280 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES 
4. Table showing by sections the number and value of vessels and boats , the quantity and 
value of apparatus, and the amount of shore property and cash capital employed in the 
coast fisheries of the United Sta tes in 1888. 
Section. 
Vessels. 
Boats. 
No. 
Net ton- 
nage. 
Value. 
Value of 
outfit. 
No. 
Value. 
Now England States 
Middle Atlantic States 
South Atlantic States 
Gulf States 
Pacific States - 
Total 
1, 543 
3, 952 
136 
344 
124 
81, 470. 87 
69, 776. 32 
1, 501. 99 
4, 093. 06 
13, 283. 84 
$4,505, 718 
3, 977, 885 
97, 945 
342, 455 
1, 192,150 
$1, 922, 120 
865, 673 
18, 715 
162, 193 
490, 395 
11,418 
22, 504 
4, 527 
4, 675 
4, 101 
$683, 776 
1,215, 082 
220, 224 
371, 332 
591, 985 
6, 099 
170, 126. 08 
10, 116, 153- 
3,459,096 47,195 
3, 082, 399 
Apparatus of capture. 
Section. 
No. of 
seines. 
No. of 
gill 
nets. 
No. of 
pound 
nets, 
etc. 
No. of 
pots 
fykes, 
and 
other 
small 
traps. 
Value of 
foregoing 
and all- 
other appa- 
ratus. 
Shore and 
other 
property. 
Cash capi- 
tal. 
Total. 
New England States.. 
Middle Atlantic 
674 
9, 396 
1, 177 
162, 744 
$1, 630, 532 
$5, 831, 074 
$5, 560, 800 
$20, 134, 020 
States 
South Atlantic 
1, 684 
14, 769 
1, 936 
43, 354 
1, 282, 079 
4, 469, 496 
4, 218, 473 
16, 028, 688 
States 
835 
62, 439 
803 
179 
343, 159 
283, 746 
110, 100 
1, 073, 889 
Gulf States 
421 
635 
3 
4, 769 
107, 250 
505, 580 
395, 900 
1, 884, 710 
Pacific States 
1,713 
6, 042 
215 
1,490 
1, 194, 795 
1, 275, 564 
1, 753, 350 
6, 498, 239 
Total 
5, 327 
93, 281 
4, 134 
212, 536 
4, 557, 815 
12, 365, 460 
12, 038, 623 
45, 619, 546 
5. Table showing by States the values of the various coast fisheries of the United States in 
1888. 
States'. 
General 
fisheries. 
Oyster 
and other 
shellfish 
fisheries. 
Reptil- 
ian 
fisher- 
ies. 
Crusta- 
cean 
fisheries. 
Alabama 
California 
Connecticut 
Delaware 
Florida 
Georgia 
Louisiana 
Maine 
Mar > land 
Massachusetts . .. 
Mississippi 
New Hampshire . . 
New Jersey 
New York. 
North Carolina. .. 
Oregon 
Pennsylvania 
Rhode Island 
South Carolina... 
Texas 
Virginia 
Washington 
Total 
$32, 386 
1,091, 398 
261,255 1, 
173, 456 
468, 292 
39, 923 
200, 215 
1, 533, 910 
650,455 2, 
5, 242, 054 
49, 230 
83, 638 
984,376 3, 
676,486 2, 
680, 312 
1,010, 843 
163, 306 
288, 932 
121, 256 
134, 994 
669,622 1, 
767,108 
$32, 174 
679, 655 
066, 008 
20, 160 
57, 552 
29, 370 
230, 820 
239, 043 
889, 060 
257, 589 
157, 463 
$15, 060 
1,290 
2, 297 
16, 854 
6,075 
60, 738 
22, 237 
150 
126, 067 
286, 880 
52, 459 
13, 575 
165, 339 
311, 836 
19, 146 
109, 633 
026,918 
89, 774 
1,652 
1,230 
4, 536 
3, 485 
14, 280 
17, 672 
$11, 000 
186, 883 
86, 023 
13, 640 
5, 894 
7,542 
121, 047 
516, 073 
198, 769 
173, 386 
24, 194 
6, 256 
78, 570 
69, 137 
5, 760 
716 
29, 047 
19,770 
12, 350 
24, 669 
1,070 
15, 323, 447 
12, 860, 671 
167, 406 
1, 591, 796 
Men- 
haden 
fish- 
ery. 
Whale 
and por- 
poise 
fisheries. 
Seal, wal- 
rus, and 
sea-otter 
fisheries. 
Sponge 
fishery. 
Total. 
$75, 560 
4, 463, 369 
1, 526, 059 
209, 553 
802, 282 
82, 910 
612, 820 
2, 292, 043 
3,813, 199 
6, 355, 495 
231, 712 
90, 044 
4, 198. 550 
3, 347, 851 
776, 439 
1,025,134 
344, 004 
825, 092 
163, 657 
271, 257 
1, 836, 155 
890, 860 
$qpo, 729 
10, 784 
$1, 799, 644 
11, 200 
$89, 499 
$253, 690 
3, 017 
52, 678 
6, 250 
676, 216 
825 
7, 885 
314, 118 
17, 247 
16, 125 
15, 359 
195, 277 
97, 274 
32, 908 
798, 604 
1, 393, 854 
1, 843, 752 1 
254,515 
*34, 234, 045 
*The total value of the yield of the coast fisheries, including the rivers that were not canvassed in 
their entirety but for which approximate figures are given under each State, was $35,222,929, or $988,884 
more than represented in this table. The combined sum has been used in making comparisons with 
