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





Salem, 



Sussex. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Alewives 



53, 000 



391,100 



34,871 



1,725 



1,000 



117 



6,436,400 



27,900 



24, 150 



495, 806 



13,045 



122, 715 



$253 



19,655 



1,743 



69 



40 



53 



148, 050 



1,563 



2,415 



16,568 



622 



40,905 



60,000 



95,400 



38, 379 



2,020 



800 



$400 



5,682 



1,919 



80 



32 











Carp 











Cat-fish 











Perch, white 











Perch, yellow 











Salmon 











Shad 



6,839,550 



27,500 



23,450 



■ 353, 858 



15,019 



94,196 



2,912 



6,200 



133,394 



1,547 



2,345 



13,641 



601 



48,862 



600 



312 



8,800 



$660 



6,800 



$510 



Squeteague, fresh . . . 

 Striped bass 













Sturgeon 











Suckers 











Caviar 











Oysters, market 











Turtle 



6,000 



360 



. 







, 













Total 



7,607,829 



232, 096 



7,558,284 



209,316 



8,800 



660 



6,800 



510 









Union. 



Warren. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Eels 











5,066 



$432 



4,666 



31 



50.120 



$384 



Salmon 











6 



Shad 











64,000 

 15, 030 



3,867 



3,526 

 893 



Suckers 











901 14, 885 



Oysters, seed 



192,500 



$11,000 



525,000 



$30,000 













Total 



192, 500 



11,000 



525,000 



30,000 



74,096 



6,200 



69, 702 



4,809 





The shad fishery of New Jersey exceeds in value that of any other 

 species of iish proper taken in the State. About 89 per cent of the 

 catch is from the Delaware River, a little over 9 per cent from the 

 Hudson River, and less than 2 per cent from other waters. Nearly 

 half of the catch is credited to Salem County. An interesting feature 

 in connection with this fishery on the Delaware River is the recent 

 introduction of naphtha motors for propelling shad gill-net boats. At 

 Bridgeport, N. J., one boat used naphtha in 1898, and four in 1899. 



Table showing the number of shad taken in each county of New Jersey in 1897 and 1898. 



Counties. 



1897. 



1898. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



Atlantic 



250 



115, 200 



283, 492 



351,863 



970 



119, 846 



314, 740 



183, 700 



27,100 



67, 625 



2,469 



33, 325 



17, 850 



1,294,800 



2,200 



13,500 



$74 



17,934 



29, 762 



33,434 



174 



17,509 



33, 189 



26,226 



6,349 



12,131 



624 



8,996 



3,953 



148, 050 



660 



3,867 



60 



129,855 



224, 347 



237,010 



870 



135,160 



342, 600 



172,625 



19,404 



61,800 



3,038 



26, 419 



16,475 



1,376,850 



1,700 



12, 530 



$16 



Bergen 



18,510 



21, 514 



17,328 



164 



Burlington 



Camden 



Cape May 



Cumberland _ 



17,160 



30, 418 



22, 843 



4 590 



Gloucester 



Hudson 



Hunterdon 



Mercer 



12, 030 



Middlesex 



623 



Monmouth 



6,428 



Ocean 



3 540 



Salem 



133, 394 

 610 



Sussex 



Warren 



3,526 







Total 



12,828,930 



342, 931 



2 2,749,723 



293, 173 







113, 000, 783 pounds. 



212,844,432 pounds. 



