FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



281 



Table sliowlng, by counties, the pound net, trap net, and weir catch in the shore fisheries of 



Maryland in 1897 — Continued. 



Species. 



Talbot. 



Wicomico. 



Worcester. 



Total. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Alewives, fresh 



Alewives, salted 



393,440 



$2, 536 



276,300 



$1,353 







6,972,799 



748, 760 



33,948 



1,000 



86,400 



13, 650 



170,227 



1,000 



203, 645 



42, 900 



52,499 



22,857 



3,752 



1,000 



279, 600 



217, 309 



161,660 



21,638 



310 



1, 738, 120 



2,175 



2,328 



394, 109 



206, 320 



12,710 



17, 220 



600 



$44, 175 







8, 412 



Blue-fish 



3,200 



128 







2,000 



1,000 



86, 000 



S80 



50 



2,320 



1,228 



Bonito 







50 



Butter-fish 











2,323 



Carp 











376 



Cat-fish 



18,250 



508 



4,150 



166 







5,207 



Cero 



1,000 



2,400 



10,500 



50 



72 



105 



50 



Croakers 



880 



27 







1,848 



Drum 







383 



Eels 



4,900 

 900 



155 

 36 



400 

 550 



22 

 24 



2,018 



Flounders 



1,200 



42 



898 



Hickory shad 



53 



King-fish 











1,000 



35 



35 



Menhaden 











227 



Perch, white 



26,780 

 7,400 

 2,130 



1,155 

 334 

 148 



2,400 



1,200 



324 



205 

 52 

 32 







11,051 



Perch, yellow 







4,897 



Pike 







1,822 



Pompano 



200 



750 



800 



1,200 



272, 000 



24 

 28 

 96 

 52 

 5,440 



35 



Shad^, 



459, 188 



i4,i75 



140,910 



4,441 



49, 331 



Spanish mackerel . . . 



206 



Spots 











91 



Squeteague 



1,800 

 11, 920 



72 

 802 



100 

 2,950 

 2,500 

 1,000 



3 



246 



72 



20 



7,754 





14, 157 



Sturgeon 



4,500 



220 



495 



Suckers 



1,200 



26 



396 



Caviar 







210 



















Total 



931, 988 



20, 102 



432,784 



6,636 



384,550 



8,614 



11,408,542 



157, 728 







Table showing, by counties, the fyke-net catch in the shore fisheries of Maryland in 1897. 



Species. 



Anne Arundel. 



Baltimore. 



Caroline. 



Cecil. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Alewives 



2,000 



$12 



14,800 



$38 



2,552 



$23 



14,440 

 1,260 

 1,000 



44,000 



10,250 

 124, 180 



36, 550 

 5,880 

 2,922 

 2,670 



14,000 

 1,400 



$95 



Black bass 



126 



Carp 







290 

 15. 110 

 3,790 

 13,904 

 51,165 

 24,722 



9 



302 



77 



696 



1,023 



2,327 



130 

 1,800 



750 

 4,670 

 3,410 



700 

 1,200 



760 

 1,130 



4 

 71 

 29 

 212 

 181 

 54 

 34 

 60 

 34 



30 



Cat-fish .• 



5,350 



257 



1,632 



Eels 



352 



Perch, white 



Perch, yellow 



2,200 



148 



5,159 

 1,160 



Pike 



1,350 



70 



468 



Shad 



84 



"Striped bass 







390 

 4,300 



27 

 86 



222 



Sue" cers 







296 



Turtles 







49 



















Total 



10,900 



487' 



128,471 



4,585 



17, 102 



702 



258,552 



9,673 







Species. 



Dorchester. 



Harford. 



Kent. 



Queen Anne. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Alewives 



2,400 



$93 







70,400 



$768 



9,600 



$117 



Black bass 



275 



$22 





Carp 











15,800 

 38,550 



410 



Cat-fish 



Croakers 



11,200 



491 



34, 560 



1,307 



20,500 



400 



925 



14,850 



9,750 



9,360 



11, 615 



2,310 



850 



676 



18 



32 



913 



486 



705 



325 



177 



25 



883 



Eels 







5,000 



21, 960 



5,000 



2,835 



182 



1,116 



150 



224 







Perch, white 



Perch, yellow 



Pike 



1,750 

 500 

 800 

 500 



1,050 

 850 



2,898 



1,300 



151 

 6 

 64 

 14 

 84 

 25 

 1,545 

 65 



4,400 

 6,800 

 300 

 1,307 

 1,550 

 2,700 



236 



330 



25 



Shad 



56 



Striped bass 



1,280 

 6,400 



64 

 108 



127 



Sue cers 



70 



Terrapins 





Turtles 





























Total 



23,248 



2,537 



77,310 



3,173 



140,960 



4,125 



81,007 



2,254 





