290 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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The crustacean and molluscan products above shown in pounds are 

 given by number and bushels in the following table: 



Products. 



Crabs, hard , '. 



Crabs, soft 



Clams bushels. 



Oysters do. . . 



No. 



15,994,194 



3,204,348 



105, 196 



7,023,848 



Value. 



$2g,331 



39, 914 



66,097 



2,041,683 



STATISTICS BY COUNTIES. 



There are in Virginia 34 counties bordering on the tidal waters, in 

 all of which the commercial fisheries are more or less extensive. The 

 most important of these, from a fishery point of view, are Accomac, 

 Lancaster, Northumberland, Middlesex, Elizabeth City, Norfolk, 

 Mathews, Northampton, York, and Gloucester. The fisheries in some 

 of the remaining 24 counties are of comparatively small extent. The 

 following series of tables present detailed statistics for each county for 

 1897: 



Table showing the number of persons employed in the fisheries of Virginia in 1897. 



Counties. 



In vessel 

 fisheries. 



On vessels 

 trans- 

 porting. 



In shore 



or boat 



fisheries. 



Shores- 

 men. 



Total. 



Accomac 



1,023 

 8 



107 

 10 



2,470 



180 



28 



201 



26 



18 



614 



571 



176 



837 



34 



177 



230 



122 



44 



294 



200 



2,188 



1,650 



2,682 



378 



260 



1,005 



592 



1,080 



288 



164 



127 



681 



134 



72 



168 



596 



863 



490 



4,090 

 198 



Alexandria 



Caroline 





28 



Charles City 









201 



Chesterfield 









26 



Dinwiddie 









18 



Elizabeth City 



179 



35 

 19 



489 



1,317 



Essex 



590 



Fairfax 





9 



185 



Gloucester 



354 



58 



1,249 

 34 



Hanover 





Henrico 









177 



Isle of Wight 



109 



11 



7 



17 



94 



237 

 42 

 12 



306 



2 





341 



James City 





133 



King and Queen 







51 



King George 







311 



King William 



16 

 62 

 126 

 49 

 25 



197 

 363 



507 



Lancaster 



2,850 



Mathews 



1,818 



Middlesex 



17 



79 



2,760 



Nansemond 



788 



New Kent 



260 



Norfolk 



620 

 140 

 573 



133 

 62 

 25 



1, 805 

 113 

 266 

 103 



3,563 



Northampton 



907 



Northumberland 



1,944 



Princess Anne 



391 



Prince George 







164 



Prince William 





2 

 32 



5 



134 



Richmond 



38 



751 



Stafford 



13 



147 



Surry 







72 



Warwick 



124 

 160 



228 



17 

 11 



29 





309 



Westmoreland 





767 



York 



76 



1,196 







Total 



4,282 



820 



19,150 



4,026 



28,277 







