FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



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pounds to 186,050 pounds, and catfish, from 130,280 pounds to 

 108,170 pounds. Owing to the high price of caviar, the yield of the 

 sturgeon fishery increased in value from 810,444 to $11,438. The 

 output of caviar in 1904 was only 7,495 pounds, which was the 

 smallest in more than twenty years. 



The following tables show, b} r counties, the extent of the fisheries of 

 Delaware in 1904. A separate statement of the menhaden industry 

 is given also: 



Statement, by Counties, of the Number of Persons Employed in the 

 Fisheries of Delaware in 1904. 



Statement, by Counties, of the Vessels, Boats, Apparatus, and Shore 

 Property Employed in the Fisheries of Delaware in 1904. 



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