T VI. 



NEW YORK AND ITS FISHERIES. 



A. GENERAL REVIEW OF THE FISHERY INTERESTS OF THE 



. STATE. 



112. STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION. 



GENERAL STATEMENT. New York takes a prominent place in the fisheries, coming fourth 

 on the list of the fish-producing States, with products valued at $4,380,565, and in several special 

 branches holds a still more important position. The menhaden fisheries are more extensive 

 than those of any other State, and in 1880 the value of the oil, scrap, and compost reached 

 $1,114,958, being more than half the yield for the entire country. The products of the oyster 

 fishery for the same period reached $1,577,050, representing a greater value than that of any 

 State, except Maryland, Virginia, and New Jersey. The fishermen secure annually larger quan- 

 tities of both quahaugs and soft clams than those of any other State. In 1880 the amount of 

 money realized by them from the sale of these two species exceeded half a million dollars. In the 

 shad fisheries, this State is surpassed only by North Carolina and Maryland. 



STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION FOE 1880. The following statements show in detail the 

 extent of the various fishery interests of the State for 1880: 



STATISTICS OF THE FISHERIES OF NEW YORK. 

 Summary statement of persons employed. 



Detailed statement nf capital invented and apparatus employed. 



11,58?..51 tons. 



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