286 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
15. Comparative statement by States of the yield of oysters in 1880 and 1888. 
States. 
1880. 
1888. 
Bushels. 
Value. 
Bushels. 
Value. 
Alabama 
104,500 
$44, 950 
76, 125 
130, 000 
1. 509, 867 
41, 855 
239, 197 
120, 600 
719, 992 
$32, 174 
509, 175 
1,012,259 
17. 920 
57, 398 
29, 370 
230, 820 
336, 450 
300, 000 
78, 600 
70, 00C 
295, 000 
386, 625 
325, 000 
15, 950 
35, 000 
200, 000 
Florida .... 
Georgia .......1 
Louisiana ................ 
Maine .............. ... 
Maryland ..... 
10, 600, 000 
36, 000 
25, 000 
1,000 
1, 975, 00C 
1, 043, 300 
170, 000 
4, 730, 476 
41, 850 
10, 000 
800 
2, 080, 625 
1,577, 050 
60, 000 
8,957,058 
45,631 
767, 205 
3, 056, 458 
66, 453 
157, 463 
Massachusetts ... ...... ......... ....... 
Mississippi ........ .............. 
New Hampshire 
New Jersey... 
2, 524, 511 
1,901,120 
204, 703 
4, 125 
227, 453 
189, 255 
40, 242 
341,275 
3, 664, 433 
60, 993 
2, 245, 659 
1, 893, 085 
46, 129 
6, 250 
165, 339 
252, 6nl 
19, 146 
109, 633 
1, 336, 012 
86,674 
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North Carolina 
Oregon ........ 
Pennsylvania ...... .......... .... 
Rhode Island 
163, 200 
50, 000 
95, 625 
1 6, 837, 240 
15, 000 
225, 500 
20, 000 
47, 300 
2, 218, 376 
10, 000 
Smith fla.rnlina 
Texas 
Virginia 
Washington 
Total 
22, 195, 915 
. 12, 029, 502 
21, 765, 640 
11, 329, 918 
16. Comparative statement by sections of the yield of oysters in 1880 and 1888. 
\ 
Sections. 
1880. 
1888. 
Bushels. 
Value. 
Bushels. 
Value. 
New England States 
Middle Atlantic States 
South Atlantic States 
Gulf States 
" 536,650 
20, 755, 540 
310, 000 
578, 725 
15,000 
$654, 775 
10, 931, 527 
120, 000 
313, 200 
10, 000 
1, 744, 753 
17, 316, 430 
423, 295 
2, 086, 044 
195, 118 
$1, 331,313 
8, 714, 473 
107, 595 
574, 538 
601, 999 
Pacific States - 
'T'ntal 
22, 195, 915 
12, 029, 502 
21, 765, 640 
11, 329, 918 
III.— FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 
The length of the coast line of this section, as represented by the 
area canvassed by the agents of the Commission, and therefore cov- 
ered by the statistics, including the rivers, is about 3.460 miles, divided 
as follows among the different States : Maine, 2,140; New Hampshire, 
35; Massachusetts, 750; Rhode Island, 245; Connecticut, 290. 
The fisheries of this division are characterized by certain features 
which distinguish them from all others on the Atlantic coast, notably 
the vessel fisheries on the ocean banks and high seas, which are of 
great extent and vast importance. So far as the amount of capital 
invested and the quantity and value of the general food fish fisheries are 
concerned, this section ranks first, although in the items of persons 
employed and the total quantity and value of fishery products, the 
Middle States take precedence. 
