FISHERIi;S OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 199 



Table showing the investment in the fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States in 1897. 



Items. 



Vessels 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Scows, floats, etc 



Seines 



Gill nets 



Pound nets, traps, and weirs . . . 



Fyke nets 



Stop nets 



Dip nets 



Lines 



Pots, eel and lobster 



Dredges, tongs, rakes, and hoes. 



Crab scrapes or dredges 



Other apparatus 



Shore and accessory property. . . 

 Cash capital 



Total. 



New York. 



No. 



643 

 9,664 



4,089 



179 

 3,169 



197 

 3,487 



13 



8,940 



Value. 



$810, 675 



201,075 

 267, 181 

 7,160 

 26,810 

 65, 187 

 53,780 

 17, 195 



7 



6,763 



10,992 



32,658 



56 

 ♦437,930 

 * 157, 500 



2, 094, 869 



New Jersey. 



No. 



675 

 8, 452- 



6,365 



522 

 4,142 



180 



2,556 



82 



4,484 



144 



Value. 



S649,451 



117, 393 

 485,059 



39,894 



124, 158 



98,995 



16,438 



5,178 



6,385 



5,176 



83, 966 



612 



1,156 



563,992 



173,400 



2,371,253 



Items. 



Vessels 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Seines 



Gill nets 



Pound nets, traps, and weirs . . . 



Fyke nets 



Dip nets 



Lines 



Pots, eel and lobster 



Dredges, tongs, rakes, and hoes 



Other apparatus 



Shore and accessory property. . 

 Cash capital 



Total 



Pennsylvania. 



No. 



40 

 757 



504 

 125 

 177 



1,120 

 110 



125 



Value. 



$71,200 



20,555 



21,485 



12,921 



9,711 



1,508 



320 



172 



90 



2,500 



390 



828, 576 



632, 100 



1,601,528 



Delaware. 



No, 



42 



554 



953 

 176 

 983 

 8 

 656 



677 



Value. 



$32, 375 



5,479 

 39, 349 



8,676 



31,037 



625 



1,125 



101 



354 



3,725 



399 



196,374 



88,200 



407,819 



Items. 



Vessels 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Scows, floats, etc 



Seines 



Gill nets 



Pound nets, traps, and weirs. . . 



Fyke nets 



Stop nets 



Dip nets 



Trammel nets 



Slat traps 



Lines 



Pots, eel and lobster 



Dredges, t(jngs, rakes, and hoes 



Crab scrapes or dredges 



Other apparatus 



Shore and accessory property.. 

 Cash capital 



Total. 



Maryland. 



No. 



1,419 

 23, 670 



10,077 



330 

 8,464 



856 

 7,117 



31 



4,910 

 '2,'866' 



Value. 



$1, 078, 560 



265,982 

 562, 455 



39, 282 

 77,264 

 81,115 

 23, 108 



2,320 



2, 238 



2,546 



155, 464 



10, 294 



2,028 



1, 878, 669 



1,640,285 



5,821,610 



Virginia. 



No. 



1,055 

 15,218 



10,302 



145 

 9,307 

 1,250 



361 



68 

 '276' 

 '826" 



Value. 



$675, 862 



238,962 

 493,276 



54, 012 



46,235 



264,600 



4,687 



1,345 



1, 632 



404 



75,804 



2, 063 



222 



607,682 



424, 750 



2,891,536 



Total. 



No. 



3,874 

 58, 315 



32, 290 



1,477 



26, 242 



2,491 



15,297 



82 



123 



31 



68 



19, 406 

 '3,776 



Value. 



$3, 318, 023 



849, 446 



1, 868, 805 



7,160 



181,595 



353,592 



499, 115 



64,061 



5,178 



327 



2,320 



1,345 



17, 291 



19, 562 



354, 117 



12, 969 



4,251 



* 4, 513, 223 



* 3, 116, 235 



15, 188, 615 



* Exclusive of the shore property and cash capital in the wholesale trade of New York city. 



