STATISTICAL REVIEW OF THE COAST FISHERIES. 319 
60. Table showing by apparatus and species the yield of the shore fisheries of Connecticut 
in 1887, exclusive of the shellfish , crustacean, and reptilian fisheries. 
Species. 
Haul seines. 
Pound nets and 
trap nets. 
Gill nets. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
4, 000 
2, 000 
$50 
13, 600 
3,400 
24, 200 
$100 
195 
230 
4, 090 
100 
$231 
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350 
35 
Flatfish and flnmulnrn 
11,500 
265 
112, 700 
55, 000 
2, 900 
7, 362, 000 
140 
1,819 
Frostfish or tonicodt _ _ _ 
7, 600 
290 
2, 500 
290 
Mackerel .... ..... .... 
300 
30 
Mciibiulcn ...... ...... ...... ...... 
• 15,115 
112 
87, 200 
250 
164 
Salmon ....................... 
40 
26 
200 
1,600 
40 
Spa- bass ........... 
1, 515 
152 
71, 750 
5,166 
258, 265 
9 
15, 485 
2 
47, 075 
3, 067 
Sbcopshofid ...... 
Smelt .. ...... 
6, 900 
4, 980 
16, 250 
642 
fsfjueteague 
385 
101,300 
22, 400 
12, 350 
1, 500 
354, 030 
4, 080 
1,420 
14, 300 
880 
Striped bass 
1, 158 
Tan tog 
605 
w b i t-i n g ...... 
30 
Miscellaneous fish 
2, 782 
Total 
126, 270 
8, 247 
8, 326, 909 
45, 337 
153, 315 
4, 575 
Species. 
Fyke nets. 
Pots and spears. 
Hand lines. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Blue fish ................................ 
46, 250 
6, 200 
5, 000 
$3, 315 
325 
200 
Cod - 
Cunners 
TT.Pil a 
326, 300 
19, 600 
$25, 950 
445 
Flatfish and flounders 
353, 700 
$7, 046 
700 
56, 500 
32, 500 
5, 700 
16, 600 
1,525 
1, 350 
300 
1,400 
■^Twat fish nr turn end 
28, 000 
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Mackerel - 
Menhaden 
66, 500 
175 
Sea bass - 
36, 550 
1, 800 
13, 900 
2, 320 
140 
800 
Smelt, ... 
Squeteague 
Striped bass 
6. 950 
7, 000 
405 
T a utng 
300 
146, 000 
6, 785 
Total 
462, 150 
8, 626 
345, 900 
26,395 
367, 000 
18, 460 
SUMMARY. 
Species. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Alewives. - 
17, 60C 
56, 640 
24, 300 
6, 200 
5, 000 
326, 650 
554, 000 
123, 100 
5, 700 
19, 800 
7, 515, 700 
430 
$150 
3, 971 
613 
Bluefish 
Butterfish 
Cod 
325 
Cunners 
200 
TCel s 
25, 985 
11, 100 
4,840 
300 
Flatfish and flounders 
Frostfish or tomcod 
Haddock 
M aokerel 
1,720 
15, 454 
Menhaden 
Salmon 
338 
Species. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Scup 
1,600 
$40 
Sea bass 
38,065 : 
2, 472 
Shad 
377,090 
23, 718 
Sheepshead 
9 
2 
Smelt 
8, 700 
782 
Squeteague 
134, 480 
6, 145 
Striped bass 
45, 600 
2, 983 
Tautog 
165, 350 
7, 690 
Whiting 
1,500 
30 
Miscellaneous fish 
354, 030 
2,782 
Total 
9, 781, 544 
111, 640 
