FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



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are all located on the Chesapeake except Worcester, which borders on 

 the Atlantic Ocean and has a coast line about 35 miles long. Of the 

 14 counties in the western part of the State, 7 have fishery interests. 

 These are Harford, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, and Calvert, on the bay; 

 Prince George and Charles, on the Potomac River, and St. Mary, 

 bordering the Potomac and Patuxent rivers and the bay. 



The counties having the most important fisheries were Anne Arundel, 

 Baltimore, Dorchester, Somerset, and Talbot. The number of per- 

 sons employed in the industry in Anne Arundel County was 2,893, 

 the amount of capital invested $160,370, and the value of the products 

 $263,366. In Baltimore County the number of persons emplo3'ed was 

 13,823, capital inv^ested $3,422,885, and the value of the products 

 $254,887. The large number of persons employed and amount of 

 capital invested in this county are chiefly due to the extensive oyster- 

 canning industry and opened-oyster trade of the city of Baltimore. 

 The products of the fisheries proper do not equal those of Anne 

 Arundel County. The fisheries of Dorchester County gave employ- 

 ment to 5,963 persons, the capital invested amounted to $570,911, and 

 the value of the products to $684,847. The number of persons 

 employed in Somerset County was 7,069, capital invested $755,420, 

 and the products were valued at $671,365. Talbot county had 3,011 

 persons employed, $262,069 invested, and the value of the products 

 was $384,383. These counties were also the most prominent ones in 

 the vessel fisheries. The largest number of vessels was in Somerset 

 and Dorchester, the former having 433 and the latter 394. The 

 fisheries of Worcester Count}^ were also important, the value of its 

 products amounting to $307,030, being surpassed in this, respect only 

 by Dorchester, Somerset, and Talbot counties. The oyster fisheries 

 were of greatest importance in Dorchester County, the crab fisheries 

 in Somerset, and, in value, the shad fisheries in Talbot. 



The three following tables show the extent of the fisheries in each 

 county of Maryland in 1897: 



Table shovring the number of persons employed in the fisheries of Maryland in 1897. 



Counties. 



In vessel 

 fisheries. 



On trans- 

 pori;ing 

 vessels. 



In shore 



or boat 



fisheries. 



Shores- 

 men. 



Total. 



Anne Arundel 



105 



1,681 



180 



77 



395 



52 



2,352 



161 



1,217 



361 



633 



658 



2,741 



570 



1,260 



142 



1,135 



1,039 



2,790 



1,585 



1,036 



860 



359 



11,686 



73 



2,893 



Baltimore 



13, 823 



Calvert 



1,522 

 361 



raroline 



(^ecil 







32 



30 



1,030 



275 



665 



Charles 



15 

 2,006 



11 



186 



11 



41 



714 



Dorchester 



5,963 



Harford 



856 



Kent 



13 



1,314 



Prince George 





142 



Queen Anne 





27 

 56 

 169 

 56 

 22 

 22 





1,162 



St. Mary 



70 



2,285 



628 



79 





1,165 



Somerset 



1,825 



742 



112 



21 



7,069 



Talbot 



3,011 



Wicomico 



1,249 



Worcester 



903 









Total 



6,962 



1,125 



18,540 



16,185 



42,812 







