254 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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THE WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE. 



The wholesale trade in fishery products in New Jersey is of minor 

 consequence, the greater part of the products of all branches of the 

 fisheries being shipped to dealers in New York and Philadelphia. Of 

 the 14 firms handling oysters, clams, and fish at wholesale, 5 are located 

 at Newark, 1 at Elizabethport, 1 at Belford, and 7 at Seaside. The 

 following table exhibits the extent of this trade in 1897 and 1898: 



Table showing the wholesale trade in fishery products of New Jersey in 1897 and 1898. 



Items. 



1897. 



No. 



Value. 



1898. 



No. 



Value. 



Establishments . . 



Cash capital 



Wages paid 



Persons engaged . 



14 



96 



Lbs. 



Products sold: 



Alewives 



Blue-fish 



Bonito 



Butter-fish 



Cisco 



Cod 



Croakers and spots 



Cusk 



Eels 



Flounders 



Haddock, fresh 



Haddock, smoked 



Hake 



Halibut 



Herring 



Mackerel 



Perch, white and yellow 



Pike and pickerel 



Pollock 



Pompano 



Red snappers 



Scup 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Smelt 



Spanish mackerel 



Squeteague 



Striped bass 



White bass 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, soft 



Lobsters 



Oysters 



Clams, hard 



Clams, soft 



Clams, soft, opened 



Total 



13,000 



130,000 



4,000 



12,500 



30,000 



347,000 



65,000 



3,200 



38,500 



28,500 



36,000 



13,500 



7,500 



170,000 



155,000 



9,000 



4,000 



2,400 



1,000 



800 



7,000 



392,500 



34,000 



487,500 



170,000 



8,500 



149,500 



20,000 



3,500 



1 66, 667 



326,000 



60,800 



5560,000 



7135,000 



9115,800 



^1900,000 



4, 197, 667 



834,025 

 27,200 

 37, 020 



Value. 



$520 



7,800 



320 



1,000 



1,200 



17,350 



3,300 



96 



3,465 



1,140 



1,080 



1,080 



300 



18,700 



6,200 



900 



280 



216 



40 



120 



700 



19,625 



2,380 



39,000 



10, 200 



1,275 



5, 980 



2,400 



280 



4,000 



4,550 



4,864 



113,000 



23, 850 



9,580 



56,250 



14 



96 



Lbs. 



13,000 



145,000 



4,000 



11,500 



31,500 



355,000 



55,000 



3,500 



48,000 



32,000 



44,000 



13,500 



9.500 



177,000 



155,000 



9,500 



4,000 



3,200 



1,000 



800 



7,000 



425,000 



44,000 



525,000 



160,000 



9,500 



156,000 



26,000 



4,000 



2 66,667 



< 26, 000 



47,500 



6 469,931 



8 221,200 



1" 156. 800 



12 889,000 



363, 04; 



4,340,598 



$34,025 

 27,200 

 37,744 



Value. 



$520 



8,700 



320 



920 



1,260 



17.750 



3,300 



105 



4,320 



1.280 



1,320 



1,080 



380 



19, 470 



6,200 



,950 



280 



288 



40 



1-20 



700 



21,250 



3,080 



42,000 



9,600 



1,425 



6. 240 



3,120 



320 



4,000 



4.550 



3,800 



96, 025 



38, 213 



13,«20 



55,000 



371,746 



1 200,000 in number. 

 4 78,000 in number. 

 7 16,875 bushels. 

 1015,680 bushels. 



2 200.000 in number. 

 680,000 bushels. 

 827,650 bushels. 

 "90,000 bushels. 



3 78,000 in number. 

 6 67,133 bushels. 

 911,580 bushels. 

 12 88,000 bushels. 



