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8. Table showing by States certain average figures for the vessels employed in the coast 
fisheries of the United States in 1888. 
States. 
Number 
of 
crew. 
Net 
tonnage. 
Value 
of 
vessel. 
Value 
of appa- 
ratus and 
outfit. 
Stock 
per 
vessel. 
Stock 
! per 
man. 
Alabama 
G.O 
30. 42 
$2, 000 
$1, Oil 
$2, 886 | 
| $481 
California , 
20.2 
138. 32 
10, 748 • 
5. 394 
12, 812 ; 
640 
Connecticut 
4.8 
24. 76 
2, 531 
816 
3, 855 I 
789 
Delaware 
3.7 
12. 38 
965 
172 
1, 086 
291 
Florida 
7.7 
17. 82 
1,631 
934 
2, 492 
324 
Georgia 
2.7 
10.78 
740 
285 
802 
301 
Louisiana 
2.7 
7. 22 
454 
193 
829 
309 
Maine 
7.8 
41. 16 
1,725 
1,075 
2. 305 
297 
Maryland 
6.4 
17. 76 
774 
324 
1,318 
205 
Massachusetts 
13.6 
73.62 
3, 735 
2,717 
6, 375 
469 
Mississippi 
3.4 
8. 91 
586 
288 
1,517 
446 
New Hampshire 
9.4 
35. 60 
1,939 
1,868 
3, 906 
414 
New Jersey 
3.4 
14. 28 
969 
172 
1, 153 
337 
New York. 
3.2 
13. 22 
1,414 
534 
2, 954 
914 
North Carolina 
Oregon 
4.3 
10.76 
783 
323 
662 
154 
.Pennsylvania 
6.9 
”24.' 91 
2, 167 
469 
3, 197 1 
460 
Rhode Island 
6.3 
21.08 
3, 034 
679 
4, 579 
733 
South Carolina i 
4.6 
16. 03 
1, 057 
331 
3,162 
253 
Texas 
3.6 
9. 90 
636 
265 
1, 171 
322 
Virginia 
5 1 
14. 59 
740 
317 
925 
182 
Washington 
20.5 
52. 47 
4, 038 
2, 208 
4, 230 
206 
9. Table showing by fisheries the relative rank, based on value of products, of the coast 
States in 1888, together with a general comparison with 1880. 
Rank. 
General 
fisher- 
ies. 
Oyster 
and other 
shellfish 
fisheries. 
1 Reptil- 
| ian 
'fisheries. 
Crusta- 
cean 
fisheries. 
Menha 
den 
fishery. 
Whale 
and 
porpoise 
fisheries. 
Seal, wal- 
rus, and 
sea-otter 
fisheries. 
Sponge 
-fishery. 
To 
1888. 
tal. 
1880. 
1 
Mass . . 
N. J ... 
i La 
Me ... . 
N Y... 
Cal .... 
Cal 
Fla ... . 
Mass .. 
Mass. 
2 
Me ... 
Md 
Md . . . 
Md . . . . 
R. I 
Mass . . . 
Wash .. 
Miss. . . 
Cal 
Md. 
3 
Cal 
N. Y.... 
Va 
Cal ... . 
Va .... 
N.C .... 
Conn 
N. J ... 
N. Y. 
4 
Oi egon 
Va..... 
Fla ... . 
Mass . . 
Coun . . 
Conn . . . 
Md 
Cal. 
5 
N. J .. 
Conn . . . 
Cal 
La 
Md . . . . 
N. Y. .. 
N. j. 
6 
Va 
Cal ... 
Tex ... 
Conn . . 
N.C ... 
Va 
Va. 
7 
Md 
R. I 
Gr<i 
N. J ... 
Penn . . 
Me ... 
Me. 
8 
N. Y. . . 
Mass . . 
N.C ... 
N. Y... 
N. J ... 
Conn . . 
Del. 
9 
Wash. . 
Me 
S. C... 
R. I.... 
Mass .. 
Oregon 
Conn. 
10 
N. C . . . 
La 
Del 
Va 
Me ... 
Wash 
N.C. 
11 
Fla ... 
Penn . . . 
N. J ... 
Miss. . . 
R. I 
R. I 
12 
R. I 
Miss. . . . 
Conn . . 
S.C.... 

Fla . . . 
Fla. 
1? 
Conn . . 
Tex . . . 
N. Y.. 
Del . . . 
N. C . . 
Oregon. 
U 
La . . 
W ash . . 
Tex 
La 
Wash. 
15 
Del .. 
Fla ... . 
Ala 
Penn 
La. 
16 
Penn . . 
N. C . . 
Ga. 
Tex 
Penn. 
17 
Tex . . . 
Ala .... 
N. H ... 
Miss . . 
S. C. 
18 
S.C.... 
Grcl 
Fla ... . 
Del . 
N.H. ’ 
19 
N.H... 
Del ... . 

N.C... 

S. C . . .. . 
Tex. 
20 
Miss. . . 
S.C. . 
Wash.. 
N. H . .. 
Ga. 
21 
Ga 
Oregon . 
Oregon 
fril . 
Ala. 
22 
Ala.... 
N.H.... 
Ala 
Miss. 
