FISHERIES 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 Virginia in 1897. 



Items. 



Accomac. 



Alexandria. 



Caroline. 



Charles City. 



Chesterfield. 



No. 



181 

 1,936 



Value. 



No, 



1 



17 

 ....„ 



44 



"'94' 



1 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



Vessels fishing 



«89,957 



'3i,'3i6' 

 41, 750 



" '5,' 332' 

 106, 248 



3,000 



7,084 



975 



71 



662 



16, 275 



36 



430 



30 



165 



18 



17 



3,632 



8,146 



1,680 



2, 063 



52, 165 



$650 







1 



1 



Tonnage 









j 



Outfit 



165 

 2,200 













Vessels transporting 



31 



847 













Tonnage 













Outfit 



260 

 2,570 



150 











1 



Boats 



1,844 



5 

 296 

 304 

 139 



37 

 77 

 5 

 10 

 89 



13 



$160 



103 



$1,728 



8 $150 



Apparatus — vessel fisheries: 

 Seines 





Oyster dredges 













Oyster tongs and forks 

















Clara tongs, rakes, etc 















1 



Apparatus — shore fisheries: 

 Seines 



1 



100 



1 



15 

 6 



300 



1,500 



123 



1 



200 



5 



250 



Pound nets 





Gill nets ... 



87 



4,955 



137 



5,062 



3 



45 



fyke nets 





Minor nets. 











2 



5 

 2 



2 



6 



Lines 













Eel pots 



32 



14 



213 



1,690 



779 

 826 

















Spears 



















Oyster dredges or scrapes. . . 

 Oyster tongs 



































Clam tongs, rakes, hoes, 

 and forks 



















Crab dredges or scrapes 



Shore and accessory property. 





















300 





200 





1,100 







Cash capital 





61,750 







Total 





432,802 





11, 350 





2, 283 





8,097 





451 









^ Items. 



Dinwiddle. 



Elizabeth 

 City. 



Essex. 



Fairfax. 



Gloucester. 





No. 



Value. 



No. 



26 

 446 



Value. 



N^. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



Vessels fishing 







$38,035 





88 

 1,269 



$44, 325 



Tonnage 

















Outfit 







14, 149 

 9,750 



"i,'925' 

 18,385 



3,000 



1,565 



243 



4 











20, 253 



Vessels transporting 







9 

 283 



6 

 154 



"264' 



$3,800 







22 

 400 



16,250 



Tonnage 













Outfit 







868 

 6,740 







2,783 



Boats ■ 



9 



$90 



323 



5 

 32 

 70 



2 



67 



$3,968 



448 



27,345 



Apparatus— vessel fisheries: 

 Seines .' 



Oyster dredges 



















Oyster tongs and forks 















277 



1,055 



Ciarn tongs, rakes, etc 

















Apparatus — shore fisheries: 

 . Seines 







3 



26 



639 



18 



550 



2,825 

 682 

 225 



2 



40 

 19 



59 



8,150 



2,445 



900 



733 







Pound nets 







75 



22,850 



110 



30,250 



■Gill nets 



7 



105 





Fyke nets 











Minor nets 



2 



■ 6 











Lines 





240 













36 



Eel pots 









12 



297 



30 

 891 

 725 











Oyster tongs 







402 



1,447 

 97,790 

 57, 000 







933 



3,109 



Shore and accessory property 

 Cash capital 





75 





4,200 



2,100 



Total 





276 



266, 383 





17,336 







20, 396 





147, 506 









Items. 



Princess 

 Anne. 



Prince 

 George. 



Prince 

 William. 



Richmond. 



Stafford. 





No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



N esscls transporting 











1 



8 



$300 











Tonnage 



















Outfit 











55 

 1,735 



3,115 

 810 



1,250 

 420 











Boats 



159 



4 



16 



211 



$3,390 



2,100 



17,700 



1,398 



98 



1 



$1,090 

 100 



47 



3 

 12 

 20 

 24 



319 



$10,900 



33 



3 



42 



6 



$1,945 

 4,700 



Apparatus— shore fisheries: 

 Seines 



Pound nets 



89 

 1,784 



12, C25 

 1,784 



1,910 



Gill nets 



108 



4,176 



625 



Fyke nets 





Minor nets 







6 



15 

 3 











Lines 





212 















Eel pots J. 









100 

 401 



200 

 1,387 

 3,475 







Oyster tongs . 



100 



150 

 8,475 

 1,000 















Shore and accessory property . 

 Cash capital 





800 





1,280 





4,225 



Total 





M, 425 





6,184 







8,965 





30, 371 





13, 405 









