328 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
72. Table showing the extent of the menhaden industry of New Yorlc. 
Designation. 
1887. , 
1888. 
11 
$177, 500 
$129, 000 
428 
378 
18 
978. 90 
$176, 000 
$40, 050 
5 
11 
$203, 300 
$197, 000 
465 
451 
22 
1,206.39 
$218, 750 
$48, 730 
r 
Number of fishermen employed 
Number of steam vessels employed 
N’ et tonnage ......... 
Value 
Vain A of outfit 
Number of sailing vessels employed in fishing 
Net tonnage 
92. 78 
92.08 
$6, 150 
$4, 300 
0 
Value ... . _ 
$6, 400 
$4, 380 
5 
Value of outfit 
Number of sailing vessels employed as “carryaways” 
Net tonnage .... 
62. 65 
69. 55 
$4, 500 
$425 
219, 970, 910 
$314, 118 
1, 248, 008 
$349, 454 
20, 560 
$421, 835 
Value 
$3, 900 
$350 
114, 633, 200 
$166, 409 
814, 671 
$170, 979 
8,686 
$198, 976 
Value of outfit 
Number of menhaden handled 
Value to fishermen 
Number of gallons of oil made 
V alue as sold .. 
Number of tons of scrap produced 
Value as sold 
Three factories idle in 1887 and 1888 are not included in the above figures. The value of these was 
$33,000 in 1887 and $22,000 in 1888. Four steamers, valued at $45,000, of 227.49 tons burden, that were 
idle in 1887, are also omitted. 
NEW JERSEY. 
In tliis State the figures submitted cover all the fisheries, the rivers 
having been canvassed as high as commercial fishing was prosecuted. 
In many respects the fisheries of New Jersey show a gratifying im- 
provement since 1880. There has been comparatively little increase in 
capital, because the development has been chiefly in the shore fisheries. 
In persons employed there has been an increase of more than 4,000. 
Among the most noteworthy changes may be mentioned the sturgeon 
fishery, which has grown to large proportions, its yield being more than 
tenfold what it was in 1880. The shad fishery has likewise increased 
enormously — from 750,000 pounds, worth $35,000 in 1880, to 6,521,447 
pounds, with a value of $307,411 in 1888 — a result that is attributed to 
the beneficial effect of artificial propagation. There has also been a 
marked advance in the shellfish fishery, resulting in placing this State 
at the head of the list in this particular industry. 
The hook-and-line shore fishery for bluefish and sea bass is more im- 
portant than in any other State. The pound-net fishery has developed 
considerably, there being 127 pound nets in 1888 against only 27 in 
1880. There has been a decline in the menhaden industry, the value 
of manufactured products in 1888 being less than half what it was in 
1880. The same can be said of the crab fishery, which, in the last year 
covered by these statistics yielded only about one-third what it was 
credited with in the census year. Among the elements contributing to 
the success of the shore fisheries in this State may properly be included 
the great seaside resorts that have grown up om the coast, and which 
take large quantities of fish during the summer. 
