232 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table sJiowing, by counties, the yield of the fisheries of New Jersey in 1897 and 1898. 



• 



Atlantic. 



Burlington. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 



• 



Lbs." 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Alewives 



15,600 



136,200 



10,000 



$78 



5,783 



500 



32, 780 



143, 700 



10,000 



$142 



6,103 



500 



520,500 



$1, 785 



78,000 



$315 



Blue-fish 





Butter-fish 











Carp 



74,900 

 48, 870 



3,956 

 2,230 



27,050 

 49,626 



1,431 



Cat-fish 



500 



1,056,500 



40, 600 



3,400 



159, 131 



263, 310 



11,525 



9,700 



21,280 



5,225,625 



1,600 



800 



149, 215 



35 



33,768 



581 



34 



6,945 



6,748 



687 



398 



1,086 



10, 887 



88 



40 



10,499 



800 



1,002,500 



39, 870 



3,400 



160,466 



248, 320 



11,825 



9,900 



21,600 



3, 104, 130 



1,300 



500 



120, 480 



48 



35, 668 



615 



34 



6,975 



6,351 



722 



407 



1,099 



6,467 



73 



25 



8,512 



2,254 



Cod....^. 





Croakers 











Drum 











Eels 



24, 999 

 980 



1,338 

 49 



24,373 

 900 



1,276 



Flounders 



45 



Haddock 





Hake 











King-fish 











Menhaden 











Mullet, fresh 











Mullet, salted 











Perch, white 



Perch, yellow 



80, 420 



2,060 



500 



48 



5,103 



106 



30 



12 



64,105 



1,500 



375 



31 



3,846 



78 



Pike and pickerel. . 

 Salmon 



510 



23 



485 



21 



23 

 12 



Scup 



55,000 



369,050 



1,000 



39, 735 



1,750 



1, 155, 700 



46, 830 



1,145 



.14,459 



74 



7,161 



30 



34, 651 



5,888 



61,950 



384,300 



200 



32, 780 



1,750 



1,278,225 



28,207 



1,310 



15,038 



15 



5,862 



30 



37, 737 



3,550 





Sea bass 











Shad 



1,164,560 



29, 762 



957, 948 



21,514 



Sheepshead 





Spots 











Squeteague, fresh. . 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



13,700 

 21, 320 

 15, 960 

 55,031 



685 

 2,768 



827 

 2,597 



18,800 



17,585 



7,790 



57,352 



940 



2,169 



459 



Suckers 



1,100 

 700 



32 

 32 



2,100 

 700 



77 

 32 



2,629 



Tautog 





Caviar 



6,060 



2,290 



2,625 



1,687 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, soft 



i54,666 



6,000 



600 



1,230,845 



350, 455 



913, 667 



2,520,000 



1,103 



600 



4,650 



775 



200 



187,866 



14,554 



96,008 



1,575 



626 



36 



i54, 666 



6,000 



600 



1,197,280 



324, 835 



850, 116 



2, 360, 000 



• 4,650 



775 



200 



182,842 



15, 196 



92, 709 



1,475 













Shrimp 











03'sters, market 



Oysters, seed 



Clams, hard 



Mussels 



186,410 

 24,500 

 81,700 



20, 974 

 1,200 

 7,821 



165,550 



24,500 



. 76,200 



18, 611 

 1,200 

 7,294 



Terrapin . 



2,431 

 400 



309 

 34 







Turtles 



1,000 



60 













Total 



13, 953, 631 



447, 942 



11,596,099 



435, 320 



2,325,349 



83, 876 



1, 574, 310 



65,813 









Bergen. 



Camden. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Alewives 











490, 200 



7,500 



73,558 



25,164 



13,466 



5,200 



1,846 



1,125 



794 



6,000 



120,000 



1,404,515 



9,000 



1,000 



11,330 



409, 626 



777, 700 



$1, 602 



300 



4,382 



1,258 



808 



130 



81 



68 



264 



150 



4,800 



33,434 



900 



25 



691 



71, 958 



11, 346 



202, 250 



6,000 



26,488 



25,291 



11,598 



6,000 



1,523 



780 



$823 



Blue-fish 











240 



Carp 











1,521 



Cat-fish 











1,264 



Eels 



10, 666 



$775 



18,066 



$991 



696 



Flounders 



125 



Perch, white 











65 



Perch, yellow 



'i 







40 



Salmon 













Scup 











7,200 



112,000 



1,014,330 



2,900 



460 



9,426 



637,903 



686, 238 



180 



Sea bass 





. 







4,480 



Shad 



460, 800 

 11,000 



17,934 

 970 



519, 420- 

 21,750 



18, 510 

 1,895 



17, 328 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



290 

 12 



Suckers 











495 



Oysters, market 











85,462 



Oysters, seed 











29,410 















Total 



482,466 



19, 679 



559, 236 



21,396 



3,368,024 



132,087 



2, 748, 377 



142,431 







