G8 FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



Products of the Fisheries of Maryland in 1904. 



Species. 



Alewives, fresh . 

 Alewives, salted 



Black bass 



Bluefish 



Bonito 



Butterfish 



Carp, German. . 



Catfish.. 



Cero 



Cod 



Croaker 



Drum 



Eels, fresh 



Eels, salted 



Flounders 



Gar pike 



Gizzard shad. . . 

 Hickory shad . . 



Kingfish 



Mackerel 



Menhaden 



Mullet 



Perch, white. . . 

 Perch, yellow . . 



Pike 



Pompano 



Species. 



Scup 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Sheepshead 



Spanish mackerel 



Spot 



Squeteague 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Caviar 



Suckers 



Sunfish 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, soft 



Shrimp 



Squid 



Oysters, market, natural. 



rock 



Oysters, market, private 



beds 



Oysters, seed, natural rock 



Clams, hard 



Turtles 



Terrapin 



Total 81,128,86 



Lbs. 



31,610 



59,600 



2,912,249 



950 



1,950 



13, 480 



785, 215 



721, 240 



164,245 



20, 600 



2,775 



7,450 



<U2, 665, 282 



& 5, 732, 865 



2,400 



14,000 



; 27, 032, 950 



d 3, 251, 955 



e 722, 645 



/ 37, 800 



13,400 



3,923 



82,558 



2,580 



159, 772 



68 



241 



411 



23, 207 



72, 207 



8,313 



18, 722 



72 



487 



168, 996 



189, 851 



800 



418 



2,098,992 



301,650 



17,032 



4,880 



456 



2,718 



3,336,560 



a 37,995,846 in number. 

 b 17,198,595 in number. 



c 3,861,850 bushels. 

 d 464,565 bushels. 



e 103,235 bushels. 

 I 4,725 bushels. 



THE FISHERIES BY COUNTIES. 



The leading county in the value of its fishery products is Somerset, 

 the bulk of whose output consists of oysters and crabs. Dorchester 

 County ranks second in the amount and value of its products, and out- 

 ranks Somerset in the value of its oyster catch, but is exceeded by the 

 latter in the catch of soft crabs. Talbot County ranks third in impor- 

 tance, with a more valuable hard-crab industry than exists in any other 

 count}^. These crabs are utilized mostly at factories located at 

 Oxford and vicinity, St. Michaels, and Tilghman Island, where the 

 meat is picked from the crabs and shipped in tin buckets. Anne 

 Arundel County's oyster and crab industries place it fourth in impor- 

 tance, and Annapolis is the center of both of these industries. Worces- 

 ter, the only county bordering on the ocean, supports extensive 

 pound-net and sturgeon gill-net fisheries, which, with its oyster-plant- 

 ing industry, contribute very largely to the value of its products. St. 

 Mary County owes its position as sixth in rank almost entirely to its 

 oyster industry, the other fisheries being comparatively unimportant. 

 The same may be said of Wicomico County, with the exception that 

 the gill-net fishery for shad is of considerable value. Kent County 

 supports the most important gill-net fishery in the state, the greater 

 part being carried on from Betterton, in Chesapeake Bay. It supports 

 also important seine and pound-net fisheries. Calvert County, 



