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EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing the yield of the pound-net and weir fisheries of New Jersey in 1897 and 



i<?5<?— Continued. 





Middlesex. 



Ocean. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Shore fisheries: 

 Albacore 











1,000 



2,000 



8,000 



9,000 



150 



1,000 



6,000 



15,000 



250 



21,000 



12,000 



9,000 



1,600 



50 



5,500 



100 



550,000 



700 



'500 



$10 



60 



240 



180 



6 



30 



120 



300 



29 



88 



229 



160 



58 



6 



550 



1 



7,750 



30 



7 







Blue-fish 











20,000 

 30,000 

 40,000 



500 



20,000 



6,000 



25,000 



400 



81,000 

 750 



Bonito 











Butter-fish 











2,000 

 20 



Cero 











Cod 











400 



Croakers 











120 



Flounders 











500 



King-fish 











48 



Menhaden 



120,000 



$200 









Soup 







10,000 



1,000 



1,200 



120 



3,000 



500 



270,000 



1,000 



200 



Sea bass 













30 



Shad 











45 



Sheepshead 











18 



Spanish mackerel. 











750 



Spots 











20 



Squeteague 



Sturgeon 



2,000 



100 







4,050 

 70 







Tautog 













Caviar 











100 



45 



















Total 



122,000 



300 







642,850 



9,854 



428,820 



10,066 











Species. 



Shore fisheries: 



Albacore 



Alewives 



Blue-fish 



Bonito 



Butter-fish 



Cero 



Cod 



Croakers 



Drum 



Eels 



Flounders 



Haddock 



Hake , 



Hickory shad 



King-fish 



MacKerel 



Menhaden 



Mullet 



Perch, white 



Pollock 



Pompano 



Salmon 



Scup 



Sea Dass 



Shad 



Sheepshead 



Skates 



Spanish mackerel. 



Spots 



Squeteague 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Tautog 



Tomcod or frost- 

 fish 



Crabs, hard 



King crabs 



Caviar , 



Monmouth. 



1897. 



Lbs. Value 



7,150 



26,000 



61, 100 



270,000 



152,900 



4,950 



1,170,000 



57,800 



2,500 



300 



435,600 



100 



14,600 



1,719 



6,530 



24,300 



4,446,300 



300 



Total. 



1,021 



499, 100 



328,400 



82, 672 



7,050 



7,650 



85,500 



2,300 



{5,400,019 



19, 858 

 59,400 



1,000 



600 

 13,176,219 



$134 

 520 



2, 107 



6,970 



3,535 



154 



14,425 



1,114 



28 



11 



7,982 



3 



161 



69 



842 



1,628 



11,283 



358 



7,002 



5,958 



3,988 



867 



191 



8,637 



43 



95,427 



936 

 1,163 



300 

 175,850 



1898. 



Lbs. Value 



9,760 



16,250 



66, 470 



245, 722 



169, 660 



5,170 



243,000 



123,010 



2,044 



230 



490,800 



100 



15,442 



1,60C 



5,988 



16,480 



3,425,500 



2,500 



300 



1,025 



289, 150 



186, 468 



63,100 



7,265 



6,750 



61,300 



3,000 



6,161,953 



15,723 

 70,348 



1,350 



603 

 11,707,951 



$157 



325 



2,233 



6,152 



4,029 



159 



4,850 



2, 250 



21 



6 



9,505 



3 



173 



60 



781 



1,322 



8,427 



50 



360 



4,626 



3,577 



3,003 



910 



169 



6,347 



96 



116, 307 



758 

 1,380 



267 

 178,319 



Total. 



1897. 



Lbs. 



12,150 



26,000 



71,483 



278, 000 



213, 157 



5,100 



1,191,000 



75,800 



5,275 



12,366 



480, 100 



100 



19,700 



3,719 



17, 397 



24, 300 



4,893,300 



250 



9,300 



300 



40 



1,021 



551,100 



337,400 



88,304 



9,200 



7,650 



94,000 



10,950 



6, 511, 187 



24,230 



21,558 



60,300 



1,000 



29,587 



926,800 



600 



16, 013, 724 



Value. 



$224 



520 



2,511 



7,210 



5,697 



160 



14,795 



1,474 



68 



622 



8,967 



3 



371 



229 



1,826 



1,628 



12,379 



5 



664 



9 



10 



358 



8,431 



6,118 



4,229 



1,283 



191 



9,787 



230 



114, 349 



2,427 



1,026 



1,182 



5 



868 



3,912 



300 



214,068 



1898. 



Lbs. 



13,750 



16,250 



94,890 



275, 722 



258, 277 



5,670 



280,000 



141,010 



5,344 



7,496 



537,800 



100 



18,842 



3,500 



16, 822 



16,480 



3,505,500 



2.600 



6,010 



300 



40 



1,025 



339, 150 



187,468 



67,880 



9,465 



6,750 



66,700 



12,100 



7, 129, 288 



16,300 



18,223 



70, 748 



1,350 



31,096 



906,190 



703 



14,070,839 



Value. 



$237 



325 



3,580 



6,902 



7,879 



179 i 



5,590 



2,610 



53 



365 



10,530 



3 



281 



220 



1,764 



1,322 



8,965 



52 



407 



9 



10 



360 



6,026 



3,607 



3,207 



1,336 



169 



7,577 



306 



133,557 



1,635 



888 



1,392 



7 

 920^ 

 3,873 

 312; 



216,4551 



