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In 1898 the value of all species classed as fish, including caviar, was 

 $1,239,519; of the molluscan species, $2,264,833, and of the crusta- 

 cean and reptilian species, $59,414 — a total value of $3,563,766, being 

 $50,668 less than in the previous year. There was no marked decrease 

 in any single fishery, but a slight falling off in* a number of species 

 contributed to this result. 



The three tables which follow show in a condensed form the number 

 of persons engaged, the number and value of vessels, boats, and of 

 the various kinds of apparatus employed, the value of shore and 

 accessory property, and the amount of cash capital in the fisheries of 

 New Jersey in 1897 and 1898: 



Number of persons employed. 



On vessels fishing 



On vessels transportin|r. . 

 In shore or boat fisheries 

 Shoresmen 



How engaged. 



1897. 



Total ; 12, 494 



1898. 



2,169 



1,926 



315 



287 



9,400 



9,413 



610 



644 



12,270 



Table of apparatus and capital. 



Items. 



Vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels transporting 



Tonnage . . ". 



Outfit 



Boats , 



Apparatus — vessel fisheries: 



Seines — 



Gill nets , 



Fyke nets 



- Stop nets , 



Lines , 



Pots : 



Oyster dredges and tongs 



Clam tongs and rakes , 



Crab dredges , 



Apparatus — shore fisheries: 



Seines ■ 



Grll Hets 



Pound nets and weirs 



Fyke nets 



Stop nets 



Lines , 



Pots 



Oyster tongs, rakes, and dredges 



Clam tongs, rakes, and hoes 



Minor apparatus 



Shore and accessory property 



Cash capital 



Total 



1897. 



No. 



542 

 6,185 



133 

 2,267 



6,365 



17 



6 



160 



2 



175 



1,388 



584 



144 



505 

 4,136 



180 



2,406 



80 



4,309 

 4,823 

 3,463 



Value. 



S499, 576 



96,501 

 149,875 



20,892 

 485,059 



5,268 

 640 



1,314 



400 



984 



143 



30, 963 



6,435 

 612 



34,626 



123,518 



98,995 



15, 124 



4,778 



5,401 



5,033 



26, 722 



19,846 



1,156 



563, 992 



173,400 



2,371,253 



1898. 



No. 



531 

 5,564 



117 

 2,019 



6,424 



16 



13 



170 



2 



315 



1,367 



564 



182 



527 

 4,291 



172 



2,665 



65 



'4,'385 

 4,908 

 3,523 



Value. 



8465,875 



92,161 

 168, 775 



19, 764 

 483,889 



4,588 



900 

 1,526 



400 

 1,096 



253 



32, 918 



6,468 



736 



34,509 



126,842 



88,885 



16,944 



4,233 



6,344 



5,109 



27,094 



20,529 



737 



561,048 



165,800 



2, 337, 423 



F. C. 1900—15 



