214 EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



The following statistics, prepared by Mr. G. Brown Goode, are quoted 

 from pages 3357, 3360-3 of the documents and proceedings of the Hali- 

 fax Commission : 



Estimated total of American fisheries for 1876. 



Consolidated table of sea fisheries east of Cape May $13, 030, 821 



Lake fisheries in 1872 (Milner) 1,600,000 



Products of whale fishery 2,737,379 



17,368,200 



This is exclusive of all river fisheries ; of the river fisheries of salmon s 

 shad, alewives, and striped bass; of the coast fisheries south of Dela- 

 ware Bay (mullet, bluefish, menhaden, &c.) ; of all the Pacific coast 

 fisheries (salmon, cod, haddock, &c.) ; of the shell-fish (oysters, clams, 

 &c.)j of the Crustaceans (lobsters, crabs, &c); of sponges; of skins; of 

 fur and other seals, and of their oil. For these, thirty millions of dollars 

 ($30,000,000) is considered to be a reasonable estimate. 



Weirs and traps on the southern coast of New England. 



Locality. 



South side of Cape Coil 



Martha's Vineyard Sound . 



Buzzard's Bay 



Block Island 



Narragansett Bay 



Total 



In addition to the above there are one hundred fykes, managed by fourteen men. 



Tabic showing the statistics of the manufacture of menhaden oil and guano in the United 

 States in the years 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876. 



Number of factories in operation 



Number of sail- vessels employed 



Number of steam- vessels employed 



N umber of men employed in fisheries 



Number of men employed in factories 



Total number of mon employed 



Amount of capital invested 



Number of fish taken 



Number offish taken (estimated in barrels) 



Number of gallons of oil made 



Number of tons of guano made 



Number of gallons of oil held by manufacturers 



at tho end of the year 



Number of tons of guano held by manufacturers 



at the end of the year 



Value of oil, at 37 cents ». 



Value of guano, at $11 



Total value of manufactured products 



1873. 



62 

 383 



20 



1,009 



1,197 



2, 306 



$2, 388, 000 



397, 700, 000 



1, 193, 100 



2, 214, 800 



36, 299 



484, 520 



2,700 



$S19,476 



$399, 199 



$1,218,675 



64 



283 



25 



871 



1,567 



2,438 



$2, 500, 000 



492, 878, 000 



1, 478, 634 



3, 372, 837 



50, 976 



648, 000 



5,200 



$1, 247, 950 



$560, 736 



$1,808,686 



1875. 



60 



304 



39 



2,633 



$2, 650, 000 



563, 327, 000 



1, 887, 767 



2, 681, 487 



53, 625 



125, 000 



1,850 



$992, 140 



$589, 875 



$1, 582, 015 



1876. 



64 

 320 

 46 



2,738 

 $2, 750, 000 

 512, 450, 000 



1, 535, 885 



2, 992, 000 



51, 245 



264, 000 



7 275 



$1, 107', 040 



$503, 695 



$1, 670, 735 



Total number of menhaden annually taken on the coast of the United States, estimate 750,000,000. 



In 1874 one company, on the coast of New Jersey, put up 30,000 dozen boxes of menhaden in oil, 

 under the name of "Ameiican sardines," the value of which was, at least, $90,000. 



On the coast of New England thirty-five decked vessels and numerous small ones, engage in the 

 bait fishery, the catch of which approximates 100,000 barrels annually, worth from $100,000 to $130,000. 



lu the following table the cured cod have beeu'restored to their green 

 weight (three times as much). The salted mackerel have been restored 

 to their green weight (one-sixth additional). By inshore fisheries is 

 meant those conducted from shore, and by offshore fisheries those con- 

 ducted iu large vessels, principally those having over 20 tons burden. 



