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FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



Statement, by Counties, of the Yield op the Fisheries of New York in 



1904— Continued. 



THE PRODUCTS BY APPARATUS. 



The most important forms of fishing apparatus employed in the 

 fisheries of New York in 1904 in respect to value of products secured 

 were the dredges, tongs, rakes, etc., used in taking shellfish and crabs. 

 The catch with these appliances aggregated $4,314,639 in value, or 

 69 per cent of the total yield of the state, and consisted of oysters, 

 3,329,332 bushels, valued at $3,780,352; hard clams, 167,002 bushels, 

 $303,599; soft clams, 74,093 bushels, $65,400; scallops, 148,799 

 bushels, $145,646; skimmers, or surf clams, 11,510 bushels, $6,720; 

 mussels, 15,910 bushels, $4,590; shells, 97,200 bushels, $4,512; hard 

 crabs, 316,800 pounds, $3,745, and soft crabs, 2,000 pounds, $75. 



The seine is the most important apparatus used in this state for 

 the capture of fish, the 295 seines operated in 1904 taking 214,099,725 

 pounds, with a value of $826,597 at first hand. Of this quantity 

 210,110,600 pounds consisted of menhaden, valued at $681,178. 

 Other species of importance were squeteague, 1,956,635 pounds, 

 $70,969; scup, 858,550 pounds, $28,171; alewives, 429,035 pounds, 

 $7,201; German carp, 206,065 pounds, $13,450; bluefish, 81,379 

 pounds, $5,089; bonito, 60,310 pounds, $2,032, and flounders, 72,022 

 pounds, $2,990. 



Of the remaining product lines took 13,495,155 pounds, $623,364; 

 pound nets, 11,306,598 pounds, $242,808; gill nets, 3,786,531 pounds, 

 $93,553; fyke nets, 1,380,761 pounds, $53,060; pots, 691,598 pounds, 

 $61,211; spears, 179,120 pounds, $13,570, and dip nets, 33,215 

 pounds, $1,756. 



The following tables present, by apparatus of capture, the products 

 of the vessel and shore fisheries of New York in 1904: 



