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REPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing, by counties, the catch of soft crabs by dip nets and hands in New York in 



1897 and 189S. 



Counties. 



1897. 



1898. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Shore fisheries: 

 Queens 



88,000 

 10, 167 



$1,770 

 1,330 



86, 280 

 10,063 



$1,050 



Suffolk'. . 



1,390 







Total 



98, 167 



3,100 



96,343 



3,040 







The crabs in Queens. County were caught without apparatus. 



Table showing, by counties, the quanliiy and value of lobsters taken in pots in New York in 



1897 and 1898. 



Counties. 



1897. 



1898. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Vessel fisheries: 

 New York 



230,420 

 54,190 



$16,445 

 4,962 



188,410 

 44, 150 



$15,073 



Suffolk 



4,242 







Total * 



284,610 



21, 407 



232, 560 



19, 315 







Shore fisheries: 

 Kings 



12,860 

 43,200 

 18,250 

 19,100 



1,193 

 4,268 

 1,552 

 2,618 



26,240 

 39,968 

 14,330 

 16,550 



2,362 



Richmond 



4,053 



Suffolk ; 



1,441 



Westchester ... 



2,654 







Total 



93,410 



9,631 



97,088 



10, 510 





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Vessel and shore: 

 Kings -■ 



12,860 

 230, 420 

 43,200 

 72, 440 

 19,100 



1,193 



16,445 

 4,268 

 6,514 

 2,618 



26,240 

 188,410 

 39,968 

 58,480 

 16,550 



2, 362 



New York 



15,073 



Richmond * 



4,053 



Suffolk 



5,683 



Westchester 



2,654 







Grand total 



378,020 



31,038 



329,648 



29,825 







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





Queens. 



Richmond. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Vessel fisheries: 

 Blue-fish 



42, 500 



97,500 



11,000 



150 



4,500 



$2,125 



3,730 



350 



30 



130 



44,000 



92,000 



11,500 



200 



3,000 



$2,200 



3,550 



390 



40 



100 











Cod 











Haddock 











Spanish mackerel 











Squeteagne 





















Total 



155, 650 



6,365 



150, 700 



6,280 





















Shore fisheries: 

 Blue-fish 



24,000 



46,000 



800 



50 



1,600' 



1,200 



1,760 



32 



10 



54 



12,500 

 38,000 



1,000 

 30 



1,350 



625 



1,400 



35 



6 



44 





- 







Cod 



111,000 



$3,370 



19,650 



$834 



Haddock 





Spanish mackerel 











Squeteague 





















Total 



72,450 



3,056 



52, 880 



2,110 



111,000 



3,370 



19,650 



834 







Total vessel and shore. 



228, 100 



9,421 



203,580 



8,390 



111, 000 



3,370 



19,650 



834 



