FISHEKIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



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gasoline boats they can make the trips from their homes to the fishing 

 grounds better than they could formerly with sailboats. 



The following table shows the number of shad taken in each county 

 of the state in 1904: 



Number and Value of Shad taken in Each County of New Jersey in 1904. 



a 4,337,907 pounds. 



Bluejish. — The most prolific bluensh grounds on the American 

 coast lie from 4 to 10 miles off Seabright, N. J., and the most valuable 

 fishery of this, the state's most important fishing center, is the blue- 

 fish hand-line fishery. In 1904 it employed 96 gasoline boats, valued 

 at $21,600, and 30 rowboats, valued at $2,500, a total of 126 boats, 

 carrying 275 men. A majority of the men are Scandinavians. 



Menhaden. — With the exception of a few menhaden taken in Mid- 

 dlesex County with seines, the entire catch is obtained in Monmouth, 

 Ocean, and Cape May counties. In Monmouth County both pound 

 nets and seines are used, most of the pound-net catch being taken at 

 Port Monmouth and Belford, where it is sold mainly as bait to hand- 

 line fishermen at Seabright and vicinity. Two fertilizer factories at 

 this place utilize large quantities of the seine catch, which is made 

 chiefly by vessels. A number of the vessels are owned by the 

 factories. 



The Menhaden Industry of New Jersey in 1904. 



Items. 



Factories 



Cash capital 



Wages paid factory employees 



Persons in factories 



Persons on vessels 



Menhaden caught by vessels 



Menhaden caught in shore fisheries 



Menhaden, prest 



Dry scrap tons. 



Crude and acidulated scrap do. 



Oil. 



Steam vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Purse seines 



Sail vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Purse seines 



Sail vessels transporting. 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



.gallons.. 



No. 



214 



226 

 44,789,050 



17,S'.a,95S 



46,029,050 



2,717 



1,575 



150,645 



6 



392 



6 



5 

 132 



Value. 



$229,100 

 51,000 



50,000 



71,745 

 37,345 

 60,060 

 72,500 

 21,800 

 33,110 

 109,000 



25,360 

 4,500 



7,500 



4,595 

 2,220 

 3,300 



