284 REPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing the catch of eels by pots and spears in Maryland in 1897. 



Counties. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Counties. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Shore fisheries: 

 Anne Arundel 



19,200 



13,225 



940 



53,850 



3,700 

 22,750 

 44,-930 



4,100 

 14,990 



4,200 



$730 



265 



28 



1,600 

 180 

 910 



1,733 

 116 

 635 

 210 



Shore fisheries: 

 Somerset.. 



34,210 



11,600 



6,400 



11,200 



$1,081 

 376 



Baltimore 



Talbot . 



Calvert 



Wicomico 



254 



Cecil 



Worcester .... 



482 



Charies ... 



Total 





Dorchester 



245,295 



8,600 



Harford. 



Vessel fisheries: 

 Dorchester 



Kent 



61,000 





Queen Anne 



2,440 



St. Mary 









Note. — ^All taken with pots except 30,000 pounds, $900, speared in Somerset County. 

 Table showing the catch by dredges in Maryland in 1897. 



Counties. 



Oysters. 



Crabs, soft. 



Crabs, hard. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value, 



Vessel fisheries: 

 Anne Arundel 



205,450 

 3,292,310 



253, 680 



24,500 



5,403,650 



127, 085 

 4,864,846 

 2,631,811 



111, 790 



$12, 149 



237,207 



18, 063 



1, 225 

 269, 806 



7,262 

 269, 587 

 121, 177 



6,575 











Baltimore 











Calvert 











Charles 











Dorchester 



16,900 



$760 







St. Mary 







Somerset 



102, 717 



4,552 



15, 867 



$142 



Talbot 





Wicomico 





















Total 



16,915,122 



943, 051 



119, 617 



5,312 



15, 867 



142 







Shore fisheries: 

 Anne Arundel 



124, 600 



7,700 



191,450 



47, 250 



2,059,610 



342, 090 



1,827,406 



188, 510 



28, 735 



8,053 



440 



13, 675 



2,363 



101,291 



19, 870 



105, 775 



8,042 



1,634 











Baltimore 











Calvert 











Charles 











Dorchester 



146,867 



6,596 







St. Mary 







Somerset 



3,166,569 



131,916 



200, 700 



1,756 



Talbot 





Wicomico 





















Total 



4, 817, 351 



261,143 



3,313,436 



138, 512 



200, 700 



1,756 







Grand total 



21,732,473 



1, 204, 194 



3,433,053 



143,824 



216, 567 



1,898 



Table showing the catch by tongs in Maryland in 1897. 



Vessel fisheries: 

 Anne Arundel 



Calvert 



Dorchester 



Somerset 



Wicomico 



Total. 



Shore fisheries: 

 Anne Arundel , 



Calvert 



Charles 



Dorchester 



Kent 



Queen Anne . . 



St. Mary 



Somerset 



Talbot 



Wicomico 



Worcester..- 



Total. 



Grand total 



Counties. 



Oysters. 



Lbs. 



167,734 



15,400 



23,912 



11,900 



2,100 



221,046 



3,595,585 

 1,442,525 

 452, 480 

 5,724,887 

 2, 325, 834 

 2,725,821 

 2, 262, 596 

 2, 240, 406 

 4, 235, 553 

 1,574,825 

 * 2, 250, 507 



28,831,019 



29,052,065 



Value. 



$10,457 



1,215 



900 



636 



150 



13,357 



202, 

 105, 



25, 

 255, 

 140, 

 122, 

 132, 

 134, 

 203, 



88, 

 256, 



022 

 215 

 559 

 578 

 625 

 953 

 571 

 672 

 217 

 597 

 642 



1,667,651 



1, 681, 008 



Clams. 



Lbs. 



49,368 



72,920 



122,288 



122,288 



Value. 



$3,780 



6,062 



8,842 



8,842 



* Includes 41,500 pounds of seed oysters. 



