210 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing, by counties, the yield of fisheries of New York in 1897 and 1898 — Cont'd. 





Orange. 



Putnam. 



Rensselaer. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Alewives .... 



13,600 



3,800 



3,000 



250 



800 



80,450 



750 



21,050 



950 



«136 



154 



216 



-15 



48 



3,043 



90 



1,180 



40 



18,400 



4,500 



2,600 



200 



700 



93,243 



1,000 



6,600 



1,000 



$192 



180 



182 



12 



42 



3,443 



125 



516 



42 











89,600 



110 



2,400 



SI, 077 



6 



169 



114,400 



140 



2,000 



SI, 324 



Carp 



4,000 



S160 



5,000 



8200 



8 



Cat-fish 



141 



Eels 













Perch, white. 











800 

 180 

 640 



49 

 10 



86 



680 



406 



1,000 



42 



Shad ;. 



Striped bass . 



Sturgeon 



Suckers 



15,225 



554 



14,626 



650 



22 

 134 



2,120 

 500 



120 

 20 









400 



16 



800 



46 



550 



30 



Total.. 



124,650 



4,922 



128,243 



4,734 



21,845 



854 



20,025 



766 



94,530 



1,443 



119, 176 



1,701 





Ulster. 



Westchester. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Alewives 



232, 600 

 1,150 

 8,750 



|2,357 



56 



610 



5 



273,000 



1,800 



12,600 



700 



400 



4,900 



541,433 



750 



9,600 



3,300 



2,000 



S2,748 



• 70 

 1,008 



• 11 

 40 



260 

 16,541 

 81 

 695 

 142 

 100 



3,320 

 30,200 

 10,450 



S59 



1,248 



846 



2,680 

 47,380 

 11,240 



S54 



Carp 



1,937 



Cat-fish 



885 



Cod 





Eels 1 



17,300 



8,100 



281,278 



25,470 



23,430 



3,800 



1,354 

 449 

 9,918 

 2,928 

 1,186 

 152 



16,850 



10,000 



303, 375 



10,900 



5,360 



5,100 



1,310 



Perch, white 



4,100 



207 



16, 367 



72 



190 



120 



604 



Shad 



523, 752 



600 



3,700 



3,000 



10, 961 



Striped bass 



1,285 



Sturgeon 



286 



Suckers 



266 



Sun-fish 





Lobsters 







22,100 

 133, 600 



37,000 

 260,050 



16,800 



3,038 

 18,220 



4,840 

 30. 705 



1,180 



i9,286 

 135, 200 



34,500 

 180,075 



11,200 



3,064 



Clams, hard 











18, 293 



Clams, soft 





• 







4, 562 



Oysters, market 









21, 65i) 



Oysters, seed 











680 















Total 



777, 952 



19,984 



850,483 



21,6% 



872,898 



76,123 



793,140 



66,8:^6 







THE SHAD FISHERY. 



Compared With other fisheries of New York State, the shad fishery 

 bears a relatively less important position than in ^ny other of the 

 Middle Atlantic States. Most of the catch in this State is taken from 

 the Hudson River. The principal shad counties are Ulster, Dutchess, 

 and Westchester, which yielded more in 1897 and 1898 than all other 

 counties combined, as shown by the following table: 



Counties. 



Albany 



Columbia . . 



Dutchess 



Greene 



Kings 



Orange 



Putnam 



Queens 



Rensselaer . 

 Richmond . 

 Rockland . . 



Suffolk 



Ulster 



Westchester 



Total. 



1897. 



No. 



68 



12,650 



103, 116 



14, 526 



48, 548 



21, 720 



4,060 



2,236 



48 



45,268 



31,215 



5,344 



143,000 



74, 474 



1506,273 



Value. 



S13 



2,007 



11,068 



2,389 



6,257 



3,043 



554 



804 



10 



5,675 



3,984 



864 



16, 367 



9,918 



62,953 



1.898. 



No. 



202 



16,065 



94, 799 



14, 740 



34, 179 



24,865 



3,900 



626 



108 



.42,018 



29, 586 



1,393 



145, 230 



80,900 



2 488,611 



Value. 



$40 



2,304 



10,876 



2,273 



4,593 



3,443 



550 



160 



22 



6,884 



3,875 



283 



16,541 



10, 951 



62, 745 



1 1,884,228 pounds. 



21,828,977 pounds. 



