FISHEEIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



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

 fisheries of Maryland in 1897 — Continued. 



Items 



Kent. 



Prince George. 



Queen Anne. 



St. Mary. 





No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



Vessels fishing 



2 

 25 



$1,375 











14 



118 



$5,450 



Tonnage 











Outfit 



900 

 11,150 











2,018 

 13,050 



Vessels transporting 



17 

 341 







11 

 187 



$8,260 



19 

 344 



"'"539" 



28 



Tonnage 







Outfit 



2,008 

 40, 627 







1,315 

 31,231 



2 239 



Boats 



711 



55 



$1,401 



641 



19,540 

 407 



Apparatus— vessel fisheries: 

 Oyster dredges or scrapes 



Seines 



2 



34 



2,306 



98 



415 



1,324 



23,323 



7,110 













Apparatus— shore fisheries: 

 Seines 



14 



30 



8 



1 



2,640 



610 



570 



15 



59 



145 



26 



1,597 

 1,034 

 3,120 



2 

 12 

 66 



375 



Gill nets 



585 



Pound nets 



9,105 



Trap nets and weirs 





Fvke nets 



175 



2,705 



90 



773 







Minor nets 



8 



40 



30 



'"""95' 



74 



814 



8 



Lines 





407 

 18 





245 



84 



64 



Eel jjots 



54 







172 



38 



Ovstcr dredges or scrapes 







704 



Tongs 



750 



4,500 

 6,634 







792 



4,878 

 4,556 



4,135 

 1,120 



Shore and accessory property 







915 









Total 





102,496 



' 6,191 





57,093 



58,868 







Items. 



Somerset. 



Talbot. 



Wicomico. 



Worcester, 



Total. 



No. 



381 

 4,092 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



Vessels fishing 



$179, 545 



92 

 835 



383 



i,"656' 



368 



$57,015 



"2i,'i75' 

 18,250 



"i,*935' 

 65,123 



5,520 



14 

 124 



'"s" 



146 

 '669* 



62 



$7,100 







1,087 

 13, 162 



$650,275 



Tonnage 







Outfit 



71,746 

 46,750 



1,469 

 5,700 



'837* 

 26,761 



808 







218,044 



Vessels transporting 



52 

 1,350 



7 

 215 



' "606' 



$9, 150 



""435' 

 13,224 



332 

 10,508 



i6,"677* 



3,877 



119 



72 



2 



428,285 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



6,951 

 116,690 



21,442 



418 



45 



47,938 

 662,455 



65,306 

 475 



Uoats 



1,720 



1,298 



100 



9 



Apparatus— vessel fisheries: 

 Oyster dredges or scrapes. . 



Crab dredges or scrapes 



Tongs 











1 



12 







560 



Seines ."... 











415 



Lines 



















6 



Eel pots 



















1,650 



*328 



t8,464 



839 



17 



7,117 



131 



833 



"3," 360" 

 50 

 1,837 

 2,687 



11,119 



... 



776 



Apparatus — shore fisheries: 

 Seines 







2 



1,240 



101 



5 



43 



200 



4,157 



7,335 



150 



394 



3 



588 

 21 



225 

 5,821 

 3,150 



106 



1,898 



1 



6,655 

 4,604 

 3,000 



38,867 



77,264 



80, 340 



775 



Gill nets 



75 

 34 



510 



4,885 



Pound nets 



Txap nets and weirs 



Fyke nets 



24 



445 



223 



3,401 







23, 108 

 2,320 

 1,915 

 2,233 



Trammel nets 







Minor nets 



302 



541 



102 



33 



113 



12, 725 



9,225 



6,828 



113, 876 

 162, 550 



119 



'"88" 



128 



780 



44 



15 

 '179* 



50 

 143 

 109 



69 

 ""138' 



308 



153 



69 



Lines 



Eel pots 



87 



50 



897 



2,489 



1,493 



1,770 



Spears 



113 



Oyster dredges or scrapes. . 



68 



680 



18 



202 







23, 511 



Crab dredges or scrapes . . . 

 Tongs 







9,819 



1,115 



7,224 



48, 884 

 23,075 



653 



3,924 



3,635 

 2, 000 



305 



1,469 

 17,712 



66,087 

 1, 878, 669 



!i<)re and accessory prop- 

 erty 



Gash capital 





1, 640, 285 















Total 





755,420 





262,069 





65,347 





55, 779 





5,821,610 







* Total length of sein 



es, 73, 

 JTota 



%<6 yards. 

 L length 



f tram 



tTotf 

 mel nets 



il len 

 3, 6,50 



gth of % 

 4 yards 



-•ill net 



s, 9:38,8 



S8 yard 



>. 



E.G., 1900— 18 



