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The fishery products since 1891 have increased 3,717,841 pounds in 

 quantity and have decreased $4,699,011 in value. The States which show 

 an increase in the quantity of their products are New Jersey, Dela- 

 ware, and Virginia, while there has been a decrease in value in all of 

 the States except New Jersey. It is interesting to note that the yield 

 of shad, a species which has been the subject of extensive artificial 

 propagation in this region, has increased 5,655,151 pounds in quantity 

 and has decreased 1235,343 in value. The yield of cod has increased 

 2,480,537 pounds and $25,205 in value. The cod has also been exten- 

 sively planted in the inshore waters north of this region. 



In making comparisons of the present condition of the fisheries of 

 this region with their condition in former years, the following earlier 

 publications of the United States Fish Commission may be consulted 

 advantageously : 



Geographical Review of the 



History and Methods of the 



The Fishery Industries of the United States, section ii. 



Fisheries for 1880. Parts vi to xi, inclusive. 

 The Fishery Industries of the United States, section v 



Fisheries. 

 A Statistical Report on the Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States, by Hugh M. 



Smith, M. D. Bull. U. S. Fish Com. 1894, pp. 339-467. 

 The Oyster Industry of Maryland, by Charles H. Stevenson. Bull. U. S. Fish Com. 



1892, pp. 203-297. 

 The Sturgeon and Sturgeon Industries of the Eastern Coast of the United States, by 



John A. Ryder. Bull. U. S. Fish Com. 1888, pp. 231-328. 

 The Sturgeon Fishery of Delaware River and Bay, by John N. Cobb. Rept. U. S. 



Fish Com. 1899, pp. 369-380. 

 Notes on the Oyster Industry of New Jersey, by Ansley Hall. Rept. U. S. Fish 



Com. 1892, pp. 463-528. 

 The Shad Fisheries of the Atlantic Coast of the United States, by Charles H. Steven- 

 son. Rept. U. S. Fish Com. 1898, pp. 101-269. 

 Notes on the Extent and Condition of the Alewife Fisheries of the United States in 



1896, by Hugh M. Smith. Rept. U. S. Fish Com. 1898, pp. 31-43. 



The three following tables show in detail the number of persons 

 employed, capital invested, and the quantity and value of the products 

 in 1897: 



Table showing the number of persons engaged in the fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States 



in 1897. 



States. 



New York 



New Jersey... 

 Pennsylvania 



Delaware 



Maryland 



Virginia 



Total 



Fisher- 

 men. 



6,937 



11,884 



1,461 



2.008 



26; 627 



24,252 



73, 169 



Shores- 

 men. 



506 

 610 

 437 



16,185 

 4,025 



22,147 



Total. 



*7,443 

 12,494 

 1,898 

 2,392 

 42,812 

 28,277 



95,316 



♦Exclusive of persons engaged in the wholesale trade of New York city. 



