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REPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing the quantity and value of products taken in the fisheries of the Middle 



Atlantic States in 1897. 



Species. 



New York. 



New Jersey. 



Pennsylvania. 



i)elaware. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Alewives 



955,000 



•11,867 



2,053,802 



. 150 



5,164,173 



358,700 



217,057 



785,409 



221,985 



5,100 



3,481,890 



280,800 



82,900 



749, 405 



1,225,725 



167,375 



69, 735 



3,719 



43,027 



24,300 



30,552,825 



22,075 



596,917 



5,960 



2,770 



800 



40 



757,450 



2,131,480 



13.000,783 



49,835 



108,030 



20,700 



8,679,132 



287, 189 



813, 449 



. 142, 130 



289, 400 



1,850 



4,000 



27, 972 



535,088 



260, 213 



1.124,800 



99,230 



2,896 



$9,529 



12 



148,257 



9,605 



5,867 



39,370 



11,114 



160 



71,208 



5,021 



842 



35,862 



29, 018 



3,060 



1,538 



229 



3.766 



1,628 



70,056 



537 



37,924 



297 



152 



9 



10 



13,816 



74, 281 



422,335 



4,103 



12,800 



92,888 

 418 

 821 



1,924,607 



•11,910 



Black bass 



Blue-fish 



11,146,424 



42,823 



728,616 



205,560 



90,090 



391,027 



2,103 



26,125 



8,318 



5,656 







Bonito 







Butter-fish 











Carp 



114,950 

 120,096 



6,695 

 6,985 



111,300 

 68,290 



5, 192 



Cat-fish 



3,847 



Cero 



Cod 



2,116,316 



69,879 











Croakers 







297,600 



2,554 



Drum 













Eels 



420,730 



1, 108. 057 



153,320 



24,300 



29,226 



35,174 



4,904 



608 



51,7*4 

 31, M5 



4,273 

 792 



128,810 

 2,000 



6,352 

 85 



Flounders 



Haddock 





Hake 











Hickory shad 











Kine-fish 



10,440 



140,812 



60, 605, 712 



872 



6,978 



147,697 











MacKerel 











Menhaden 











Mullet 









37,700 

 399,300 



844 



Perch, white 



62,490 

 3,100 



3,244 

 121 







19, l_\s 



Perch, yellow 









Pike and pickerel. . 







41,250 



2,027 



Pollock 



3,000 



90 







Pnmpano . 











Scup 



746, 373 



3&4,441 



1,884,228 



4,900 



11.360 



16,911 



16,245 



62,953 



252 



1,825 



29,150 

 900.000 



719 

 36,000 

 63,587 







Sea oass 



1,900 

 1,620,364 



9.". 



Shad 



a42,931 2.007.325 



47,9(V' 



Sheepshead 



Spanish mackerel.. 



8,565 







11,539 



682 



180,989 



31,978 



26,464 



6,720 











Spots --- 











Squeteague 



2,561,527 



116,465 



427,547 



16,050 



49,181 



41,000 



9,000 



1,239,200 



309,333 



108. &i7 



69,474 



14, 177 



26,248 



635 



1,534 



912 



250 



6,066 



2,473 



3,502 







1,440.880 



128, 770 



280,350 



35,200 



4,800 



25, U9 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



9,556 



9,W5 



25,250 



991 



260 



1,244 



12. oir> 



9,014 



Suckers 



1,54S 



Tautog 



5,513 

 20 

 50 





240 



Tomcod or frost-fish 









Whiting 











Other fish 



1,316 

 14.411 

 25, 658 



4.495 



1,952 



173 







Crabs, hard 



13,800 



155.000 



675, 000 



5,095 



320 



256 



Crabs, soft 







5, 133 



King crabs 







2, 02.=) 



Lobsters 



381,020 



31,458 



8. 573 

 1,565 







459 



Shrimp 





• 



160 



Squid 



151,000 



1,472,304 



747,000 



3,393 



198, 930 



54. 95:^ 









Clams, hard 



4, 730, 177 

 745,000 



543, 795 

 63 7^S 







6,800 



1.530 



Clams, soft 









Oysters, market 



Ovsters, seed 



13,559,630 1,954; 995 

 1,327,410 95.0«»;^ 



9.545.361 1,453.369 

 11,489,980 •'•>S.646 



1,861,-688 



148,974 



644,560 

 501,830 



45.974 

 17,923 



Mussels 



30,000 

 885,960 



960 

 80,122 



2,520,000 

 72,000 

 13,528 

 14,550 



1,575 









Scallops 



4,000 



6,096 



9QQ 











Terrapins 



825 

 1,021 



78 



98 



78 

 16 



8,822 

 44,570 



2,556 



Turtles. 







2,396 



Frogs and crawfish . 



::::::::::::::::::: 







Caviar 







200,155 



67,592 



69,479 



25,736 



Shells 



5,310,000 



4,875 























Total 



109,555,566 3.391.595 



103,782,517 



8,614,434 



6,604,263 



269,507 



8,647,897 



252, 123 











Species. 



Alewives 



Black bass ... 



Blue-fish 



Bonito 



Butter-fish . . . 



Carp 



Cat-fish 



Cero 



Cod 



Crojikers 



Drum 



Eels 



Flounders 



Haddock 



Hake 



Hickory shad 

 King-fish 



Maryland. 



Lbs. 



r, 139. 459 



6,765 



186,708 



1,000 



87.040 



110,925 



578,021 



1,000 



Value. 



ri23,453 



613 



7,156 



50 



2,348 



3,825 



19,644 



50 



236,295 

 43,000 



406,744 

 27,357 



3,752 

 1,000 



2,889 



386 



14,684 



1,097 



53 

 35 



Virginia. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



13, 689, 510 



14, 075 



1,505,228 



25,350 



465,828 



5,119 



457,417 



1,200 



800 



4,161,529 



114, 420 



84,560 



265,280 



19(). 916 

 120,075 



$70,^1 



654 



34,802 



798 



10,624 



167 



12,292 



73 



40 



28, 144 



1,0W 



2,790 



7,930 



3,409 

 4,970 



Total. 



Lbs. 



36,184,718 



25,093 



18, 015, 333 



427,873 



1,498,541 



1,333,263 



1,535.899 



7,300 



5,599,006 



4, 976, 224 



240, 320 



1,842,043 



2, (>59. 964 



320. 695 



94,035 



204,387 



174,542 



Value. 



$229,983 



1,697 



581.563 



12, 556 



44.964 



63, 567 



59.538 



283 



141,127 



38,608 



2,322 



93.187 



74,096 



7,964 



2.146 



3, 691 



9,643 



