222 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table shotuing the extent of the menhaden industry of New York in 1897 and 1898. 



Items. 



Factories 



Cash capital 



Persons in factories 



Persons on vessels 



Menhaden pressed 



Tons of dry scrap prepared 



Tons of acidulated and crude scrap prepared 



Gallons of oil made 



Steam vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Purse seines 



Sail vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Purse seines 



1897. 



No. 



291 



326 



119, 326, 400 



6,042 



4,209 



763, 531 



14 



1,222 



28 



1 



20 



Value. 



$248,600 

 147,500 



169, 114 

 117,401 

 40, 926 

 169, 133 

 154,500 



37,840 



13,900 



900 



60 

 200 



1898. 



No. 



191 



822 



78,691,670 



3,409 



1,926 



629,919 



*36 



2,864 



72 



Value. 



$603,500 

 101,600 



116, 728 



65,233 



18,976 



106, 611 



406,750 



100,740 

 36,800 



♦These steam vessels also supplied menhaden. to factories in Delaware, Rhode Island, and Maine. 

 Table showing the extent of the wholesale trade in fishery products of New York City in 1898, 



Items. 



Fresh fish 

 and lob- 

 ster trade. 



Salt fish 

 trade. 



Oyster 

 trade. 



Total. 



Products. 



Items. 



Value. 



Number of firms 



41 



483 



$1,203,606 



$1,439,200 



$338, 899 



11 



243 



$717, 100 

 $651, 000 

 $140,900 



26 



693 



$128,060 

 $779,000 

 $442,065 



77 



1,419 



$2, 048, 656 



$2,869,200 



$921,864 



Fresh fish and lob- 

 sters 





Number of persons en- 



$7, 523, 006 



gaged 



Salted fish 



3, 376, 923 



Value of shore property . . 



Oysters 



2,047,663 



Amount of cash capital . . 



Clams 



603, 924 



Amount paid for wages . . 







13,551,415 



FISHERIES OF^KVJ JERSEY. 



Though New Jersey is compara^^ly small in area, its great length 

 of coast line and favorable geograpWal position make it well adapted 

 for the prosecution of extensive comfiercial fisheries. 



The lower part of the Hudson River forms the eastern boundary 

 between New York and New Jersey for about 22 miles, affording 

 the citizens of the latter State an opportunity for sharing in the 

 shad fisheries of that river to the extent- of nearly 50 per cent of 

 the value of the catch. The quantity of shad taken on the Hudson 

 in 1897 was approximately 2,701,649 pounds, valued at $93,512. Of 

 this quantity 1,195,600 pounds, valued at $44,159, represents the part 

 belonging to New Jerse}^ In 1898 the total catch on the river was 

 2,745,590 pounds, valued at $92,228, of which 1,209,920 pounds, valued 

 at $41,353, were taken by the New Jersey fishermen. 



The other waters valuable for their fisheries which skirt the east 

 side of the State north of Sandy Hook are New York Bay, Staten 

 Island Sound, and Raritan and Princess bays. These are especially 

 productive of oysters and clams, the two last named having considerable 

 areas suitable for oyster cultivation. Sandy Hook Ba}^ and the Nave- 

 sink and Shrewsbury rivers inside of Sandy Hook also add materially 



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