324 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
NEW YORK. 
The fishery interests of this State bordering on salt water are in- 
cluded in the tables. The Hudson ltiver was canvassed to a point a 
few miles above Yonkers. The fisheries above that place have not been 
embraced in the tables. Reliable data give about GOO persons in the 
region not covered by the tables, with boats and apparatus worth 
$24,500 ; the catch, consisting chiefly of shad, was valued at $113,031. 
Some of the fisheries of New York have undergone marked changes 
since 18S0, while others have remained in about the same condition. 
There has been a substantial advance since 1880 in the number of per- 
sons employed and in the amount of invested capital. Especially 
worthy of mention is the large increase in the fleet of fishing vessels, 
which numbered 541 sail in 1880 and 738 in 1888. 
Notwithstanding the improvement in the fisheries in the respects 
noted, the products show a decline in value of 8 per cent. The menhaden 
and soft-clam industries exhibit the most pronounced decrease, while 
the oyster fishery shows an improvement. Omitting the menhaden fish- 
ery, the figures for this State indicate a substantial gain over 1880. 
66. Table of persons employed. 
How engaged. 
1887. 
1888. 
On fishing vessels 
1,725 
331 
3, 592 
1,148 
1, 913 
343 
3, G08 
1, 193 
On transporting vessels 
On boats 
On shore, in factories, packing Louses, etc 
Total 
G, 796 
7, 057 
67. Table of apparatus and capital. 
Designation. 
1887. 
1888. 
Ho. 
Value. 
Ho. 
Value. 
Vessels fishing* _______ .... 
552 
$744, 900 
231, 170 
156, 100 
36, 210 
204, 535 
26, 400 
6, 980 
21,050 
46, 565 
13,122 
32, 575 
19, 787 
14, 624 
3, 170 
600 
592 
$837, 540 
256, 340 
162, 675 
37, 415 
210, 805 
30, 720 
7, 190 
22, 020 
49, 835 
13, 160 
| 31,488 
21, 301 
16, 040 
3, 280 
600 
10, 750 
1, 196, 180 
1,620,150 
Outfit ............... 
"Vessels transporting f _ r ... .... 
141 
146 
On t.fi t. .... 
Boats 
3, 519 
55 
4, 420 
3, 590 
64 
4,610 
Apparatus of capture— vessel fisheries: 
Seines ................... 
T.ines ....... ........ 
Dredges rakes etc 
Apparatus of capture— shore fisheries: 
Pun n ft nets ... 
182 
194 
821 
3, 638 
16, 773 
199 
203 
812 | 
3,975 
17, 680 
Haul seines .... .................................... 
Gill nets 
TTylffl nets _ _ ^ ........ ... 
Bots 
T.ines 
Spears r . r . r . t p T 

Dredges rakes otc T T 
10, 400 
1, 166, 210 
1, 535, 450 
property fs.etories pnelcing houses etc 
Cash capital. 
Total 
4, 269, 848 
4, 527, 489 
Tonnage in 1887, 7,052.49; iul888, 7,825.34, 
1 Tonnage in 1887,2,086.99; in 1888, 2,228.59. 
