220 REPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing, by counties, the yield of eel pots and spears in New York in 1897 and 1898. 





Vessel fisheries. 



Shore fisheries. 







Counties. 



Eels. 



Eels. 



Flounders. 



lOuti. 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



1397. 

 Albany 







400 



600 



75,420 



88, 430 



2,000 



1,200 



164, 780 



15,800 



830 



48 



6,537 



6,255 



160 



84 



9,906 



1,264 







400 



600 



99,680 



88,430 



2,000 



1,200 



194, 280 



15,800 



$30 



Dutchess 











48 



Kings 



23,100 



$2,060 



1,160 



$62 



8,659 



Queens 



6,255 



Richmond 











160 



Rockland 











84 



Suffolk 



29,500 



1,605 







11,511 



Westchester 







1,264 















Total 



52,600 



3,665 



348,630 



24,284 



1,160 



62 



402,390 



28,011 







1898. 

 Albany 



• 





425 



610 



71,250 



74,560 



2,100 



1,100 



155, 370 



14,750 



32 



48 



6,104 



5,220 



168 



77 



9,389 



1,180 







425 



610 



95,610 



74,560 



2,100 



1,100 



186, 690 



14,750 



32 



Dutchess 











48 



Kings 



23,200 



2,060 



1,160 



62 



8,226 

 5,220 



Queens 



Richmond 











168 



Rockland 











77 



Suffolk 



31, 320 



1,704 







11,093 



Westchester 







1,180 















Total 



54, 520 



3,764 



320, 165 



22,218 



1,160 



62 



375,845 



26,044 





Table showing, by counties, the catch by dredges, tongs, rakes, etc. , in New York in 1897 



and 1898. 





Queens. 



Richmond. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Vessel fisheries: 



Clams, hard 



Oysters, market 



Oysters, seed 



6,720 



464,100 



83,160 



$990 



. 68,060 



6,763 



2,800 



601,818 



98,420 



$440 

 94,870 



8,747 



42,080 

 1,593,060 



$4,785 

 216, 173 



27,360 

 1,258,705 



$3,034 

 176, 980 











Total 



553,980 



75,813 



703,038 



104, 057 



1,635,140 



220, -958 



1,286,065 



180,014 







Shore fisheries: 

 Crabs, hard 



26, 667 



428,800 



231,000 



3,089,450 



91,000 

 • 9,000 



240 



64,000 



15, 655 



485,415 



4,575 



750 



21,333 



432,032 



231,300 



2,370,004 



39,200 



12,000 



180 



65,227 



15, 747 



385,641 



1,890 



1,000 











Clams, hard 



Clams, soft 



66,840 



7,840 



60,620 



7,199 



Oysters, market 



Oysters, seed 



Scallops 



997,220 



238, 350 



20,400 



136,872 



13, 615 



2,210 



1,079,190 



567, 350 



22, 800 



149,827 



32,620 



2,470 







Total 



3,875,917 



570, 635 



3,105,869 



469, 685 



1,322,810 



160, 537 



» 1,729, 860 



192, 116 







Total vessel and 

 shore 



4,429,897 



646,448 



3,808,907 



573,742 



2,957,950 



381,495 



3,015,925 



372, 130 









Kings. 



New York: 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Vessel fisheries: 

 Oysters, market 











528,500 



$61,080 



486, 150 



$54,162 



Shore fisheries: 



Clams, hard 



Clams, soft 



206,504 



373,000 



2,201,500 



30,000 



$24, 980 



27, 110 



322,755 



960 



214,240 



446, 650 



1,937,670 



$26, 476 



33,104 



282,210 













Oysters, market 



Mussels 

































Total 



2,811,004 



375,805 



2,598,560 



341,790 



528,500 



61,080 



486,150 



54, 162 







