STATISTICAL REVIEW OB 1 THE COAST FISHERIES. 
113. Table of apparatus and capital. 
353 
Designation. 
Vessels fishing* 
Outfit 
Vessels transporting t 
Outfit 
Boats X 
Apparatus of capture — vessel fisheries: 
Seines 
Tongs 
Apparatus of capture-shore fisheries: 
Haul seines 
Gill nets 
Pound nets 
Skim nets and cast nets 
Fyke nets 
Turtle nets 
Hand lines 
Tongs and rakes 
Shore property 
Cash capital 
Total 
1887. 
No. I Value. 
37 
""70 
2, 985 
$29. 000 
7, 135 
36, 425 
3,240 
157, 708 
21 5, 800 
38 154 
•V 
684 
100, 250 
54, 097 
89, 608 
672 
57, 538 
701 
1,813 
15 
265 
106 
160 
515 
215 
768 
2, 062 
195, 108 
80, 400 
766, 881 
1888. 
No. 
J Value. 
35 
1 $27, 420 
6.145 
69 
36, 100 
3, 230 
3, 151 
170, 189 
19 
5, 000 
39 
158 
713 
106, 180 
61, 630 
102, 743 
797 
68, 463 
721 
1, 843 
27 
505 
106 
160 
515 
215 
775 
2, 077 
192, 946 
78, 100 
801, 474 
* Tonnage in 1887, 403. 73 ; in 1888, 376. 67. t Tonnage in 1887, 694. 23 ; in 1888. 684. 35. 
J Under the classification of boats are included, in 1887, 18 small steam flats worth $22,550; and, in 
1888, 19 worth $24,000; these are used to “lay out” the large haul seines. 
114. Table of products. 
Species. 
1887. 
1888. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Alewives 
5, 962, 659 
$56,189 
5, 133, 900 
$50, 836 
Alewives, salted 
11,855,416 
116, 899 
10, 211, 627 
110,717 
Alewives, smoked 
4, 000 
120 
4, 000 
120 
Bluefish 
519, 760 
16, 633 
626, 025 
20, 777 
Bluefish, salted 
120, 576 
4, 680 
110, 559 
4, 255 
Catfish 
18, 814 
564 
19, 381 
581 
Channel bass . 
129, 105 
3, 740 
140, 395 
3, 865 
Chub or black bass 
390, 649 
18, 267 
417, 572 
20, 960 
Chub, salted 
1,000 
60 
1, 200 
72 
Eels 
5, 945 
297 
7, 016 
486 
Hickory shad 
196, 691 
6, 062 
192, 161 
6, 253 
Menhaden* 
14, 756, 400 
18, 446 
13, 844, 400 
17, 247 
Mullet 
760, 275 
24, 254 
783, 875 
25, 035 
Mullet, salted 
1, 133, 823 
43, 076 
976, 150 
36, 016 
Perch 
385, 163 
14, 353 
410, 357 
15, 299 
Perch, salted 
24, 700 
638 
26, 450 
676 
Pike 
22, 412 
1, 056 
27, 161 
1, 303 
Sea bass 
14] 785 
575 
15, 115 
610 
Shad 
4, 673, 164 
294, 635 
5, 630, 709 
292, 400 
Shad, salted 
73, 062 
3, 434 
62, 720 
2, 620 
Sheepshead - 
140, 585 
4,365 
155, 226 
4, 797 
Sheepshead, salted 
40, 800 
1,602 
37, 550 
1,474 
Spots and croakers 
87, 730 
2,817 
89, 903 
2, 906 
Squeteague 
622, 340 
17,714 
675, 570 
19, 885 
Squeteague, salted 
143, 355 
4, 759 
135, 030 
4, 399 
Striped bass* . 
493, 086 
24, 729 
553, 954 
27, 763 
Striped bass, salted 
6, 500 
215 
6. 400 
218 
Sturgeon 
237, 755 
5,112 
269, 950 
5, 326 
Whiting 
18. 975 
790 
20, 000 
800 
Miscellaneous fish 
373, 420 
11, 579 
510, 844 
15, 793 
Miscellaneous fish, salted 
128, 405 
4, 208 
126, 560 
4,061 
Shrimp 
120,110 
4, 503 
124, 000 
4,650 
Crabs 
46, 520 
1, 105 
46, 726 
1,110 
Terrapin 
22, 500 
3, 250 
24, 750 
3, 400 
Turtle 
22, 000 
1, 230 
20, 600 
1, 136 
Quohaugs* 
78, 016 
3, 233 
148, 048 
6, 150 
Scallops 
3, 600 
160 
4. 050 
180 
Oysters * 
1, 490, 860 
48, 353 
1, 432, 921 
46, 129 
Porpoises 
9, 255 
16, 125 
Total 
45, 124, 956 
772, 957 
43, 022, 855 
| 776, 439 
* Of these species, the following quantities and values represent the output of the vessel fisheries, 
the entire remaining catch being the result of fisheries prosecuted from shore : Menhaden, 14.556,600 
pounds, $18,196, in 1887, and 13,664.400 pounds, $l 6,998, in 1888; striped bass, 92,300 pounds, $2,779, in 
1887, and 69,760 pounds, $2,311, in 1888; quohaugs, 2.000 pounds, $83. in 1887; oysters. 177,835 pounds, 
$5, 173, in 1887, and 122, 241 pounds, $3, 875, in 1888^ ' * 
