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entrance of creeks and at other convenient places to prevent fish 

 (chiefly carp) from escaping when the tide recedes. 



The products of the hand, trawl, and trot line fisheries by vessels 

 and boats in 1897 aggregated 11,604,721 pounds, valued at $335,715, 

 and in 1898, 12,^63,640 pounds, valued at 1395,781; the most impor- 

 tant species being blue-fish, cod, sea bass, and squeteague. 



The group of apparatus yielding the. largest returns, in both the 

 vessel and shore fisheries, included oj^ster tongs and dredges, crab 

 dredges, clam tongs, rakes, and hoes. The products of these in 1897 

 were valued at $2,303,383. The most important items in this value 

 were oysters and clams, the former being valued at $1,682,015 and the 

 latter at $607,520. The catch by these forms of apparatus in 1898 

 was worth $2,274,594, the value of the oyster fishery being $1,669,324, 

 and of the clam fishery $590,684. Other products secured in consider- 

 able quantities each year were hard crabs, scallops and mussels. 



Pots for lobsters and eels were operated to a limited extent, the catch 

 being worth $22,978 in 1897, and $27,166 in 1898. 



The products taken with minor forms of apparatus employed in the 

 shore fisheries were worth $42,540 in 1897, and $33,433 in 1898. 



The following tables show the quantity and value of the products by 

 counties and apparatus for the years 1897 and 1898: 



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





Atlantic. 



Burlington. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 



. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Vessel fisheries: 

 Menhaden 



5,225,625 

 665 



$10,887 

 65 



3, 104, 130 

 500 



86,467 

 50 











Perch, white 



Squeteague 



1,530 



3,000 



320 



8111 



150 



54 



645 



3,000 



130 



849 

 150 



Striped bass 



5,350 



960 



4,000 



720 



27 



Total 



5,231,640 



11, 912 



3,108,630 



7,237 



4, 850 



315 



3,775 



22fi 







Shore fisheries: 

 Alewives 



14,200 

 4,250 



65 

 210 



29,880 

 4,150 



107 

 205 



520,500 



1,785 



78,000 



315 



Blue-fish 





Carp 



74,900 

 26,565 



3,956 

 1,231 



27,050 

 25, 669 



1,431 



Cat-fish 











1,184 



Drum 



1,000 



38, 999 



74,010 



2,230 



1,600 



800 



85,800 



10 



1,899 



2,119 



147 



88 



40 



6,263 



1,000 



45,600 



68, 500 



2,300 



1,300 



500 



66,150 



10 



2,149 



1,852 



146 



73 



25 



4,849 





Eels 











Flounders 



300 



15 



200 



10 



King-fish 





Mullet, fresh 











Mullet, salted 











Perch, white 



Perch, yellow 



36, 375 



2,060 



500 



37 



2,200 



106 



30 



8 



27,550 



1,500 



375 



8 



1,565 

 78 



Pike and pickerel. 

 Salmon 



75 



6 



50 



4 



23 

 4 



Scup 



100 



700 



100 



9,000 



1,300 



349,200 



27,435 



2 



14 



10 



1,670 



18 



10, 937 



3,169 



100 



700 



100 



6,000 



1,300 



374,500 



17,715 



2 



14 



10 



1,080 



18 



11, 705 



2,086 





Sea bass 











Shad 



406,600 



10,900 



323, 898 



7,658 



Sheepshead 



Spots 











Squeteague 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



3,000 



12, 373 



300 



44,431 



150 



1,489 



8 



2,173 



3,000 



11, 562 



450 



45, 952 



150 



1,310 



20 



Suckers 



200 

 1,103 



5 

 626 



200 



5 



2,173 



Terrapin 

















Total 



612,102 ] 27,298 



620, 045 



24,340 



1,127,941 



24, 051 



545, 214 



15 921 







Grand total .. 



- ■ ■ - J 



6,843,742 



39, 210 



3,728,675 



31,677 



1,132,791 



24, 366 



548, 989 



16, 147 



