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REPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing, by counties, the vessels, boats, and apparatus employed in the fisheries of New 



Jersey in 1897 and 1898 — Continued. 



i 





Essex. 



Gloucester. 



Hudson. 



Designation. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Value. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



Vessels fishing 







1 

 6 



$300 



""'i62" 

 950 



"'"'iio' 



14, 715 



100 

 300 



1 

 6 

 ...„ 



36 



'i59' 



1 

 1 



$300 



"""i26' 

 1,950 



""\m 



15,290 



100 

 300 



3 

 143 



"'i' 



27 



$13,000 



4 



$13, 600 



Tonnage 







154 



2,085 





Outfit 







2,090 



Vessels transporting 







2 

 19 



3,000 







Tonnage 











Outfit 







225 

 5,575 







Boats 







150 



1 



1 



lis 



6,375 



Apparatus— vessel fisheries: 

 Seines 











Stop nets 















Pots, eel and lobster 







50 

 12 

 10 



70 



1,190 



60 



100 

 12 



135 



Oyster dredges and tongs 















1,190 



Crab dredges 

















Apparatus— shore fisheries: 

 Seines 







9 



96 



520 



24 



1,145 



11,030 



825 



2.063 



9 



96 



520 



24 



1,145 



11,030 



825 



2,063 







Gill nets 







634 



248 



6,530 

 3,635 



634 

 253 



6,530 



Fyke nets 







3,593 



Stop nets 







Pots, eel and lobster 







240 

 70 



305 

 350 



280 

 100 



345 



Oyster tongs, rakes, and 

 dredges 















500 



Minor apparatus 









36 

 8,485 







36 

 8,500 





Shore and accessory property. . 

 Cash capital 



$26,000 

 24, 500 



$26,000 

 24,500 







8,020 





8,025 





















Total 



50,500 



50,500 





40,221 





41,839 





44,045 





42,383 







Designation. 



Vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels transporting 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Apparatus — vessel fisheries: 



Clam tongs and rakes 



Apparatus — shore fisheries: 



Seines 



Gill nets 



Pound nets and weirs 



Fyke nets 



Lines, hand and trawl 



Pots, eel and lobster 



Oyster tongs, rakes, and 

 dredges 



Clam tongs, rakes, and hoes. 

 Shore and accessory property . 

 Cash capital 



Total. 



Hunterdon. 



1897. 



No. Value. 



26 



21 



$707 



1,740 



18 



7,670 



10, 135 



1898. 



No. Value. 



26 



21 



$707 



1,740 



18 



7,670 



10, 135 



Mercer. 



1897. 



No. Value. 



92 



380 



$2,323 



2,970 

 940 



760 



7,490 



14, 483 



1898. 



No. Value. 



96 



380 



$2,433 



3,135 

 940 



760 



7,665 



14,933 



Middlesex. 



1897. 



No. Value. 



120 

 5 



5 

 15 



1 

 14 



112 



154 

 9 



$750 



170 

 6,200 



780 

 6,388 



60 



3,150 



90 



300 



530 



2 



141 



828 



103 



10,938 



19,600 



50,030 



1898. 



No. Value. 



4 

 26 



"5' 



76 



i35' 



17 



6 

 15 



$1,400 



' "44i 



6,700 



15 



i72' 



169 

 9 



1,165 

 6,740 



204 



3,350 

 90 



570 



2 



216 



903 



103 

 10,938 

 19, 700 I 



52,522 



Designation. 



Boats 



Apparatus — shore fisheries: 



Seines 



Oyster tongs, rakes, and dredges 



Minor apparatus 



Shore and accessoi^^ property 



Cash capital 



Total. 



Union. 



1897. 



No. Value. 



55 



110 



$2,750 



650 



500 

 500 



4,300 



1898. 



No. Value. 



75 



150 



$3,750 



750 



500 

 500 



5,600 



Warren. 



1897. 



1898. 



No. Value. No. Value, 



29 

 23 



$475 

 957 



120 

 3,245 



4,797 



28 

 22 



$460 

 917 7 



120 

 3,245 ] 



4,742 





