FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



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Table showing the yield of the seine fisheries of New Jersey, etc. — Continued. 





Middlesex. 



Monmouth. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Vessel fisheries: 

 Flounders 















450 



12,720,000 



400 



4,000 



$12 



Menhaden 











15,120,000 



$37,950 



34,226 



Squeteague 











8 



Striped bass 















280 



Total 











15, 120, 000 



37, 950 



12,724,850 



34,526 



Shore fisheries: 

 Alewives 



48,000 

 10,300 



$80 

 340 



6,000 

 10,800 



$12 



348 



8,112 



1,800 



200 



5,000 



2,500 



640,000 



2,000 



3,400 



26,500 



500 



1,000 



12,000 



66 



80 



8 



200 



66 



1,000 



110 



200 



520 



46 



30 



900 



10, 112 



6,000 



100 



15, 666 



2, 500 



240, 000 



1, 600 



2,800 



29,250 

 1,000 

 3,000 



18,000 



81 



Blue-fish 



250 



Bonito •. 



4 



Eels 



2,666 



1,000 



444,400 



100 



3,476 



13,500 



300 



160 

 60 



707 

 10 



174 



375 

 26 



666 



1,200 



658,400 



100 



7,152 



16,000 



800 



40 



72 

 1,113 



10 

 278 

 700 



78 



700 



Flounders 



80 



Menhaden 



-Perch, white 



Shad 



375 



88 



160 



Squeteague 



Striped bass 



Sue cers 



545 



84 



115 



Crabs, soft 











1,350 



Total 



623, 742 



1,932 



701, 118 



2,651 



702,012 



3,225 



330,028 



3,832 



Total vessel 

 and shore . . . 



623, 742 



1,932 



701,118 



2,651 



15,822,012 



41,176 



13,054,878 



38,358 





Ocean. 



Salem. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value* 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Vessel fisheries: 

 Menhaden 



4,200,000 



$7,000 



1,920,000 



$2,400 











Shore fisheries: 

 Alewives 



697,500 

 4,100 



3,130 

 160 



*980, 300 

 1,100 



4,280 

 40 



53,000 



$263 



6o,ooa 



$400 



Blue-fish 





Carp 



129,100 

 27,261 



6,455 

 1,362 



38,100 

 32, 914 



2,286 

 1,646 



Cat-fish 



500 

 50 



45 

 2 



1,000 



40 



2,666 



3,000 



40 



13,500 



1,000 



317, 240 



75 



2 



120 



162 



10 



105 



30 



17, 713 



Cod 



Eels 











Flounders 



4,000 



20 



12,000 



106 



5 



100 











Kingfish ..; 











Menhaden 











Mullet, fresh 











Perch, white 



Perch, yellow 



265, 275 



15, 107 



1,525 

 1,000 



61 

 40 



1,720 

 800 



68 

 32 



Pike and pickerel . 



300 



2,700 



100 



ir400 



150 



2,300 



98,615 



46, 760 



100 



100 



3,400 



40, 757 



184 



24 



72 



5 



• 95 



28 



92 



2,441 



7,644 



6 



5 



102 



4,134 



110 



300 



200 



100 



1,400 



24 

 2 

 5 



95 





Scup 











- Sea bass 











Shad 



66,900 



2,175 



80,550 



2,299 



Sheepshead 



Spots 



2,300 

 57.450 

 49,950 



8,200 

 100 



3,333 

 45, 901 



92 



1,204 



8,126 



491 



5 



100 



4,695 











Squeteague 











Striped bass 



Sue cers 



24,100 

 13, 045 



2,410 

 522 



23,300 

 15,019 



2,330 

 601 



Tautog 





Crabs, hard 











Crabs, soft 











Terrapin 











Total 



1, 180, 311 



33,408 



1,489,120 



37,376 



315,931 



13, 278 



252,403 



9,662 



Total vessel 

 and shore . . . 



5,380,311 



40, 408 



3,409,120 



39,776 



315, 931 



13, 278 



252,403 



9,662 





Sussex. 



Warren. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Shore fisheries: 

 Scup 















31 

 50,120 



14,885 



$6 



Sheepshead 



Tautog 



8,800 



$660 



6,800 



$510 



54,000 

 15,030 



$3,867 



901 



4,768 



3,526 

 893 



Total 



8,800 



660 



6,800 



510 



69, 030 



65,036 



4,425 





