338 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
89. Table showing by apparatus and species the yield of the shore fisheries of Delaware in 
1887, exclusive of the shellfish , crustacean , and reptilian fisheries. 
Species. 
Gill nets. 
Haul seines. 
Pound nets. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
721, 373 
3, 050 
84, 950 
$6, 556 
160 
3, 816 
424, 442 
19, 500 
45, 022 
47, 780 
26, 875 
$5, 983 
1, 194 
976 
4, 019 
955 
3, 200 
$320 
q 
300 
15 
17, 750 
162, 219 
13, 825 
121, 881 
20, 487 
1, 103 744 
43, 752 
45, 400 
2, 824, 650 
1, 200 
888 
1, 128 
327 
8, 085 
1, 667 
42, 850 
1, 976 
5, 967 
25, 051 
86 
58, 180 
9, 333 
118, 406 
4, 831 
153, 868 
2, 309, 047 
62, 34i 
231 
311 
6, 512 
530 
4, 431 
13, 302 
5, 054 
Mullet 
5, 713 
208 
Shad 
4, 867 
664 
3, 910 
2, 500 
220 
50 
215 
11 
1,218 
Total 
5, 164, 281 
98, 557 
3, 286, 035 
43, 568 
» 14, 295 
Species. 
Fyke nets. 
Pots. 
Spears. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Alewives .... .... 
740 
36, 618 
9, 432 
1,070 
10, 498 
950 
1,400 
2, 000 
950 
$19 
2, 370 
482 
26 
553 
76 
42 
70 
106 
C atfish 
Eels 
129, 144 
$8, 077 
244, 850 
$9, 794 
Mullet 
Perch 
Pilro 
Sea bass 
Shad 
Striped bass 
Total 
63, 658 
3, 744 
129, 144 
8, 077 
244, 850 
9, 794 
Species. 
Lines. 
Minor forms of ap- 
paratus. 
Total. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
A lewives 
3, 600 
20, 528 
$100 
1, 220 
1, 150, 155 
91,218 
129, 972 
436, 506 
27, 455 
17, 750 
220, 399 
24, 528 
256, 798 
26, 268 
4,400 
1, 270, 492 
2, 377, 299 
116, 041 
2, 824, 650 
5,110 
3, 215 
$12, 658 
5, 804 
4,792 
22, 887 
989 
888 
1,359 
669 
15, 364 
2, 073 
192 
47, 629 
15, 908 
12, 087 
25, 051 
306 
111 
Catfish 
8, 322 
$540 
Croakers 
Eels 
5, 000 
500 
"Flounders 
580 
34 
"R"inptish 
Menhaden 
Mullet 
300 
300 
5 
6 
Pereh 
Pike 
Sea hnss 
3, 000 
150 
Shad 
10, 880 
278 
Squeteaguo 
24, 500 
2, 383 
630 
286 
Striped bass 
100 
10 
Sturgeon 
Suckers 
Miscellaneous* 
500 
50 
Total 
43, 705 
2,156 
36, 288 
1, 653 
8, 982, 256 
168, 767 
* Includes bluefish, suufish, black bass, sheepsbead, carp, and other minor species. 
