260 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing, by counties and apparatus of capture, the yield of the shore fisheries of 



Pennsylvania in 1897. 



Species. 



Bucks. 



Delaware. 



Lancaster. 



Philadelphia. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Seines: 

 Alewives, fresh 



91,670 



278,832 



27,655 



7,600 



S755 



1,586 



1,399 



380 



500 



$8 







18, 667 



$137 



A lewives, salted 









Carp 



18,075 

 300 



1,103 

 15 



12,000 



$520 



55, 160 



27, 100 



3,900 



3,510 

 1 526 



Cat-fish 



Eels 







252 



Salmon 



314 



694, 440 



1,786 



985 



17, 400 



63 



26, 112 



168 



53 

 939 













Shad 



Striped bass 



240 

 60 



6 

 4 



83, 932 



4,778 



41,200 

 2,400 



1,030 



288 



Sturgeon 









Suckers 







4,000 



155 



1,300 

 800 



70 



Sun-fish 







16 



Wall-eyed pike , . 









100 



\2 



















Total 



1,120,682 



31,455 



' 19, 175 



1,136 



100,032 



5,465 



150, 527 



6,829 



Gill nets: 

 Alewives 







29,000 



36 



445,450 



5,110 



8,960 



375 



8 



9,057 



511 



207 







3,666 



24 



384,200 



22 



Salmon 



40 

 189,095 



5 

 5,621 







5 



Shad 







7,711 



Striped bass 







Sturgeon 





























Total 



189, 135 



5,626 



488,556 



10, 158 







387,890 



7,738 











Fyke nets: 

 Cat-fish 







8,800 

 300 



592 

 24 



10,000 



700 



54,737 

 10, 630 



2,932 

 1,015 



Eels 



















Total 







9,100 



616 



10,000 



700 



65, 367 



3,947 











Dip nets: 

 Carp 















1,210 

 800 



121 



Cat-fish 















40 



Shad 











67,600 

 225 



42 



3,400 



38 



7 





Terrapins 















Frogs 





























Total 











67,867 



3,445 



2,010 



161 















Lines: 

 Black bass 



100 

 1,330 

 1,130 



13 



71 



113 







3,265 

 2,007 

 1,211 

 200 

 100 

 428 

 600 

 120 



330 



160 



110 



20 



5 



54 



60 



12 







Cat-fish 



500 

 900 



25 



72 







Eels 







Striped bass 







Sun-fish 



110 



5 











Wall-eyed pike 











Terrapins Z 















Turtles. .. 



901 



66 





















Total 



3,571 



268 



1,400 



97 



7,931 



751 













Pots: 

 Eels 







5,800 



406 







2,945 



295 















Cat-fish 











2,500 



10,500 



900 



180 



800 



27 







Eels 















Suckers 





























Total 











13,900 



1,007 





















Grand total 



1, 313, 388 



37, 349 



524,031 



12, 413 



199, 730 



11, 368 



608, 739 



18, 970 







