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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing^ by counties, the number of persons employed in the fisheries of Delaware in 



1897. 



Items. 



On vessels fishing 



On vessels transporting 



On boats, in shore fisheries 

 Shoresmen 



Total. 



Kent. 



87 



576 



7 



670 



Newcas- 

 tle. 



10 



496 



46 



552 



Sussex. 



23 

 816 

 331 



1,170 



Total. 



87 

 33 



1,888 

 384 



2,392 



Table showing, by counties and species, the yield of the fisheries of Delaware in 1897. 



Species. 



Alewives, fresh.. 

 Alewives, salted 



Carp 



Cat-fish 



Croakers 



Eels 



Flounders 



Mullet, fresh 



Mullet, salted ... 



Perch 



Pike 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Squeteague 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Suckers 



Tautog 



Crabs, soft 



Crabs, hard 



King-cratjg 



Shrimp 



Lobsters 



Oysters, market . 

 Oysters, seed — 



Clams 



Turtle 



Terrapin 



Caviar 



Total. 



Kent. 



Lbs. Value 



35,400 



28,300 



22, 300 



215,000 



7,410 



87,800 

 10,600 



247, 332 



631,100 



38,410 



85,860 



29,900 



7,800 

 675,000 



411, 600 



501,830 



640 



14,800 



3,135 



21,870 



3,076,087 



$550 



1,442 



1,488 



1,470 



516 



4,060 

 781 



7,932 

 9,087 

 3,160 

 2,905 

 1,300 



136 

 2,025 



32,502 



17, 923 



150 



730 



725 



8,100 



96,982 



Newcastle. 



Lbs. 



350,000 



2,000 



83,000 



25,340 



"29," 800' 



41,500 



974,216 



400 



25,500 



187,380 



320 



5,400 



1,156 



46, 103 



1,772,115 



"Value. 



$1,647 



45 



3,750 



1,573 



"'i,'394" 



3,276 



26,926 



16 



2,365 



5,638 



160 



293 



139 



17,075 



64,297 



Sussex. 



Lbs, 



1,537,207 



20, 650 



82,600 



91, 600 



2,000 



34, 700 



3,000 



270, 000 



30,650 



1,900 



398, 816 



809, 380 



64, 860 



7,110 



5,300 



4,800 



155,000 



6,000 



5,095 

 232,960 



6,160 



24,370 



4,031 



1,506 



3,799,695 



Value. 



$9,668 



786 



1,084 



4,442 



85 



804 



40 



11,792 



1,246 



95 



13, 104 



16,046 



6,508 



471 



243 



240 



5,133 



120 



459 

 13,472 



1,380 



1,373 



1,692 



561 



90,844 



Total. 



Lbs. 



1,922,607 



2,000 



111,300 



68,290 



297, 600 



128,810 



2,000 



34, 700 



3,000 



399, 300 



41,250 



1,900 



1,620,364 



1,440,880 



128,770 



280, 350 



35,200 



4,800 



1155,000 



213,800 



3 675,000 



320 

 5,095 



4 644,560 

 6 501,830 



6 6,800 



44,570 



8,322 



69, 479 



8,647,897 



Value. 



$11,865 



45 



5,192 



3,847 



2,554 



6,352 



85 



804 



40 



19,128 



2,027 



95 



47, 962 



25, 149 



12, 033 



9,014 



1,543 



240 



5,133 



256 



2,025 



160 



459 



45, 974 



17,923 



1,530 



2,396 



2,556 



25, 736 



262, 123 



1 465,000 in number. 



2 41,400 in number. 



3 337,500 in number, 



4 92,080 bushels. 



6 71,690 bushels. 

 6 850 bushels. 



THE SHAD FISHERY. 



The shad fishery of Delaware is prosecuted chiefly in the Delaware 

 and Nanticoke rivers. In the former the yield was 1,368,364 pounds, 

 valued at $40,717, and in the latter 252,000 pounds, valued at $7,245. 



The following table shows the quantity of shad taken in each county 

 of the State, in number instead of pounds, for the year 1897: 



Counties. 



No. 



Value. 



Kent 



65,955 

 259, 791 

 106, 351 



$7,932 



Newcastle 



26,926 



Sussex , 



13,104 









Total 



1432,097 



47, 962 







1 1,620,364 pounds. 



