FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



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Table showing the. (pmniUy and value of products taken in the fisheries of tlie Middle 



Atlantic States in 1897 — Continued. 



Species. 



Maryland. 



Virginia. 



Total. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Mackerel 







300 



178,656,362 



54, 521 



273,294 



113,885 



34,963 



818 



2.55,241 



1,196 



13,-527 



2,993 



2.680 



1f^^ 419 4^Q ^0,4 



Menhaden 



353, 100 

 1,500 

 925,545 

 395, 735 

 114,710 



»365 



60 



49,963 



12,283 



8,919 



270,167,999 



115,796 



2, 2.57,. 546 



518,680- 



193,693 



3,:«X) 



70, 485 



1,. 5.36, 973 



3,40.5,786 



35,841,737 



83,903 



632,258 



1,104,920 



19, 804,. 524 



2, 0.5:i, .589 



2,308,479 



377,266 



343,381 



42, 8.50 



27,100 



1,442,6.58 



11,. 522, 935 



5,703,0.55 



1,799,800 



485,345 



4,236 



151,000 



7, 173, 137 



1,492,000 



125, .562, .5f« 



13,319 220 



473, 359 



2, (;;{7 

 I2:i, 78(; 



15,694 



13,778 



99 



5,.5<J0 



31,.56<; 



127, ;i51 



981,246 



10 7'M 



Mullet 



I'erch, white 



Perch, yellow 



Pike and pickerel 



Pollock 



Pompuno 



310 



35 



70,135 



4,000 



1,765 



11,529,474 



28,968 



503,106 



1,081,292 



6,525,806 



576, 262 



631,619 



75,606 



5,615 



120 



40 



304,448 



l,9a5 



39,911 



26,5:^9 



89,967 



35,079 



16, .563 



2,250 



SCup 



Sea bass 



16,200 



5, 799, 563 



200 



9,762 



2,928 



697, 179 



935, 347 



145, 569 



83, 030 



690 



159,366 



12 



833 



139 



14,792 



70,045 



5,008 



1,801 



Shad 



Sheenshead 



Spanish maclcerel 



Spots t 



64,108 



27,360 



380,371 



164 .30^ 



Scj^iieteaKue 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



83 .5.57 



Suckers . 



14,193 



7,287 

 932 



Tautog 



Tomcod or frost-fish ... 

















i4,i66 



169, mA 

 5,331,398 

 1,068,116 



285 



4, 2.56 



28,331 



39, 914 



.585 



Other fish 



4,000 

 5,333,316 

 4,115,879 



152 



39,949 



177,637 



11 963 



Crabs, hard 



8.5,420 

 251 844 



Crabs, soft 



King crabs 



6,520 



40,490 



2,235 



3,393 



819 194 



L<jbsters 











Shrimp 



1,020 



610 







Squid 









122,288 



8,842 



841,568 



66,097 



Clams, soft 



118 678 



Oysters, market 



Oysters, seed 



50,784,538 



2,885,202 



49, 166, 936 



2,041,683 



8, .525 J 97 

 341 6:i2 













2,550,000 



957,960 



41,763 



122,431 



4,011 



335,188 



5,310,000 



2, .536 



Scallops 











84,122 





7,266 

 5, 465 

 2,908 

 1,594 



3,226 

 289 

 262 

 644 



11,822 



56, 825 



1,025 



63,960 



2,104 



1,077 



108 



19,023 



14,080 



Turtles 



4 839 



Frogs and crawfish 



Caviar 



386 

 112,995 



Shells 



4,875 













Total 



88,588,018 



3,617,306 



277,993,949 



3,179,498 



694,172,210 



14,324,463 







Certain crustacean and molluscan products obtained in the fisheries 

 of the Middle Atlantic States in 1897, which have been designated in 

 pounds in the foregoing table, are presented in number or bushels in 

 the following supplementary table: 



Products. 



Crabs, hard number. 



Crabs, soft do. . . 



King crabs do... 



Clams, hard bushels. 



Clams, soft do. . . 



Oysters do. . . 



Mussels do... 



Scallops do... 



Shells do... 



s 



Products. 



New York. 



New Jersey. 



No. 



927,999 

 311,541 



184, 0.38 



74,700 



2, 126, 720 



3,000 



147,660 



88,500 



Value. 



No. 



S2,473 1,606,264 



3,502 I 780,639 



! 562,400 



198,930 ! 591,272 



.54,9.53 74,. 500 



2,050,0.58 3,00.5,049 



9C>0 [ 50,400 



80,122 I 12,000 



4,876 



Value. 



$14,411 



25,6.58 



4,496 



543, 795 



63, 725 



1,682,015 



1,.575 



4,000 



Pennsylvania. 



No. 



265,934 



Value. 



$143,974 



Delaware. 



No. 



41,400 



466,000 



337,500 



850 



163,770 



Value. 



$256 

 .5,133 

 2,026 

 1.530 



63,897 



Crabs, hard number. . 



Crabs, soft do 



King crabs do 



Clams, hard bushels. . 



Clams, soft do 



Oysters do 



Mussels do 



Scallops do 



Shells ...: do.... 



Maryland. 



No. 



15, 999, 948 

 12,347,637 



16,286 

 '7,"254,"934' 



Value. 



$39,949 

 177, 637 



8,842 

 '2,'885,*262' 



Virginia. 



No. 



15, 994, 194 

 3,204,348 



106, 196 

 '7,'623,'848' 



Value. 



$28,331 

 39, 914 



66,097 

 '2,"oii,'683' 



Total. 



No. 



34, 668, 805 



17. 109, 165 



899,900 



896, 642 



149,200 



19, 840, 264 



53,400 



159,660 



88, .500 



Value. 



$a5, 420 



251,844 



6, .520 



819, 194 



118, 678 



8, 866, 829 



2, .536 



84,122 



4,875 



