FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



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Summary of the yield of the line ftsheriea of New Jersey in 1897 and 1808. 



Species. 



VeHsel fisheries: 



Blue-fish 



Cod 



Croakers 



Drum 



Flounders 



Haddock 



Hake 



King-fish 



Scup 



Sea bass 



Sheepshead 



Squeteague 



Total 



Shore fisheries: 



Albacore 



Black bass 



Blue-fish 



Bonito 



Cat-fish 



Cod 



Croakers 



Drum 



Eels 



Flounders 



Haddock 



Hake 



King-fish 



Perch, white 



Scup 



Sea bass 



Sheepshead 



Skates 



Spanish mackerel 



Spots 



Squeteagiie, fresh 



Squeteague, salted 



Striped bass 



Tautog 



Tom cod or frost-fish 



Crabs, hard 



Turtles 



Total 



Total vessel and shore 



1897. 



Lbs. 



41,950 



763, .300 



25,400 



600 



32, 950 



9, 525 



6,700 



1,176 



36, 8.50 



378, 765 



4,100 



74,400 



1,374,715 



1,970 



150 



713,990 



77,200 



4,500 



52.5,040 



169,400 



66,300 



9,565 



4,58, 660 



157, 750 



43,a35 



18,050 



1,446 



166,700 



407,515 



27, 385 



4,000 



1,380 



1,400 



084, 150 



16,900 



5,270 



203,100 



200 



64,000 



1,650 



10,2.30,006 



11,604,721 



Value. 



«1,701 



26,108 



465 



6 



960 



567 



278 



63 



881 



14, .302 



738 



2,149 



47,208 



70 



12 



130,218 



2,300 



225 



.31,265 



2,888 



a50 



401 



10,086 



2,490 



889 



1,453 



75 



4,400 



53, 695 



4,a51 



100 



148 



128 



34,137 



971 



025 



3,810 



6 



2,500 



114 



288,507 



335, 715 



1898. 



Lbs. 



44,240 



722, (JOO 



35,070 



800 



32, 745 



9,825 



6,900 



1,215 



47,665 



394, 965 



5,120 



86,326 



1,-387,370 



2,800 



100 



4,669,890 



99,400 



3,300 



1,580,000 



22:3, 300 



64,900 



12, 4r 



.505, 65r 



2:^, 126 



72,300 



19,575 



950 



2:«, 8.50 



1,603, .515 



22, 1.50 



6,000 



6,200 



1,400 



1,215,600 



16,760 



5,000 



216,200 



200 



04,000 



1,6.50 



10,876,270 



12,263,640 



Value. 



$1,804 



27, 366 



669 



8 



935 



602 



287 



67 



1,177 



15,017 



921 



2,551 



51,404 



96 



8 



146,299 



2,985 



166 



49,404 



3,894 



645 



.539 



11,159 



7,201 



1,791 



1,070 



46 



6,341 



61,149 



3,936 



150 



705 



128 



37,818 



962 



668 



4,098 



6 



2, .500 



114 



344,377 



.395,781 



Tahle showing the catch of eels and lobsters by pots in New Jersey in 1897 and 1898. 





Vessel fisheries. 



Shore fisheries. 



Total. 



Counties. 



Eels. 



Lobsters. 



Eels. 



Lobsters. 



Lbs. 



Value. 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



1897. 

 Atlantic 











8,800 



10,666 



1,866 



4,000 



11, 7.33 



136,266 



120, 050 



$352 



775 



56 



200 



704 



7,200 



4,398 







8,800 

 10,666 

 21,866 

 3.5,200 

 11,7:« 

 199,866 

 128,480 



$352 



Bergen r. 















775 



Cape May 



20,000 



8600 











656 



Hudson 



5,000 



$400 



26,200 



$1,790 



2,390 



i»liddlesex 







704 



Monmouth 











63,600 

 4,4.30 



6,004 

 379 



13, 204 



Ocean 



4,000 



120 







4,897 











Total 



24,000 I 720 



6,000 



400 



293, 381 



13,685 



94,230 



8,173 



416,611 



22, 978 



1898. 

 Atlantic 











8,666 



18,066 



1,866 



6,000 



15,067 



143,333 



137,888 



345 



991 



56 



300 



910 



7,494 



6,083 







8,666 

 18,066 

 19,199 



47,260 



15,067 



222,833 



345 



Bergen 















991 



Cape May 



17,333 



660 











706 



Hudson 



10,000 



800 



31,250 



2,540 



3,640 



Middlesex 







910 



Monmouth 











79,500 

 8,126 



7,615 

 142 



15.109 



Ocean 



6,667 



240 







147, C7C b\ 465 











Total 



24,000 



890 



10,000 



800 



330,881 



15, 179 



113,876 



10,297 



478,757 



27,166 







