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119. Table of apparatus and capital. 
Designation. 
' 1887. 
1888. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
Vessels fishing * 
14 
$15, 550 
4, 750 
6, 500 
450 
18,644 
96 
15 j 
$15, 850 
4, 850 
6, 500 
450 
19, 454 
100 
10 
3, 400 
10, 185 
220 
750 
65 
10 
220 
625 
22, 500 
12, 000 
2 
2 
Outfit 
Boats 1 
485 
280 
526 
300 
2 
32 
229 
22 
150 
68 
10 
2. 200 
126 
Apparatus of capture — vessel fisheries : 
Hand lines 
Tongs 
Apparatus of capture — shore fisheries: 
Haul seines 
Gill nets 
30 
208 
15 
150 
68 
10 
2, 200 
126 
2,400 
8^770 
100 
750 
65 
10 
220 
625 
22, 000 
12, 000 
"Fyke nets 
Cast nets 
Dip nets 
Pots 
Hand lines 
Tongs 
Shore property 
Cash capital _ _ _ _ . 
Total 
92, 930 
97, 189 
* Tonnage in 1887, 231.79 ; in 1888, 240.43. t Tonnage in 1887, 17.42 ; in 1888, 17.42. 
120. Table of products * 
Species. 
1887. 
1888. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Bluefish 
158, 000 
$4, 740 
150, 605 
$4,518 
Catfish 
19, 560 
588 
19, 085 
540 
Channel bass 
54, 673 
1, 638 
50, 600 
1,618 
Drum 
90, 065 
1, 600 
75, 000 
1,400 
Hickory shad „ 
12, 625 
252 
13, 000 
260 
Mullet 
100, 000 
3, 000 
115, 665 
3, 469 
Mullet, salted 
200, 000 
7, 000 
150, 000 
5, 200 
Pted snapper! 
1, 200 
38 
1,365 
41 
Sea bass! 
889, 237 
28, 522 
910, 328 
29, 362 
Shad 
365, 772 
22, 840 
432, 800 
27, 050 
Sheepshead 
101, 095 
3, 040 
111, 060 
3, 340 
Spots and croakers 
51, 606 
1,640 
57, 000 
1,740 
Squeteague 
216, 605 
6, 564 
206, 580 
6, 260 
Striped bass 
3, 500 
190 
2, 865 
171 
Sturgeon 
182, 058 
7, 068 
251, 065 
9, 633 
Whiting (Menticirrus) 
617, 685 
18, 528 
600, 680 
18, 014 
Miscellaneous fish 
293, 156 
8,899 
' 284, 750 
8, 640 
Shrimp 
338, 000 
18, 400 
358, 860 
18, 860 
Crabs • 
76, 000 
1,010 
69, 320 
910 
Terrapin 
40, 625 
3, 550 
38, 525 
3,485 
Oysterst 
264, 075 
18, 581 
281, 694 
19, 146 
Total 
4, 075, 537 
157, 688 
4, 180, 847 
163, 657 
* 8,960 pounds of caviare, -worth $936, were made in 1887, and 17,788 pounds, worth $1,858, in 1S88. 
t Of these species the following quantities were taken in the vessel fisheries, all of the remaining 
catch being the result of fisheries prosecuted from the shore: Red snapper, 1,200 pounds, valued at 
$38, in 1887, and 1,365 pounds, valued at $41, in 1888; sea bass, 463,492 pounds, valued at $15,750, in 
1887, and 511,433 pounds, valued at $17,396, in 1888 ; oysters, 8,400 pounds, valued at $240, in 1888. 
