228 EEPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



The principal species taken in this county in 1897 were shad, 593,230 

 pounds, $17,509; sturgeon, including ca^^iar, 307,685 pounds, $27,493; 

 and oysters, 1,847,458 bushels, $801,386. In 1898 the yield of shad 

 was 668,300 pounds, $17,150; of sturgeon and caviar, 362,806 pounds, 

 $31,605; and of oysters, 1,316,738 bushels, $806,177. 



Other counties having important fisheries are Atlantic, Ocean, Cape 

 May and Salem. The fisheries of Atlantic County in 1897 employed 

 1,143 persons; the amount of capital invested was $156,965, and the 

 value of the products was $447,942. In 1898 there were 1,170 persons 

 employed, $160,843 invested, and the products were valued at $135,320. 

 Ocean County, which ranks next in the extent of its fisheries to Mon- 

 mouth and Cumberland, in 1897 had 1,620 persons employed, $257,164 

 invested, and its products were valued at $424,194. In 1898 it had 

 1,638 persons employed, $254,923 invested, and the products were 

 valued at $350,681. The fisheries of Cape May County in 1897 

 employed 1,004 persons, the investment was $99,427, and the value of 

 the products $234,926. In 1898 the number of persons employed was 

 985, the investment $92,916, and the value of the products $237,615. 

 Salem County had, in 1897, 1,488 persons engaged in its fisheries, an 

 investment of $227,181, and products valued at $232,096. In 1898 

 there were 1,382 persons employed, $230,909 invested, and the value 

 of the products was $209,315. In the remaining counties the fisheries 

 were less extensive, the largest number of persons employed in any 

 of them for either year being 624 in Burlington, the largest amount 

 of capital invested being $110,064, and the greatest value of products 

 $142,431, in Camden. 



The three tables which foUow show the extent of the fisheries in 

 each county of New Jersey in 1897 and 1898: 



Table showing J by counties j the number of persons employed in the fisheries of New Jersey 



in 1897 and 1898. 



Counties. 



Atlantic 



Bergen 



Burlington.. 



CB,mden 



Cape May... 

 Cumberland 



Essex 



Gloucester . . 



Hudson 



Hunterdon.. 



Warren 



Mercer 



Middlesex .. 

 Monmouth.. 



Ocean 



Salpm 



Sussex 



Union 



Total. 



In vessel 

 fisheries. 



On vessels iln shore or boat 



1897. 1898. 



142 



8 



154 



110 



1,377 



3 

 10 



156 



171 



100 



1,115 



3 

 12 



3 7 



318 311 



39 1 37 



5 6 



2,169 



1,926 



transporting. 



1897. 



44 



15 

 14 

 16 

 43 



13 

 85 

 35 

 43 



315 



1898. 



40 

 'i5 



13 

 52 



16 

 73 

 26 

 46 



287 



fisheries. 



1897. 



943 

 98 

 569 

 381 

 876 

 709 



315 



185 



91 



105 



223 



184 



1,689 



1,520 



1,388 



14 



110 



1898. 



960 

 98 

 559 

 357 

 870 

 683 



315 



215 



91 



101 



230 



204 



1,744 



1,546 



1,276 



14 



150 



9,400 



9,413 



Shoresmen. 



1897. 



14 

 7 



32 



14 



2 



263 



60 



lS98. 



14 

 7 



32 



10 



2 



261 



61 

 8 



Total. 



5 



5 



4' 



4 



117 



151 



26 



29 



52 

 



54 



1897. 1898, 



1,143 



105 



624 



563 



1,004 



2,392 



60 



330 



203 



91 



105 



223 



204 



2,209 



1,620 



1,488 



14 



116 



610 



1,170 



106 



614 



538 



985 



2,111 



61 



332 



232 

 91 



101 



230 



231 1 

 2,279 

 1,638 ) 

 1,382 

 14 I 



156 



644 12,494 i 12,270 



