PENNSYLVANIA AND ITS FISHERIES. 



A. GENERAL REVIEW OF THE FISHERY INTERESTS OF THE 



STATE. 



147. STATISTICAL KECAPITULATION. 



THE VARIOUS FISHERY INTERESTS. Pennsylvania, though consuming large quantities of 

 fishery products, has no important fishing grounds within its borders. . The principal business 

 connected with the fisheries is the oyster industry, for, though no oysters are produced in the 

 waters of the State, a large number of persons are engaged in transporting oysters from the 

 southern beds to Philadelphia, and others make a business of receiving, shelling, and packing 

 them for shipment. From this industry $187,500 is realized by the residents of the State. The 

 sea fisheries are confined to the capture of sea-bass and other species by a fleet of eight vessels, 

 that make occasional trips to the fishing grounds off Cape Henlopen during the summer months. 

 Shad, sturgeon, and other less important species are taken in small quantities in the Delaware and 

 Susquehanna Eivers, and lake fish of different species are caught along the coast-line bordering 

 Lake Erie. 



STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION FOR 1880. The following statements show the extent of the 

 fishing interests of the State: 



Summary statement of persons employed. 



Detailed statement of capital invested and apparatus employed. 



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