252 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing the catch by minor apparatus in New Jersey in 1897 and 1898. 





Atlantic. 



Burlington. 



Cape May. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Shore fisheries: 

 Eels 



106,066 



80,000 



6,000 



$4,500 



2,000 



775 



100,400 



80,000 



6,000 



$4,265 



2,000 



775 











10,400 



$544 



10,000 



$515 



Crabs, hard 













Crabs, soft 



















King crabs 











50,000 



213 



40,000 



180 



Shrimp 



600 



200 



600 



200 













Terrapin 



2,431 

 400 



$309 

 34 







7,613 

 1,500 



3.820 

 75 







Turtles 















1,200 



60 



















Total 



192,666 



7,475 



187, 000 



7,240 



2,831 



343 







69,513 



4,652 



51,200 



755 













Cumberland. 



Gloucester. 



Monmouth. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Shore fisheries: 

 Carp 











10,400 



$520 



2,000 



$120 











Eels 











20,266 



18,800 



168,000 



$1,100 



564 



16,175 



22,500 



14,000 



178,000 



$1, 620 



Crabs, hard 



















420 



Crabs, soft 



















16,600 



King crabs 



148,000 



$370 



116, 000 



$290 





























Total 



148,000 



370 



116,000 



290 



10,400 



520 



2,000 



120 



207,066 



17, 839 



214,500 



18,640 





Ocean. 



Salem. 



Warren. 



Species. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 



1897. 



1898. 





Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val, 



Shore fisheries: 

 Carp 











56,300 

 1,010 



$2,815 

 51 



9,700 

 1,465 



$582 

 73 











Cat-fish 



















Eels 



25, 733 

 3,866 



33,456 

 2,296 

 2,197 

 1,700 



$1, 145 



104 



3,674 



1,365 



1,231 



164 



25, 333 

 3,000 



21, 177 

 2,085 



$1, 143 



80 



2,385 



1,265 



5,066 



$432 



4,666 



$384 



Crabs, hard 













Crabs, soft . 



















Shrimp 



Terrapin 



Turtles.. 



































1,700 



164 



6,000 



360 



5,200 



312 























Total 



69,248 



7,683 



53,295 



5,037 



63,310 



3,226 



16,365 



967 



5,066 



432 



4,666 



384 



SUMMARY. 



Species. 



Shore fisheries: 



Carp 



Cat-fish 



Eels 



Crabs, hard . 

 Crabs, soft... 

 King crabs . . 



Shrimp 



Terrapin 



Turtles 



Total . . . . 



1897. 



Lbs. 



66,700 



1,010 



167,531 



102, 666 



207,456 



198,000 



2,896 



12, 241 



9,600 



768, 100 



Value. 



$3,335 



51 



7,721 



2,668 



20,624 



583 



1,565 



5,360 



633 



42,540 



1898. 



Lbs. 



11,700 



1,465 



162, 899 



97,000 



205, 177 



156,000 



2,685 



8,100 



645, 026 



Value. 



$702 



73 



7,927 



2,500 



19,760 



470 



1,465 



536 



33,433 



