FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 

 Products of the Fisheries of New Jersey in 1904. 



31 



Species. 



Albacore 



Alewives, fresh. . . 

 Alewives, salted. . 



Bluefish 



Bonito 



Butterflsh 



Catfish 



Cero 



Cod 



Crevalle 



Croaker 



Drum 



Eels, fresh 



Eels, smoked 



Flounders 



German carp 



Haddock 



Hake 



Hickory shad 



Horse mackerel . . 



Kingfish 



Mackerel 



Menhaden 



Mullet, fresh 



Mullet, salted 



Perch, white 



Perch, yellow 



Pike and pickerel. 



Pollock 



Round herring 



Salmon, Atlantic. 



Scup 



Sea bass 



Sea robbins 



Shad 



Sharks 



Species. 



Sheepshcad 



Skates 



Smelt 



Spanish mackerel 



i Spot 



Squeteague 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Sturgeon caviar 



Suckers 



Swordfish 



Tautog 



Tomcod 



Whiting, or silver hake 



Other fish 



Clams, hard 



Clams, soft 



Clams, surf 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, soft 



King crabs 



Lobsters 



Mussels 



Oysters, market, natural 



rock 



Oysters, market, private 



beds 



Oysters, seed, natural rock.. 

 Oysters, seed, private beds. 



Porpoise 



Shrimp 



Squid 



Terrapin 



Turtles 



Total 



Lbs. 



Value. 



1,706 



10,925 



8,780 



7,525 



35,900 



10,099,301 



66,012 



227, 520 



8,432 



46,500 



8,000 



145, 475 



6,985 



676, 595 



060 



a.2, 165, 888 



b 973, 150 



c 67, 200 



d 224, 499 



e 125, 567 



/l, 038, 000 



141,340 



01,392,750 



h 234,220 



• 8,930,054 



i 5, 772, 515 



*9,100 



500 



4,949 



80,909 



4,700 



34,901 



90,108,068 



$213 



165 



1,599 



1,500 



1,560 



253, 200 



9,535 



12,022 



7, 115 



3,308 



580 



4,007 



347 



11,515 



14 



351,758 



70,450 



6,000 



8,658 



19,600 



6,518 



18, 269 



2,115 



24,305 



1.274,203 



392,925 



520 



2 



1,425 



2,064 



4,450 



727 



3,385,41S 



« 270,736 bushels. 

 6 97,315 bushels. 

 c 8,400 bushels. 

 d 673,497 in number. 



« 376,701 in number. 

 /S19.000 in number. 

 (7 30,215 bushels. 

 A 33,460 bushels. 



U, 275, 722 bushels. 

 ; 824,645 bushels. 

 k 1.300 bushels. 



Note. — Under sharks, above, is included 11,300 pounds of dogfish, valued at $147. 



THE FISHERIES BY COUNTIES. 



Cumberland County ranks first among the counties of this state in 

 the value of its fisheries, which in 1904 amounted to $1,090,157. 

 The oyster fishery, centering at Maurice River Cove, and the gill-net 

 fishery for shad are the most important branches. 



Monmouth County owes its position of second place to its im- 

 portant pound-net fisheries, which exceed in value those of any 

 other county in the United States except Whatcom County, Wash. 

 Its hard and soft clam fisheries also contribute largely to its output. 

 The oyster fisheries are valuable, but their decline in recent years 

 has been very marked. 



Ocean County is third in importance. It outranks Monmouth in 

 the value of its oyster fisheries, but its clam fisheries, though very valu- 

 able, are far less so than those in Monmouth County. The difference 

 is especially noticeable in the soft clam industry, which is prosecuted 

 at only one town in Ocean County. This county has important pound- 

 net and fyke-net fisheries, the latter apparatus being set mainly for 

 flounders. 



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