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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing, by counties, the vessels, boats, apparatus, and shore property employed in the 



fisheries of Maryland in 1897. 



Items. 



Anne Arundel. 



Baltimore. 



Calvert. 



Caroline. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



Vessels fishing 



27 

 216 



$9,665 



"3,' 209' 

 20,775 



"3,' 062' 

 67,000 



815 

 224 



183 

 4,459 



""'92' 

 4,334 



'"'73' 



629 



$230,386 



27 

 342 



""i4' 

 451 



'"566" 



106 

 15 



$10,955 







Tonnage 







Outfit 



59, 470 

 194,050 



6,046 

 12,200 







Vessels transporting : 



34 

 442 







Tonnage 







Outfit 



18,802 

 3,031 



12, 671 



1,970 

 35,350 



1,698 

 192 







Boats 



921 



38 

 35 



159 



$1, 697 



Apparatus— vessel fisheries: 

 Oyster dredges or scrapes 



Tongs 







Lines 





5 



3,650 



385 



a5o 



30 

 2,110 







Apparatus— shore fisheries: 

 Seines 



26 

 26- 

 60 



2,376 



466 



6,240 



13 



21 



10 



2 



806 



10 

 17 

 36 



965 



160 



5,950 



17 



506 



15 



1,835 



5,079 



800 



Gill nets 



Pound nets 



Trap nets and weirs 





Fyke nets 



25 



3 



132 



290 



210 



94 



136 



98 



425 



9,353 



20, 532 



15, 400 







52 



233 



Trammel nets 









Minor nets 



6 



30 











Lines 











Eel pots 



198 



17 



1,467 



82 

 4 



24 

 125 



16 



70 



1,148 



5 



1,050 

 8,857 

 1,535 







Oyster dredges or scrapes 







Tongs 







Shore and accessory property 





1, 533, 807 

 1,363,460 





5,190 



Cash capital 

















Total 





160, 370 





3,422,885 





85,832 





14.834 









Items. 



Cecil. 



Charles. 



Dorchester. 



Harford. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



Vessels fishing 







3 

 22 



$1,450 



344 

 2,929 



""'56' 

 2,171 



'i,"642' 



1,352 

 19 

 12 



1,550 



8 

 771 

 137 



$147, 335 







Tonnage 











Outfit 







525 

 2,650 



52, 457 

 79,450 



""7," 604' 

 94,082 



21,940 



57 



87 



776 



415 



3,214 



10,810 







Vessels transporting 







4 

 96 



5 

 49 



""237" 



$6,850 



Tonnage 









Outfit 







420 

 13,670 



105 



360 



Boats 



276 



$12,873 



313 

 6 



20, 155 



Apparatus — vessel fisheries: 

 Oyster dredges or scrapes 





Crab dredges or scrapes 











Tongs 















Eel pots. ; 















Apparatus— shore fisheries: 

 Seines 



14 



234 



144 



9 



4,322 



2 



7 



4,746 



9,583 



10,280 



580 



9,245 



160 



21 



6 



239 



66 



3,250 

 7,279 

 5,675 



14 



356 



16 



9,615 



Gill nets 



10,454 



Pound nets 



1,460 



Trap nets and weirs 





Fyke nets 







72 



12 



134 



"'753' 

 678 

 198 



2,277 



368 



35 



325 



171 



374 



7,523 



594 



13, 466 



62, 528 



67,300 



1,285 

 14 



7 



""506' 



3,144 



Trammel nets 







1,915 



Minor nets 



4 



26 



3 



45 



77 



350 



Lines 



29 



Eel pots 



905 



486 



88 

 11 



343 



Oyster dredges or scrapes 





Crab dredges or scrapes 











Tongs . 







305 



1,453 

 5,360 







Shore and accessory property 





9,200 

 500 





43, 195 



Cash capital 





6,000 















Total 





67, 673 





41,972 





570,911 





103, 870 









