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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table of products. 



Species. 



Alewives 



Blue-fish 



Bonito 



Butter-flsh 



Carp 



Cat-fish 



Cod 



Eels 



Flounders 



Haddock 



Hake 



King-fish 



Mackerel 



Menhaden 



Perch, white 



Perch, yellow 



Pike 



Pollock 



Scup 



Sea bass , 



Shad 



Sheepshead 



Skates 



Snappers, red 



Spanish mackerel. . . 



Squeteague 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon a 



Suckers 



Sun-fish 



Tautog 



Tomcod oi frost-fish 



Whiting 



Other fish 



Caviar a 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, soft 



Lobsters 



Squid 



Clams, hard 



Clams, soft 



Oysters, market 



Oysters, seed 



Mussels 



Scallops 



Shells 



Total. 



1897. 



Lbs. 



955, 000 



11,146,424 



42, 823 



728, 616 



205, 560 



90,090 



2, 116, 316 



420, 730 



1,108,057 



153,320 



24,300 



10,440 



140, 812 



60, 605, 712 



62, 490 



3,100 



3,000 



746,373 



354, 441 



1,884,228 



4,900 



150,000 



92, 000 



11, 360 



2,561,527 



116, 465 



427,547 



16,050 



49,181 



41,000 



9,000 



997,200 



1 309, 333 



3 103, 847 



381,020 



151, 000 



5 1,472,304 



7 747,000 



913,559,630 



"1,327,410 



13 30,000 



14 885,960 



16 5,310,000 



109,555,666 



Value. 



$11,367 



391,027 



2, 103 



26, 125 



8,318 



5,656 



69, 879 



29, 226 



35, 174 



4,904 



608 



872 



6,978 



147, 697 



3,244 



121 



90 



16, 911 



16,245 



62,953 



252 



100 



3,680 



1,825 



69, 474 



14, 177 



26, 248 



635 



1,534 

 912 

 250 



2,286 



2, 473 



3, 502 



31,458 



3,393 



198, 930 



54,953 



1,954,995 



95,063 



960 



80, 122 



4,875 



3,391,595 



1898. 



Lbs. 



1,028,110 



11,214,433 



63,244 



470,836 



286,400 



102,340 



2,040,137 



396, 945 



876, 683 



172, 883 



32, 621 



11, 854 



84,458 



163,280,345 



60, 310 



3,040 



1,800 



4,635 



645, 397 



311,181 



1,828,977 



3,150 



127, 500 



76,000 



13, oof 



2, 076, 930 



81, 795 



391,055 



17,550 



2,000 



51,260 



34, 700 



15,473 



847,298 



17,256 



2 246,633 



4 100, 823 



332,378 



276, 257 



6 1,503,192 



8 817,800 



1012,823,237 



12 1,612,275 



15 653,178 

 " 5, 460, 000 



210,497,376 



Value. 



$12, 652 



387, 167 



1,718 



15,488 



11,543 



6,151 



69, 032 



27,517 



28,455 



5,548 



684 



978 



6,208 



405, 488 



3, 245 



117 



90 



130 



14,102 



13,990 



62, 745 



174 



85 



3,040 



2,061 



53,706 



9,765 



34,581 



758 



100 



1,607 



699 



449 



1,756 



11, 992 



1,793 



3,394 



30,235 



6,188 



205, 952 



60,797 



1,863,607 



121,422 



53,430 

 4,550 



3,545,189 



a The returns for sturgeon in 1897 show the gross weight and value of the fish, whereas those for 

 1898 show the net or dressed weight of the fish and its value — the weight and value of the caviar 

 being listed separately. 



6 187,899 bushels. lo 1,831,891 bushels. i* 147,660 bushels. 



7 74,700 bushels. " 189,630 bushels. i5 108,863 bushels. 



8 81,780 bushels. 12 230,325 bushels. 16 88,500 bushels. 

 » 1,937,090 bushels. 13 3,000 bushels. i7 91,000 bushels. 



1 927,999 in number. 



2 739,899 in number. 

 3311,541 in number. 

 4 302,469 in number. 

 6 184,038 bushels. 



A supplementary table is here presented showing for the same period 

 as above noted the product of mollusks and crustaceans according to 

 the unit of quantity in which they are usually sold, instead of by 

 pounds, which for the purpose of comparison is the unit of quantity 

 employed in the main tables: 



Products. 



Crabs, hard number 



Crabs, soft do . . 



Clams, hard bushels 



Clams, soft do. . 



Oysters, market do. . 



Oysters, seed do. . 



Mussels do. . 



Scallops do. . 



Shells : do.. 



1897. 



No. 



927, 999 



311,541 



184, 038 



74, 700 



1,937,090 



189, 630 



3,000 



147, 660 



88,500 



Value. 



$2,473 



3,602 



198,930 



54,953 



1,9M,995 



95, 063 



960 



80,122 



4,876 



1898. 



No. 



739,899 

 302,469 

 187, 899 

 81,780 

 1,831,891 

 230, 325 



108,863 

 91,000 



Value. 



$1,793 



3,394 



205, 952 



60,797 



1,863,607 



121,422 



53,430 

 4,550 



M. 



