178 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



which the more important species were squeteague, worth $95,219 ; mul- 

 let, worth $90,338 ; striped bass, worth $58,035 ; blue-fish, worth $46,752, 

 and clams, worth $53,703, an increase of over $40,000 since 1890. 



Persons employed. 



Table of apparatus and capital. 



Vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels transporting 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats fishing 



Boats transporting 



Apparatus — vessel fisheries : 



Seines 



GiUnets 



Dredges 



Tongs 



No. 



1,017.20 



862. 03 

 "'4,'426 



18 

 49 

 26 

 139 



Value. 



$69, 450 



21, 327 

 53, 175 



7,423 



200, 251 



2,458 



6,700 



1,370 



855 



360 



Items. 



Apparatus — shore fisheries : 



Seines 



Gill nets 



Pound nets 



Fyke nets 



Minor nets 



Lines 



Pots 



Wheels 



Tongs and rakes 



Miscellaneous 



Shore and accessory property 

 Cash capital 



Total. 



No. 



1,026 



86, 639 



1,852 



23 



775 



1,233 



70 



1,352 



Value. 



$79,465 



177, 820 



136, 375 



341 



1,867 



247 



885 



1,050 



3, 023 



453 



315, 164 



138, 400 



1, 218, 459 



Table of products. 



Species. 



Alewires, fresh 



Alewi ves, salted 



Black bass 



Blue-fish, fresh 



Blue-ti.sb, salted 



Bonito 



Butter-fish 



Cat-fish 



Channel bass, fresli. 

 Channel bass, salted 



Croakers, fresh 



Croakers, salted 



Drum 



Eels 



Flounders 



Hickory shad 



King-fish 



Menhaden 



Mullet, fresh 



Mullet, sailed 



Perch 



Pig-fish 



Pike 



Pin-fish 



Pompano 



Porgy 



Sailor's choice 



Scad or round robin 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Lbs. 



694, 201 



096. 236 



535, 342 



482, 375 



213, 800 



2,350 



94, 750 



192, 211 



64, 550 



40, 200 



247, 619 



31,400 



51, 400 



96, 700 



173, 975 



230, 975 



358, 070 



310, 000 



797, 425 



612, 160 



806, 379 



412, 807 



100, 420 



6], 600 



53, 175 



39, 910 



39, 000 



8,100 



189, 225 



963, 488 



Value. 



$48, 756 

 78, 299 



23, 611 

 41, 608 



5,144 



35 



1,758 



4,646 



830 



804 



18,514 



422 



1,073 



4,051 



3,199 



7,583 



7, 628 



19, 700 



16, 797 



73, 541 



24, 044 

 10, 285 



2,655 



1,064 



1,728 



472 



975 



46 



5,564 



362, 811 



Species 



Sheepshead 



Snappers 



Spanish mackerel . 



Spots, fresh 



Spots, salted 



Squeteague, fresh . 

 Squeteague, salted 

 Strawberry bass . . 



Striiiod bass 



Sturgeon 



Suckers 



Sun-fish 



Tautog 



Warmouth b.iss . . . 



Whiting 



Shrimp 



Crabs, soft 



Crabs, hard 



Terrapins 



Turtles 



Frogs 



Oysters 



Clams 



Scallops 



Caviar 



Squeteague sounds 

 Refuse 



Total 



Lbs. 



271, 206 



34, 400 



330, 840 



716,137 



133, 846 



3, 006, 758 



83, 496 



21,725 



845, 123 



371, 625 



135, 230 



38, 210 



14, 125 



0,950 



45, 300 



146, 496 



I 986, 720 



2 40, 000 



3 17,179 



4 24, 000 

 6 1, 800 



! 6, 011,726 



' 937, 808 



« 118, 323 



32, 500 



691 



3, 862, 200 



Value. 



$9,243 



860 



18,017 



9,870 



4,327 



92, 993 



2, 226 



866 



58, 035 



13, 525 



3,037 



1,000 



283 



348 



1,133 



5,885 



3,992 



1,000 



2,815 



1,920 



450 



241, 099 



53, 703 



6,653 



11, 162 



104 



4,828 



64, 234, 257 i 1, 316, 017 



' Represents 2,960,160 in number. 

 ''Represents 120,000 in number. 

 ' Rei)resents 8,100 in number. 

 * Represents 320 in number. 



5 Represents 3,600 in number. 

 '' Represents 858,818 bushels. 

 ' Represents 117,226 bushels. 

 ' Represents 26,294 bushels. 



