212 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



in Richmond and Kings counties. The total fyke-net yield is compar- 

 atively small, aggregating 638,880 pounds, with a valuation of $24,226. 

 The more important items in this yield are flounders, 316,000 pounds, 

 worth $10,229; cat-fish, 79,510 pounds, worth $4,671; and shad, 35,130 

 pounds, worth $1,356. 



The eel-pot and spear fisheries yielded -374,685 pounds of eels and 

 1,160 pounds of flounders, the value of the former being $25,982, and 

 of the latter $62. These fisheries are carried on principally in Sufi'olk, 

 Kings, and Queens counties. 



Notwithstanding the decrease in the lobster yield in most of the 

 New England States, the returns for that fishery in New York show a 

 considerable increase, due to an increase in the number of pots used 

 rather than an increased abundance of that crustacean. 



The following tables, relating to the years 1897 and 1898, present, 

 by counties, detailed statistics of the yield by each form of apparatus: 



Table showing, by counties, the yield of the seine fisheries of New York in 1897 and 1898. 



- 



Albany. 



Columbia. 



Dutchess. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



76,800 



80 



250 



Val. 



Shore fisheries: 



Alewives 



Carp 



61,600 



1, 500 



900 



300 



1,080 

 256 

 430 



$853 

 90 

 64 

 18 



48 

 13 

 60 



83,000 



1,100 



1,030 



160 



800 

 758 

 290 



$1,137 

 70 



78 

 12 



40 

 40 

 42 



70,800 



250 



2,400 



90 



270 



20, 775 



60 



300 



$991 



14 



192 



7 



14 

 913 



7 

 12 



56,800 



350 



3,000 



100 



180 



21,225 



120 



220 



$900 



20 



340 



8 



9 



761 



14 



9 



106, 526 



50 



200 



$872 



3 



15 



' $860 

 4 



Cat-fish 



Eels 



17 



Perch, white 

 and yellow... 

 Shad 



50 

 31,150 



3 



824 



100 

 29,813 



6 

 816 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 





























Total 



66, 066 



1,146 



87,138 



1,419 



94, 945 



2,150 



81, 995 



2,061 



137,976 



1,717 



107,043 1,703 





Kings.* New York. 



Queens. 



Species. 



1897. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Vessel fisheries: 

 Blue-fish 



• 













39,800 

 31,400 



$1,%0 

 1,450 



23,000 

 22,000 



$1, 210 



Flounders 















970 



Menhaden 



13,200,000 



$33,000 















Scup 



42,666 



49,000 



$1, 170 

 1,994 



36, 760 

 45,496 



$1,070 

 1,765 



2,550 



115 



2,600 



119 



Sea bass 









Sheepshead 







1,100 



50 



34,000 



300 



59 



10 



1,050 



41 



950 



100 



23,500 



500 



54 



Spanish mackerel 







• 









18 



Squeteague 







........ 









645 



striped bass 















74 

















Total 



13, 200, 000 



33,000 



91,000 1 3,164 



82, 256 



2,835 



109,200 



4,685 



72 fi.5n 



3,090 









Shore fisheries: 

 Blue-fish 













160,100 



700 



75,300 



8,012 



62 



2. 793 



87, 350 



3,450 



74,900 



100 



18,000 



5,900 



2,200 



480 



156.200 



4, 512 



Eels 







, 







280 



Flounders 







1 1 





2,8(a 



Mackerel 





1 





16 



Menhaden 







16,800 



8,200- 



3,500 



350 



236, 600 



13,950 



112 



373 



175 



80 



7,324 



120 



Scup 





.. ■ *i. :::....! 



271 



Sheepshead 





1 





120 



Spanish mackerel 





1 . 





95 



Squeteague 











4,893 



Striped bass 











1,861 10,650 



1,315 





1 









Total 











515, 500 



20.792 !,%9.230 



14,485 















' ' ■ ' " " 





Total vessel 

 and shore.. 



13,200,000 1 33,000 



91,000 3,164 



82,256 



2,835 



624,700 



25,477 



431,880 



17,575 



* Statistics for 1898 can not be given. 



