FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



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FISHERIES OF VIRGINIA. 

 GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE STATISTICS. 



Virginia holds first rank among the Middle Atlantic States for 

 quantity of its fishery products and second for value, being exceeded 

 in the latter respect by New York. The fisheries of Virginia in 1904 

 yielded 355,315,798 pounds, valued at $5,584,354, which, with the 

 figures of 1901 in comparison, is a decrease of 22,867,560 pounds, 

 but an increase of $970,970 in value. The decrease is largely in the 

 menhaden catch. 



The number of persons engaged was 28,868. Of this number 

 5,510 were on fishing and transporting vessels, 17,693 in the shore 

 or boat fisheries, and 5,665 in the wholesale fish trade, oyster-packing 

 establishments, and fish-fertilizer factories. Compared with the 

 figures for 1901 a decrease of 457 persons is shown. 



The total investment in the fisheries, including vessels, boats, 

 apparatus of capture, value of buildings, and cash capital in 1904 

 was $4,614,934, an increase of $981,830 since the last canvass. 



The products of the vessel fisheries of the state amounted to 

 258,205,295 pounds, valued at $1,400,905, and those of the shore 

 fisheries 97,110,503 pounds, valued at $4,183,449. 



Number of Persons Employed in the Fisheries of Virginia in 1904. 



Investment in the Fisheries of Virginia in 1904. 



