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EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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





Hunterdon. 



Mercer. 



Species. 



1897 





1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. * 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



$55 



200 



389 



32 



8 



9 



4,713 



333 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Shore fisheries: 

 Alewives 











7,500 



3,810 



7,715 



800 



200 



36 



106, 100 



3,460 



6,000 



2, 718 



8,232 



600 



250 



7 



70,040 



4,455 



60 



23, 505 



$45 



Carp 



1,350 

 150 



$25 

 6 



1,088 

 210 



$20 

 8 



138 



Cat-flsh 



463 



Perch, white 



24 



Perch, yellow 











10 



Salmon 



151 



108,400 



395 



20 



6,349 



40 







1 



Shad 



77,616 

 455 



4,590 

 46 



4,030 



402 



4 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Suckers 



8,800 



397 



8,050 



364 



22,120 



1.073 



1,129 





Total 



119,246 



6,837 



87,419 



5,028 



151,741 



6,812 



115,867 



6,246 





SUMMARY. 



Species. 



1897. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



1898. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Vessel fisheries: 



Alewives 



Blue-fish 



Carp 



Cat-fish 



Croakers 



Flounders 



Menhaden 



Perch, white 



Perch, yellow 



Scup 



Sea bass 



Squeteague 



Striped bass 



Suckers.. 



Total 



Shore fisheries: 



Alewives 



Blue-fish 



Bonito 



Butter-fish 



Carp 



Cat-fish 



Cod 



Drum 



Eels 



Flounders 



King-fish 



Menhaden 



Mullet, fresh 



Mullet, salted 



Perch, white 



Perch, yellow 



Pike and pickerel 



Salmon 



Scup 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Sheepshead 



Spots 



Squeteague 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Suckers 



Tautog 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, soft 



Terrapin 



Total 



Total vessel and shore 



7,000 



500 



5,200 



2,225 



1,500 



500 



24,545,625 



3,840 



300 



1,000 



- 2,000 



7,700 



7,413 



2,100 



24,586,903 



2,000,402 



22,050 



200 



3,300 



304,664 



108, 305 



50 



1,725 



95 '598 



100,960 



5,950 



1,096,400 



20, 925 



800 



425, 051 



5,660 



875 



994 



2,800 



800 



1,458,096 



9,150 



8,100 



754, 595 



196, 969 



2,350 



127, 330 



100 



3,400 



52, 757 



1,287 



6,811,643 



$70 

 15 



194 



114 



30 



15 



55,837 



258 

 16 

 30 

 60 



308 



1,136 



95 



4,000 



2,314 

 2,515 



450 



17,744,130 



3,045 



250 



5,400 

 9,435 

 2,800 



58,177 



17,774,339 



8,750 



870 



8 



150 



15,277 



5,413 



2 



18 



4,617 



3,061 



376 



1,807 



486 



40 



25, 964 



282 



60 



286 



74 



19 



50,370 



1,693 



320 



23,566 



21,984 



48 



6,150 



5 



102 



5,034 



736 



1,551,147 



24,200 



100 



3,250 



100,796 



118,301 



40 



1,600 



102, 064 



93, 875 



5,885 



911,900 



23,900 



500 



448, 400 



4,560 



725 



46 



300 



1,085 



1,101,506 



6,000 



8,600 



725, 690 



185, 798 



1,660 



139, 411 



100 



3,333 



63,901 



177,568 



5,628,673 



840. 



Ill 

 131 



12 



43,093 



194 



12 



238 



1,118 



128 



45,077 



7,922 



946 



4 



150 



5,464 



5,976 



2 



16 



4,852 



2,869 



379 



1,593 



555 



25 



26,502 



227 



51 



11 



4 



29 



33,897 



1,080 



350 



22,846 



19,707 



46 



6,727 



5 



100 



6,045 



148,380 



31, 398, 546 



235,745 



23,403,012 



193,457 



