380 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES.' 



Taile allowing the vessels and boats used in the aturyeon fishery of Delaware River and Bay 



in 1S97. 



Table showing the quantity of ntnrgeon caught and caviar itrepared on the Delaware River 



and Bay in 1S97. 



* Taken incidentally in seines. 



During the season of 1898 the New Jersey fishermen caught 5,060 

 sturgeon, valued at $19,375, while they prepared 1,067 kegs of caviar, 

 valued at $76,861. As the fisheries of Delaware and Pennsylvania 

 were not canvassed for the year 1898 it is impossible to show the catch 

 for those States. 



It is estimated by a leading dealer that during the season of 1899, 

 only 700 kegs of caviar were put up by all the Delaware Bay and 

 River fishermen. 



