FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



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Table showing the yield of the fisheries of New Jersey in 1897 and 1898 — Cont'd. 





Cape May. 



Cumberland. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Alba core 



5,970 



69,700 



244, 188 



3,700 



44,657 



10, 300 



3,205 



170, 840 



167,700 



77,000 



104, 364 



70,510 



16, 935 



2,000 



14, 392 



306,000 



19,575 



31,680 



650 



40 



$160 



1,316 



10, 991 



165 



1,637 



309 



194 



4,134 



3,032 



780 



4,993 



2,111 



468 



160 



1,719 



808 



403 



2,415 



39 



10 



6,800 



67,060 



327,450 



4,700 



41,867 



2,914 



3,815 



208,460 



226, 300 



77,200 



96, 930 



80,800 



24,200 



2,000 



15,419 



80,000 



21,700 



32, 655 



570 



40 



8176 



1,376 



14,873 



209 



1,500 



87 



231 



5,506 



4,060 



767 



4,655 



2,429 



515 



160 



1,907 



538 



454 



2,482 



34 



10 











Alewives 



46,700 



$277 



63,600 



$336 



Blue-fish *. . 





Bonito 











Butter-fish 











Oarp 



41,065 

 38,354 



1,297 

 2,083 



16,525 

 39,170 



517 



Cat-fish 



2,111 



Cod 





Croakers 







6,000 



160 



Drum 









Eels 



7,733 



324 



6,100 



352 



Flounders 





Hake 











IJickory shad ... 











King-fish 











Menhaden 











Mullet, fresh 











Perch, white 



Perch, yellow 



16,392 



744 



16,832 



761 



Pompano 











Salmon 







22 



200 



3,000 



668,300 



10 



Scup 



166,650 



468,365 



3,882 



2,460 



4,280 



14,250 



1,004,668 



16,700 



60,453 



33,260 



600 



400 



200 



7,020 



29, 587 



976, 800 



462, 616 



221,900 



701,262 



7,613 



1,500 



4,798 



17,546 



174 



468 



738 



516 



26, 121 



961 



5,091 



1,647 



16 



12 



6 



2,844 



868 



4,125 



66,906 



4,471 



58, 901 



3,820 



75 



223,665 



582, 950 



3,480 



2,620 



7,600 



14,800 



1,161,286 



16,650 



47,463 



16, 710 



600 



400 



200 



2,340 



31,096 



946, 190 



605,981 



19, 775 



615,997 



6,403 



21,900 



154 



478 



1,175 



550 



28, 397 



957 



3,701 



756 



18 



12 



6 



1,482 



920 



4,053 



71, 626 



860 



52, 149 







6 



Sea bass 







120 



Shad 



593,230 



17,509 



17,160 



Sheepshead 



Spanish mackerel.. 

 Spots 





















Squeteague, fresh.. 

 Squeteague, salted. 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



80, 330 



3,453 



78,940 



3,193 



59, 716 



243, 926 



5,840 



4,338 



6,240 



210 



60, 103 



316,083 



5,043 



4,344 

 6,088 





185 



Tautog 





Tomcod or frost-fish 











Caviar 



63, 760 



21,263 



47,723 



26, 517 







King crabs 



148,000 



3,787,896 



9, 144, 310 



2,000 



370 

 664,245 

 147, 141 



250 



116,000 



4,037,782 



6,179,384 



600 



290 



Oysters, market — 



Oysters, seed 



Clams, hard 



Terrapin 



586,427 



219,750 



75 



Turtles 



1,200 



60 



2, 700. 



216 



2,100 



168 







Total 



6,637,752 



234,926 



6,520,662 



237,615 



14,280,951 



859,950 



10,661,607 



867, 549 









Mercer. 



Middlesex. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Value, 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Alewives 



7,600 



$65 



6,000 



$46 



48,000 

 12,300 



$80 

 440 



6,000 

 12,800 



$12 



Blue-fish 



448 



Carp 



3,810 

 29,630 

 16,766 



200 



1,396 



946 



2,718 

 30, 664 

 16,946 



138 

 1,659 

 1,017 





Cat-fish 











Eels. 



14,399 



3,000 



564, 400 



100 



864 



160 



907 



10 



15,733 



3,200 



658, 400 



2,100 



950 



Flounders 



172 



Menhaden 











1,113 



Perch, white 



Perch, yellow 



800 



200 



47 



311,600 



32 



8 



12 



12, 131 



600 



250 



7 



242,040 



24 



10 



1 



12,630 



110 



Salmon 











Shad 



11,176 



15,800 

 1,300 



624 



493 



86 



13,102 



16,600 



2,000 



623 



Squeteague, fresh.. 



730 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



3,460 



333 



4,465 



60 



23,505 



402 



4 



1,129 



174 



Suckers 



22,120 



1,073 











Crabs, hard 







1,200 



326,650 



669,720 



25,480 



5,400 



45 



Oysters, market 











151, 480 



380,700 



12,816 



6,400 



21, 758 



20, 515 



1,720 



300 



45,298 



Oysters, seed 











30, 036 



Clams, hard 











3,110 



Scallops 











300 















Total 



894,923 



16, 185 



327, 245 



17, 059 



1,220,871 



47,957 



1,648,185 



63, 121 







