320 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES, 
61. Table showing by apparatus and species the yield of the shore fisheries of Connecticut 
in 1888, exclusive of the shellfish, crustacean, and reptilian fisheries. 
Species. 
Haul seines. 
Pound nets and 
trap nets. 
Gill nets. 
■ 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
25, 200 
7,400 
$253 
361 
5, 900 
$430 
930 
$75 
Butterfish 
38, 100 
15 
1,015 
1 
Cod - ............ 
Eels ......... 
350 
35 
Flatfish and flounders 
11,000 
8, 9C0 
24f 
152, 300 
48, 400 
3, 050 
6, 136, 700 
200 
2,516 
2,010 
305 
Frostfish or toincod 
340 
Mackerel - ...... 
150 
31, 060 
15 
63 
240 
Menhaden ................ ........ 
12, 297 
167 
Salmon .......................... 
30 
19 
300 
Scup ........... ...... ......... 
2, 400 
1, 812 
191, 156 
60 
Sea bass - . . 
182 
Shad 
27,839 
2, 210 
12, 041 
2 
63, 082 
4, 176 
Sheepshead - 
10 
Smelt 
7, 400 
4, 480 
12, 150 
620 
Squeteague 
295 
228, 500 
29, 150 
18, 000 
17, 400 
521, 749 
5, 350 
2, 150 
695 
13, 180 
818 
60 
Striped bass 
874 
620 
Tailing - 
Whiting 
286 
Miscellaneous fish 
1,955 
Total 
78, 049 
5, 068 
7, 421, 542 
41, 646 
109, 322 
5, 447 
Species. 
Fyke nets. 
Pots and spears. 
Hand lines. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Bluefish 
48, 450 
5, 900 
5, 000 
$3, 610 
300 
200 
Cod 
Gunners * 
Eels ...... ...... 
315, 150 
19, 100 
$25, 235 
435 
Flatfish and flounders 
Frostfish or toincod 
309, 300 
30, 800 
$6, 170 
792 
44, 000 
32, 500 
5,800 
6, 950 
1, 225 
1, 350 
275 
695 
Haddock .............................. 
Mackerel .......................... 
Menhaden r . T , 
66, 000 
175 
Sea bass 
42, 250 
2, 200 
12, 400 
2, 735 
150 
750 
Smelt .............. ....... 
Squeteacue ...... ...................... 
Striped bass r 
7,200 
7, 500 
405 
325 
Tau tog - 
165, 000 
7, 900 
Total 
420, 800 
7, 867 
334, 250 
25, 670 
370, 450 
19, 190 
SUMMARY. 
^ Species. 
Pound* 
Value. 
Species. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
AIawivp.s 
25, 200 
62, 680 
38, 100 
5, 915 
5, 000 
315, 500 
535, 700 
120, 600 
5, 800 
10, 150 
6, 233, 760 
530 
$253 
4, 476 
1,015 
301 
200 
25, 270 
10, 591 
4, 492 
275 
' 1, 015 
12, 535 
426 
Seirn .. _ 
2,400 
44, 062 
282, 077 
10 
9, 600 
258, 560 
49, 120 
190, 500 
17, 400 
521, 749 
$60 
2,917 
18, 427 
2 
770 
7,213 
3,489 
8, 920 
286 
1,955 
Bluefish ............. 
Sea bass 
Shad . . . . 
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Cod 
Sheepsh( 
Smelt. . . 
jad 
Gunners. 
■Rpls 
Squetea£ 
Striped 1 
Tautog. , 
Whiting 
Miscellai 
Toti 
U6 
Flatfish and flounders 
Frostfish or tomcod 
TTarlrlock 
>ass 
Mackerel 
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Salmon 
8, 734, 413 
104, 888 
