430 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 
nine vessels, valued at $24,000, were employed, 55 of these being 
engaged in taking crabs and 14 in transporting them. The total num- 
ber of boats used was 4,082, valued at $125,847. Including vessels, 
boats, apparatus, shore property, and cash capital, the investment in 
the fishery was $321,974. The catch was 12,910,746 soft crabs, valued 
at $202,563, and 29,474,379 hard crabs, valued at $85,884. The larg- 
est catches of soft crabs were made with scrapes, the value of the 
catch by this apparatus being nearly double that taken in scoop nets, 
which is the next important apparatus. Practically the entire hard- 
crab catch was obtained on trot lines, 1,138 of these lines, valued at 
$4,474, being operated. A few hard crabs also were taken in scrapes 
during the soft-crab season, and in dredges during the oyster season; 
$10,464 worth of soft crabs was taken incidentally along with hard 
crabs on trot, lines as ‘‘ doublers.” 
The following is asummary of the crab fishery of Maryland in 1901: 
Table showing, by counties, the extent of the crab fishery of Maryland in 1901. 
Anne Arundel.| Baltimore. Calvert. Charles. | Dorchester. 
Items. ; ; 
No. |Value.| No. | Val. No. | Val. No. | Val. No. | Value. 
Persons engaged: 
Bott CLADDETS. «0c eee = LOW Wace ee 32 | 
Hard crabbers ....-...-- 9G tayo ies Se De Gek crs Bb-|ses 1S. crevarere DAD eas ose 
GROTESIMNIEI << wae <= coms W233 ac seeeis 16 
On vessels transporting 
CTBS ec sc soca slecieee cee | 1 
Tonnage 
OER HE. eee a aN artes cree 
Vessels transporting crabs. 
MONMMAVE | -2on.- cee o sce ani 
(OMNIS Soe Roos ssa e4ass 56 
Boats, soft crabbing ...-.-- 
Boats, hard crabbing -..-.- 
Motalamacaccceect se 
Apparatus used in soft 
crabbing: 
cle.03) Nesteaeeoopcadbocseen bacdencec adessos pssueesesscual Meas cada psosadiss- occa sososs Bot | 3, th 
SCOOP MeL - o- ace eel 157 SSia|staecel| sear 100 Dh Rees alae 298 104 
CMLES fee ss ces Seite 35 105 BG il PADD | Soe ecco ll erate el inieperom ntoml| tie ene neem etait ete 
Apparatus used in hard 
erabbing: 
TOLLS ee eis elaine eee 40 470 2 1 36 | 131 18 45 227 810 
Shore and accessory prop- 
ORGY eee ee oie ene yore acai mister 2 Sopa TSOP A Neen 55 BOB AK (oS crore el cermiell sesercieee 445 
(GINS alle rh onli Besa cooeenscullss san soce 400) | sae2c= lpebocs|isa crs SOV ac aoso melee sto |e 3, 090 
Total investment ..-/......... 10, 611 |--..---] 1.64901)... 5. nar 1 POO Weiser areic 1S sere 19, 180 
Soft-crab catch by— = zi 5 
SCIAP CS eae cease sees eee ener SeSeeoe Seneen Renee Penn n ns Peennn beennnns here 698, 500 | 10, 750 
ASCOOp Mets seeseenee see $73, 560 |10, 704 |....-.- |= anime 80,2000 72,250 |. 20.204 cane. 449,100 | 6,835 
Seines <Vnce soceeeee a on 139: 440) |/\3; 704 487000) 17200) | 2 cos Sci eo See noe eee een eeeiae ee See 
Trot LimesD. o.5.<cvves=- e090) 37] Bed | SB) FB WH. l.cees \axeee 409,398 | 5,940 
Totalic.scesc cree cee 513, 800 14, 435 |48, 864 li, 258 180,798 |2, 254 |........ eee 1,556,998 | 28,525 
Hard-crab ecateh by trot p | | | i 
LiMieS eee a cee eee 3,487,695 | 8,794 | 1, 440 12 {543,999 | 884 |630, 000 |2,100 |4,992,999 | 18, 357 
Total catch, softand if R | ; ; li 
hard crabs .......- 4,001,495 |23, 229 |50, 304 |1,270 |724,797 !3,185 |630, 000 |2, 100 |6,549,997 | 41, S62 
akxclusive of duplication. 
b These lines are used primarily for hard crabs, the soft or shedding crabs being taken with the 
hard crabs as ‘* doublers.’’ 
