278 



788 



8,314 



770 



27,059 



2,340 



199, 851 



103, 748 



65,400 



24, 986 



3, 388, 907 



74, 536 



291,923 



4,590 



145,646 



6,720 



705 



4,512 



6, 230, 558 



a 45,420 in number. 

 6 119,637 bushels, 

 c 47,365 bushels. 

 d 74,093 bushels. 



e 20,805 bushels. 

 / 2,847.702 bushels. 

 g 108,925 bushels. 

 h 351,900 bushels. 



i 15,910 bushels. 

 k 148,799 bushels. 

 M 1,510 bushels. 

 m 97,200 bushels. 



THE FISHERIES BY COUNTIES. 



More than one-half of the fishery products of New York State are 

 taken by the fishermen of Suffolk County. In 1904 the yield aggre- 

 gated 234,338,945 pounds in weight and $3,292,978 in value, consist- 

 ing principally of oysters and other shellfish, menhaden, squeteague, 

 flounders, butterfish, cod, eels, scup, and a large number of minor 

 species. The fisheries of Nassau County rank next, with an aggre- 

 gate value of $882,957, and New York, Richmond, Kings, and Queens 

 counties follow, with a value of $782,763, $464,400, $429,981, and 

 $265,930, respectively. 



