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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing the yield of the 



fisheries of New Jersey in 1897 and 1898 — Cont'd 



• 





Gloucester. 



Hudson. 



Hunterdon. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. ■ 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Alewives 



54,390 



$227 



55,255 



$232 



















Black bass 











150 



1,360 



550 



133 



$12 

 25 

 26 

 10 



100 



1,088 



510 



133 



$8 

 20 



Carp 



189,326 



40, 341 



22, 177 



434 



925 



24 



1,468,920 



800 



7,034 



9,646 



2,104 



1,331 



20 



46 



12 



33, 189 



80 



322 



74,800 



40, 393 



23, 866 



575 



910 



4,488 



2,104 



1,432 



25 



45 











Cat-fish : . . 











23 



Eels 



5,000 



$286 



»,333 



$470 



10 



Perch, white . . 





Perch, yellow . 



















Salmon 











i5i 



108,400 

 1,195 

 8 800 



20 



6,349 



120 



397 







Shad 



1,571,450 

 1,200 

 8,331 



30,418 

 120 

 386 



734,800 

 1,450 



26,225 

 163 



690,500 

 990 



22,843 

 105 



77,616 

 2,055 

 8,050 



4,590 

 206 

 364 



Striped bass... 

 Suckers 



Crabs, hard ... 



26,667 

 31,200 



385,000 

 161,000 



800 

 2,190 



28,750 

 8,650 









Lobsters 











41,250 

 420, 000 



3,340 

 32. 500 











Oysters, mar- 

 ket 



















Oysters, seed . . 











392, 000 23. 000 























' 











Total.... 



1,784,371 



46,977 



1, 776, 780 



39,2501,345,117 



67,063 



1,553,07382,258 



120,729 



6,959 



89,552 



5,221 





Monmouth. 



Ocean. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value, 



Albacore 



7,150 



35, 112 



4,264,400 



336,800 



152,900 



$134 



606 



113,197 



9,011 



3,635 



9,750 



27, 362 



4,163,070 



332, 422 



170,060 



$157 



426 



125,648 



8,784 



4,061 



1,000 



713, 100 



499,586 



18,200 



9,500 



500 



150 



32,550 



11,700 



$10 



3,250 



17,546 



429 



196 



45 



6 



686 



234 







Alewives 



1,011,660 



424,065 



39,700 



40,700 



1,000 



600 



171,840 



10,340 



$4,600 



Blue-fish 



16,408 



Bonito 



950 



Butter-fish 



2,019 



Cat-fish 



75 



Cero 



4,950 



2, 222, 000 



60, 800 



2,500 



216, 732 



746, 975 



154,400 



41,300 



1,719 



6,650 



24,300 



20,223,800 



100 



7,450 



154 



32,620 



1,174 



28 



11, 149 



15,426 



2,347 



646 



69 



864 



1,628 



50,266 



6 



467 



5,170 



1,200,200 



130,810 



2,044 



239,729 



823, 625 



214, 400 



56, 942 



1,500 



6,108 



16, 480 



16,413,500 



3,500 



5,950 



i59 



34, 920 



2,356 



21 



12,515 



17, 768 



6,547 



1,163 



60 



808 



1,322 



43, 078 



110 



363 



20 



Cod 



6,280 



Croakers 



204 



Drum . 





Eels 



149, 783 



136, 760 



1,450 



1,800 



5,663 



4,394 



26 



36 



172,649 



171, 890 



13,826 



7,000 



6,586 



Flounders 



5,769 



Haddock 



537 



Hake 



274 



Hickory shad 





King-fish t 



Mackerel 



706 



97 



876 



121 



Menhaden 



4,233,000 



7,188 



1, 937, 500 



1,000 



385,682 



1,700 



2,530 



Mullet fresh 



30 



Perch, white 



Pike and pickerel . . 



307,855 

 1,760 



18, 484 

 99 



23, 113 

 106 



Pollock 



300 



1,021 



514, 300 



997, 600 



167,300 



7,050 



11,650 



96,600 



2,300 



5,499,919 



9 



358 



7,406 



31, 716 



8,996 



867 



291 



9,997 



43 



97, 653 



30p 



1,025 



316, 150 



902, 618 



123, 676 



7,265 



12,750 



67,400 



3,000 



6,279,603 



9 



360 



6,411 



31, 166 



6,428 



910 



319 



7,107 



96 



118, 845 





Salmon 











Scup 



16,600 



176,465 



71,400 



600 



317 



5,761 



3,953 



69 



. 13,000 



204, 666 



65,900 



170 



263 



Sea bass 



7,185 



Shad 



3,540 



Sheepshead 



Skates 



23 



Spanish mackerel . . 

 Spots 



7,150 



2,400 



864,215 



200 



52, 215 



4,150 



1,300 



600 



804 



93 



16, 399 



10 



8,375 



221 



30 



12 



8,225 



2,800 



523, 600 



100 



54,395 



2,600 



8,200 



100 



1,444 

 112 



Squeteague, fresh . . 

 Squeteague, salted . 



11,068 

 6 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



4,300 



19, 358 



1,000 



287,700 



1,650 



4,000 



600 



188,467 



180,000 



63, 600 



451 



936 



30 



5,457 



14 



50 



300 



4,634 



17,075 



6,004 



7,800 



22,473 



3,000 



313,648 



1,960 



3,100 



1,373 



388,090 



196,000 



79,600 



663 



1,163 



115 



5,980 



16 



47 



675 



9,511 



17, 950 



7,616 



8,731 

 150 



Suckers 



491 



Tautog 



5 







Whiting 











Caviar 







1,046 



40,399 



67, 078 



3,126 



2,085 



1,065,316 



256, 340 



858, 312 



40,000 



570 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, soft 



136, 367 



74,213 



4,430 



2,296 



1, 612, 079 



236, 915 



875, 844 



42,000 



3,469 



7,808 



379 



1,366 



214,822 



9,769 



88,441 



2,100 



700 

 7,080 



Lobsters 



142 



Shrimp 



1,265 



Oysters, market 



Oysters, seed 



1,319,409 



186,090 



1,034,873 



2,800 



2,068,368 



755,000 



50,400 



5,000 



147,064 



160 



282,348 



64, 345 



2,800 



250 



189, 052 

 10, 301 



Clams, hard 



Clams, soft 



2, 142, 888 



703,000 



66,600 



290, 654 



61,625 



3,700 



86,654 

 2,000 



Scallops 















Tprmnin 







2,381 

 3,350 



1,341 



278 







Turtles 











3,350 



278 



Total 



40,790,650 



977, 683 



36, 469, 684 



971,418 



10,304,458 



424,194 



7, 612, 622 



350,681 







