ALEWIFE FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES IN 1896. 35 



seines, 930 set gill nets, and nearly 500 fished weirs and pound nets. 

 In the preparation of the catch by smoking and salting 134 persons 

 were engaged. In Maryland there were 616 alewife fishermen, and in 

 Massachusetts 388, while in Maiue, Delaware, New Jersey, and North 

 Carolina there were more than 200. The following table exhibits in 

 detail the distribution of the fishermen : 



Table showing by States the number of persons employed in the alewife fisheries of the 



United States in 1S96. 



* Exclusive of duplication of those in more than one fishery. 



The boats, apparatus, and other property which may be credited to 

 the alewife fishery had a value of $111,000 in 1896. This sum repre- 

 sents 1,232 boats, 542 pound nets, trap nets, and weirs, 223 seines, 

 1,469 gill nets, 70 fyke nets, and 215 dip nets, together with nearly 

 $27,000 worth of shore and accessory property. As may be seen from 

 the following table, the largest investment was in Maryland, where 

 $26,000 were devoted to this fishery, and where more boats, traps, and 

 gill nets were used than in any other State. Massachusetts, Maine, 

 and North Carolina rank next to Maryland in the value of the property 

 connected with the alewife fisheries. 



Table showing by States the boats, apparatus, and property employed in the alewife fisheries 

 of the United States in 189G. 



States. 



Pound nets, trap 

 nets, and weirs. ! 



Seines. 



No. 



No. 



No. Length. Value 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts . . 

 New Hampshire 



New Jersey 



New York 



North Carolina . . 



Pennsylvania 



Khode' Island . . . 

 Virginia 



Total . 



31 

 101 

 223 

 355 



88 

 12 

 77 

 71 

 84 

 



33 

 151 



1,232 



3,290 



3,495 



8,683 



2,974 



155 



2,164 



1,488 



2, 025 



501 



610 



2,139 



28, 207 



5 



152 



172 



1 



12 



4 

 130 



$150 



8,240 



10, 160 



150 



480 



260 

 6,505 



990 

 1,435 



Feet. 

 9.987 

 7,933 

 1, 932 

 1,920 



17, 739 

 360 



30, 642 

 6,630 

 2.775 



9,600 

 2,100 



$2, 475 



1,314 



257 



256 



3.075 



50 



3,025 



1,380 



410 



840 



225 



223 



91,618 13,307 



