FISHERIES, BY STATES. 



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The following tabular statement shows the distribu- 

 tion, according to species arranged in the order of their 

 value, of the total value of products for each class of 

 fisheries: 



1 Less than $100. 



Vessel fisheries are credited with 55 per cent of the 

 weight and 62 per cent of the value of the New York 

 fishery products. Oysters, the most important prod- 

 uct for the state as a whole, contributed 68 per cent 

 of the value of the product reported for vessel fisheries 

 of the state as a whole, 70 per cent of the correspond- 

 ing value for the Atlantic coast district, and 85 per 

 cent of that for the Long Island Sound fisheries. 

 Ninety-seven per cent of the value of the entire 

 catch reported for vessels represents the value of prod- 

 uct secured on the Atlantic coasts The vessels reported 

 for Lake Erie, 14 in number, contributed products 

 valued at $73,000. There were no vessels engaged in 

 fishing on Lake Ontario. 



In the shore and boat fisheries, as in the vessel 

 fisheries, oysters were the product of greatest value, 

 representing 35 per cent of the total value of products. 

 Nearly all the scallops were taken in Long Island 

 Sound; practically all the lake herring came from the 

 shore and boat fisheries in Lake Erie; and the pike 

 and pickerel almost exclusively from Lake Ontario. 

 The shore and boat fisheries in the Atlantic coast 

 district supplied 93 per cent of the entire catch 

 reported for this class of fisheries. 



Some species, such as blueilsh and scup, were taken 

 almost wholly by the vessel fisheries and others, 

 notably butterfish, carp, sturgeon, and catfish, almost 



entirely by the shore and boat fisheries. All of the 

 shad product was from the latter class of fisheries. 



Products, by apparatus of capture. The distribu- 

 tion of the total value of products, arranged in order 

 of the value of their catch, for the state as a whole 

 and for each class of fisheries, is shown in the following 

 tabular statement : 



The largest catch was reported for dredges, tongs, 

 etc., which took products valued at $2,954,000, or 64 

 per cent of the total. Nearly three-fourths of the 

 entire vessel catch and almost half of the entire shore 

 and boat catch were taken by these forms of appa- 

 ratus. 



The following tabular statement distributes the 

 value of the catch with dredges, tongs, etc., by 

 species and by class of fisheries: 



Lines were next in importance with respect to the 

 value of products taken, more than half the entire 

 value of the line catch representing the value of blue- 

 fish, while cod stood next, contributing 22 per cent of 

 the total value. 



The value reported for the various products taken 

 with lines is given in the following tabular statement : 



