STATISTICAL REVIEW OF THE COAST FISHERIES. 
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122. Table of 'persons employed. 
How engaged. 
1887. 
| 1888. 
Tn vessel fisheries ... ................. 
23 
490 
114 
3& 
492 
114 
1 n shore fisheries* _ 
On shore 
Total . . . . . . 
627 
638 
* 200 of these, each year, were semi-professional. 
123. Table of apparatus and capital. 
Designation. 
- 1887. 
1888. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
"Vessels fishing* 
10 
$5, 775 
2, 540 
5,241 
360 
12 
$8, 875 
2, 940 
5,246 
360 
Outfit, 
Boats 
367 
368 
Apparatus of capture— vessel fisheries : 
Seines 
6 
6 
Hand lines 
50 
5 
'Pongs 
20 
100 
22 
HO 
Apparatus of capture — shore fisheiies: 
Haul seines 
20 
400 
20 
400 
Gill nets 
157 
7, 710 
630 
159 
7, 730 
630 
Ca.sf, nets 
126 
126 
"F y h e n et.s 
14 
310 
14 
310 
Pound nets 
5 
1, 000 
80 
6 
1,200 
90 
Hand lines *. 
816 
826 
Tongs .... 
122 
560 
122 
560 
Shore property 
27, 100 
27, 100 
10, 000 
flash capital 
10,000 
Total 
61,806 
65, 556 
’'Tonnage in 1887, 90.25; in 1888, 129.41. 
124. Table of products. 
\ 
Species. 
1887. 
1888. 
Pounds! 
Value. 
Pounds. 
j Value. 
Ale wives 
25, 065 
$376 
24, 360 
$365 
Bluefish 
6, 850 
280 
5, 895 
236 
Catfish 
67, 685 
1, 692 
66, 860 
1,658 
Channel bass 
19, 900 
440 
20, 685 
470 
Drum 
10, 495 
312 
10, 505 
345 
Hickory shad 
13, 625 
260 
14, 000 
267 
Mullet 
46, 685 
1, 900 
48, 000 
1,960 
Red snapper* 
3, 000 1 
150 
Sea bass* 
4, 500 
135 
7,250 
267 
Shad 
255, 200 
18, 760 
263,200 | 
19, 000 
Sheepshead 
8, 085 
265 
7, 885 
258 
Spots and croakers T. . . 
10, 865 
440 
10,500 : 
425 
Squeteague 
66, 860 
2,640 
67, 068 i 
2, 720 
Striped bass 
11,000 
880 
11, 000 
880 
Sturgeon 
191, 600 
8,464 
174,250 1 
6, 978 
Whiting 
10, 900 
416 
10,000 1 
400 
Miscellaneous fish 
98, 565 
3, 500 
99, 625 1 
3, 544 
Shrimp 
185, 000 
6, 500 
190,650 i 
6, 800 
Terrapin* 
34, 650 
5, 775 
34, 950 , 
6, 075 
Crabs 
44, 660 
760 
43,866 
742 
Oysters* 
770, 600 
26, 950 
844,200 ; 
29,370 
Total 
1,882,790 ! 
80, 745 
1, 957, 749 
82, 910 
* Of these species, the following quantities and values represent the yield of the vessel fisheries : Red 
snapper, 3,000 pounds, $150, in 1888 ; sea bass, 2,000 pounds, $100, in 1888 ; terrapin, 23,400 pounds, $3,900, 
in 1887, and 20,700 pounds, $3,450, in 1888; oysters, 148,600 pounds, $4,200, in 1887, and 207.200 pounds, 
$5,920, in 1888. 
Note. — 21,748pounds of caviare, valued at $2,068, were prepared in 1887, and 21,412 pounds, valued at 
$2,569, in 1888. 
