266 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table shovring the 



; yield of 



the shore fisheries of Delaware in 1897 — Continued 



• 



Apparatus and species. 



Kent. 



Newcastle. 



Sussex. 



Total. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Pound nets: 

 Alewives 











22,000 



1,300 



25, 000 



100 



15,650 



4,040 



23,200 



460 



S225 



65 



125 



8 



803 



182 



528 



46 



22,000 



1,900 



25,000 



100 



15,950 



4,040 



23,600 



1,060 



120 



$225 



Cat-fish 







600 



mo 



125 



Croakers 







125 



Eels 













8 



Perch 







300 



12 



815 



Shad 







182 



Squeteague 







400 

 600 

 120 



16 

 60 

 67 



544 



Striped bass 







106 



Terrapin 







67 



Total 







2,020 



215 



91,750 



1,982 



93, 770 



2,197 



Seines: 



Alewives, fresh 



Alewives, salted 



31,800 



$490 



297,200 



2,000 



63,000 



10,840 



1,207 



45 



3,150 



636 



1,469,707 



9,173 



1,788,707 



2,000 



84,000 



30, 590 



143,600 



54,000 



2,000 



33,500 



3,000 



189, 950 



17,950 



220, 628 



1,009,380 



80, 400 



100 



6,615 



10 800 



21 



10,870 

 45 



Carp 



21,000 



1,000 



127,000 



1,050 



40 



1,030 







4,200 



Cat-fish 



18, 750 



16, 600 



54,000 



2,000 



33,500 



3,000 



156, 350 



17,950 



193, 700 



612, 380 



49,400 



100 



3,489 



6,000 



21 



689 



649 



2,270 



85 



780 



40 



6, 704 



550 



6,760 



11,821 



5,342 



3 



1,072 



120 



11 



1,365 

 1,679 



Croakers 



Eels 







2 270 



Flounders 











85 



Mullet, fresh 











780 



Mullet, salted 











40 



Perch 



32,800 



1,224 



800 



32 



7,960 



Pike 



550 



Shad 



22, 888 



397,000 



12,200 



1,044 

 4,830 

 1,220 



4,040 



122 



7,926 



Squeteague 



16,651 



Striped bass 



18,800 



1,491 



8,053 



Sturgeon 



3 



Terrapin 



3,090 

 4,800 



710 

 96 



36 



12 



1,794 



Crabs, hard 



216 



Caviar 







11 



Total 



653,578 



11, 734 



396, 716 



6,695 



2, 626, 947 



46,069 



3,677,241 



64,498 



Fyke nets: 

 Alewives 











40,000 



180 



40,000 

 34,200 

 18, 410 

 23,900 

 2,100 

 6,300 

 32,400 



180 



Cat-fish 



20,300 

 2,910 

 4,600 

 2,100 

 6,300 



14,400 



1,398 

 246 

 190 

 154 

 252 

 714 



13,900 

 15,000 



877 

 722 



2,275 



Eels 



500 

 19,300 



20 

 652 



988 



Perch 



842 



Pike 







154 



Suckers 











252 



Turtle 







18,000 



1,064 



1,778 



Total 



50,610 



2,954 



28, 900 



1,599 



77,800 



1,916 



157, 310 



6,469 



Minor nets: 

 Carp 



7,300 

 1,000 

 2,400 

 4,800 



392 



50 

 104 

 216 











7,300 

 1,000 

 2,400 

 8,400 

 320 

 155,000 

 3,200 



392 



Cat-fish 











50 



Perch 











104 



Shad 







3,600 



135 



351 



Shrimp 



320 



160 



160 



Crabs, soft 







155,000 

 3,200 



5,133 

 160 



5,133 



Turtle 











160 



Total 



15,500 



762 



320 



160 



161,800 



5,428 



177, 620 



6,350 



Lines: 

 Croakers 











3,000 

 6,000 

 1,900 

 9,100 

 4,800 



120 

 300 

 95 

 343 

 240 



3,000 

 6,000 

 1,900 

 36,600 

 4,800 

 3,000 



120 



Pike 











300 



Sea bass 











95 



Squeteague 



27,500 



535 







878 



Tautog 







240 



Crabs, hard 



3,000 



40 







40 



Total 



30,500 



575 









24,800 



1,098 



55,300 



1,673 



Pots and spears: 

 Eels 



4,500 



270 



14,800 



672 



37,000 

 5,095 



2,144 



459 



56,300 

 5,095 



3,086 



Lobsters 



459 



Total 



4,500 



270 



14,800 



672 



42,095 

 232,960 



2,603 



61,395 



3,545 



Tongs: 

 Oysters, market 



244,440 

 329,000 

 573,440 



13, 968 

 11,750 







13, 472 



477,400 

 329,000 



27,440 



Oysters, seed 







11,750 



Total 



25, 718 







232,960 



13, 472 



806,400 



39,190 



Other apparatus: 

 Clams 



640 



075,000 



400 



45 



150 



2,025 



16 



15 







6,160 



1,380 



6,800 



675,000 



8,970 



1,587 



1,530 



King crabs 







2,025 



Turtle 



5,400 

 1,000 



293 

 60 



3,170 

 542 



149 

 620 



458 



Terrapin 



695 



Total 



676,085 



2,206 



6,400 



353 



9,872 



2,149 



692, 357 



4,708 



Grand total 2, 726, 697 



72,087 



1,772,115 



64,297 



3, 799, 695 



90,844 



8,298,507 



227,228 



