258 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing^ by counties and impedes, the yield of the fisheries of Pennsylvania in 1897. 



Species. 



Bucks. 



Delaware. 



Lancaster. 



Monroe. 



Northampton. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Alewives, fresh . . . 



91, 670 



278,832 



100 



27,655 



8,930 



. 1,130 



354 



883,535 



1,786 



985 



17, 400 



110 



S755 



1,586 



13 



1,399 



451 



113 



68 



31,733 



168 



53 



939 



5 



29,500 



$383 















Alewives, salted . . 















Black bass 







3,265 

 12, 000 

 14, 507 

 11,711 



$330 

 520 



1,040 

 910 











Carp 



18, 075 

 9,600 

 7,000 

 36 

 445, 690 

 5,170 

 8,960 



1,103 



632 



502 



8 



9,063 

 515 

 207 











Cat-fish 











Eels 











Salmon 











Shad 



151,532 

 200 



8,i78 

 20 



17,400 



$1,150 



7,640 



$529 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 













Suckers 



4,900 

 100 

 528 

 825 

 120 

 42 



182 

 5 



66 



98 



12 



7 











Sun-fish 















Wall-eyed pike 















Terrapins 



















Turtles 



901 



66 















Frogs 

































Total 



1,313,388 



37,349 



524,031 



12,413 



199,730 



11,368 



17,400 



1,150 



7,640 



529 



Species. 



Alewives, fresh . 

 Alewives, salted 



Black bass 



Blue-fish 



Carp 



Cat-fish 



Eels 



Flounders 



Salmon 



Scup 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Suckers 



Sun-fish 



Wall-eyed pike . 



Oysters 



Terrapins 



Turtles 



Frogs 



Total. 



Philadelphia. 



Lbs. 



22,333 



12,800 



56, 370 



82,637 



17,475 



31,545 



24 



29,150 



900,000 



425,400 



2,400 



1,300 

 800 



1,861,538 



3,443,772 



Value. 



$159 



321 

 3,631 

 4.498 

 1,562 



792 

 5 



719 



36,000 



8,741 



288 



70 

 16 



143,974 



200, 776 



Pike. 



Lbs. Value 



24,960 



24, 960 



$1,418 



1,418 



York. 



Lbs. Value 



738 



850 



4,422 



14,478 



51,168 



1,650 



36 



73, 342 



$75 



42 



364 



1,186 



2,775 



53 



4,504 



Total. 



Lbs. 



143,503 



278,832 



4,103 



12,800 



114,950 



120,096 



51,794 



31,545 



414 



29,150 



900,000 



2,007,325 



9,556 



9,945 



25,250 



1,010 



528 



1,861,538 



825 



1,021 



78 



5,604,263 



Value. 



$1,297 



1,586 



418 



321 



6. 695 



6,985 



4,273 



792 



81 



719 



36,000 



63, 587 



991 



260 



1,244 



26 



66ja 

 143,97._ 



78 

 16 



269, 507 



THE CATCH OF SHAD. 



The following supplementary ' table shows in number, instead of 

 pounds, the catch of shad, and the value, in each county of Pennsyl- 

 vania on the Delaware and Susquehanna rivers in 1897: 



Counties. 



No. 



Value. 



Bucks 



Delaware 



Lancaster ^ 



Monroe ' 



Northampton 



Philadelphia 



Pike 



York 



Total 



* 2,007,325 pounds 



220, 884 



111,423 



37,883 



4,350 



1,910 



106,350 



6,240 



12, 792 



* 501, 832 



$31,733 

 ^,063 

 8,178 

 1,150 

 529 

 8,741 

 1,418 

 2,775 



63,587 



