310 



FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES FOB THE YEAR 1880. 



Pounds of sea-products (including lobsters, crabs, 

 etc.) 



Value 



(6.) River and Lake Fisheries : 



Persons employed: fishermen, 450; shoresmen, 



Vessels,' 3 ;' boats,' 150-^totai .'.".'.'.'!".'...'.....'... 



Capital invested 



Pounds of products (including alewives, shad, 



sturgeon, etc.) 



Value 



(c.) Oyster-Fisheries : 

 Persons employed : fishermen, 82 



30 ; factory-hands, 215 



Vessels, 65 ; boats, 800 total 



Capital invested 



Bushels of oysters 



Bushels of oysters rehandled , 



Enhanced value 



Total value as sold 



5,522,953 

 $162,854 



513 



158 



$100,825 



4,295.250 

 $147,116 



1,065 

 865 



$145,500 



800.000 



834,500 



$187,500 



$687,725 



Pounds of other products for food 86,758,386 



Pounds of miscellaneous products for fertilizers 



and other purposes 819.005,700 



Value of products in marketable condition $8,874,899 



It is estimated that not less than 62,000 per- 

 sons in the Middle States are largely dependent 

 on the fisheries for a livelihood. Thousands of 

 others have more or less interest in this indus- 

 try. The $8,874,899 represent the actual value 

 to the fishermen, deducting all expenses. There 

 is, of course, a considerable increase from the 

 producer to the consumer, which may be 

 roughly estimated at $6,000,000. Hence the 

 products of the fisheries of the Middle States, 

 as they finally enter into consumption, are 



, worth nearly $15,000,000. 



1. New York ranks fourth m the list of 



fish-producing States. Her menhaden-fisheries ll j- SOUTHERN ATLANTIC STATES. 1. Mary- 



are more extensive than those of any other *awa : 



State. The value of her oyster-fisheries is r >*?t%% * : fishermeil) 275 . Bhoresmeni 



greater than that of any other of the States, 15 ; factory-hands, 15. 305 



pYfpnr Maryland Virginia and New Jersey Vessels, 6 ; boats, 200 total 206 



Maryland, Virginia, ana iey. c ital ' inv ' ested ( ;. essel8 boats , nets factories etc .) ^ m 



More soft-clams are here obtained than any- p Dd8 of products (including terrapin, crabs, 



where else: and in shad-fisheries she ranks etc.) 6,osi,667 



third on the list. Value to fishermen $88,451 



2. New Jersey is sixth on the list. Her tJ^^l^VXkert^,t;ito^wi 

 oyster-products are exceeded only by Maryland 451 3,186 



onrl Virginia PraK filiprip<s nrA mnrf* AYTAn Vessels, 12 ; boats, 928 940 



and V irgmia. t^rab-nsDerK s are more exten- c mvested ( ^ esse , 8 boat8 , netB| shore-prop- 

 si ve in New Jersey than m any other State. In erty) $294,518 



menhaden-fisheries she stands fifth, but her Pounds of products (alewives, shad, mixed fish, 154g()903 



river-fisheries are unimportant. Value to fishermen.! ! !'."'.'.!!!!'.!!!!!!.""!!!'.!! $402,783 



3. Pennsylvania is chiefly interested in the (c .) oyster industry : 



Oyster industry. Sea-fishing is confined to Sea- Persons employed : fishermen, 18,748 ; shores- 



bass, shad, sturgeon, etc., taken in small quan- y^^ 1 ^^ 1 ^^:::::::;::::::: 



tlties. Capital invested (vessels, boats, shore-property, 



4. Delaware. The oyster industry is the B ^- v-^;:;:;;;;;:;:;::;:;;;;::;;:;;: 



principal fishery business of this State, Over Bushels of oysters rehandled 7,653,492 



two thirds of the money realized by fishermen Enhanced value by preparation for market WSSS&l 



being derived from the capture and sale of this Total va ^ e as S( . )ld $4,730,4< 6 



species. Other fishery interests of the State * rwyuMfl : 



are limited. There is some net-fishing for shad, p^J^SS -"fishermen, 1,830 ; shoresmen, 



sturgeon, etc., m the Delaware and its tribu- 20; factory-hands, 607 2,457 



taries Vessels, 1 19 ; boats, 1,439 total 1,558 



6. Farther, from the statistics of the more H?Br8WS!tfSi 



important species taken by fishermen of the etc.) 9S26i,so5 



Middle States, it appears that 318,588,700 Value to fishermen.... 



pounds, or over three fourths of the entire p^^mpSy el" f Mermen, ^^^horesmeii, 



catch, are menhaden. The next species in im- 107 2,641 



portance for bulk is the oyster and allowing ^gg^g^^.^.y^^ 



seven pounds of meat for each bushel of shell- er ty, etc.) $264,7C2 



oysters, there results 23,238,100 pounds of Pounds of products (alewives, shad, mixed fish, B2()64 



oyster-meats. Of other species are taken (in ySu^to fishermen.'.'.'.'.'.' V.'.V.V.V.' .'.'.".'.'.".".'.'.'.'.'.' $2T?828 



quantities exceeding 5,000,000 pounds), sque- ( c .) Oyster industry : 



teague, 11,063,500 pounds; blue-fish, 6,710,800 Persons employed: fishermen, 14,286; shores- 



pounds; hard-clams (allowing eight pounds of ^^^^^l^--:::::: 



meat to the bushel), 5,933,664 pounds; codfish, Capital Invested (vessels, boats, shore-property, 



6,247000 pounds ;> shad, 6,207,200 pounds. **fc Q - Oy8t ^;;;;. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; 



Fourteen other species are produced in quanti- Bushels of oysters rehandled 1,022,130 



ties ranging from 1,000,000 tO 5,000,000 pounds Enhanced value by preparation for market $209,740 



eacn< Total value as sold $2,218,376 



GENERAL SUMMARY OF FISHINU INTERESTS OF THE ^ 



MIDDLE STATES. Pertonsemployedfishermen, 1,707 ; shoresmen, 



Persons employed 16,017 118 ; factory-hands, 25 1,850 



Fishing-vessels 1,211 Vessels, 4; boats, 1,110 total 1,114 



Tonnage of vessels 2?,576 Capital invested (vessels, boats, nets, factories, 



Fishing-boats 8^501 etc.1 $172,800 



Capital dependent on fishery industries $4,5f 9,828 Pounds of products (including terrapin, turtle, 



Pound s of fish sold fresh for food 55,277,776 crabs, etc.) 10,167,300 



Pounds of flah salted for food 2,484,000 Value to fishermen $220,745 



