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The Shad Catch of New York in 1!»()4. 



a 498.119 pounds. , 



Sturgeon. — The sturgeon fishery, which yielded $46,573 worth of 

 products in 1898, has become almost extinct, the value of the output 

 in 1904 amounting to only $1,010. The fishery for this species on 

 the south side of Long Island, which originated in 1892, and which 

 in 1898 employed 187 men and yielded $43,864, was not prosecuted 

 in 1904, owing to its unprofitableness in the last few years. 



WHOLESALE TRADE. 



Number of Persons Employed and Capital Invested in the New York City 

 Wholesale Fishery Trade in 1904. 



Brancnes <>i trade. 



Fresh-fish t radc 



Salted and prepared fish 

 Oyster and clam trade. . 



Sponge trade 



Miscellaneous 



Total 



No. of 

 firms. 



I.V.l 



No. of 

 persons. 



638 

 574 



208 

 94 



2,002 



Value of 



shore 

 property. 



$1,145,500 



1,040,700 



269.950 



730, 100 



293,750 



3, 480, 000 



Amount 

 of cash 

 capital. 



$952, 500 

 995, 000 

 435, 500 

 6.50,000 

 362, 500 



3, 395, 500 



FISHERIES OF NEW JERSEY. 



GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE STATISTICS. 



The excellent shipping facilities in the state and the proximity to 

 the large markets of New York and Philadelphia give great impor- 

 tance to the fishing industries of New Jersey. Since 1901, however, 

 owing to a falling off in the catch of oysters, clams, shad, and bluefish, 

 New York and Virginia have superseded New Jersey in rank for 

 value of fishery products, and the latter now stands third among 

 the Middle Atlantic States. 



The fisheries and wholesale trade in 1904 employed 9,094 persons. 

 Of these 1,913 were on fishing vessels, 150 on transporting vessels, 



