FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



293 



Vessels, hoals, apparatus, etc., employed in t/ir Jisherirs of Virginia in 1897 — Continued. 



Items. 



Vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels transporting 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Apparatus — vessel fisheries: 



Oyster dredges 



Oyster tongs and forks 



Apparatus — shore fisheries: 



Seines 



Pound nets 



Gill nets 



Fyke nets 



Lines : 



Eel pots 



Oyster dredges or scrapes . 



Oyster tongs 



Shore and accessory property 

 Cash capital 



Total. 



Surry. 



No. Value. 



39 



874 

 "36" 



$1,205 



100 



2,971 



12 

 36 



700 



5, 024 



Warwick. 



No. Value. 



25 

 301 



6 

 64 



71 



88 



6 



1 



100 



95 



85,250 



Westmore- 

 land. 



No. Value. 



2,121 

 2,750 



467 

 3,200 



300 



3.30 

 200 

 200 



27 

 288 



3 



28 



308 

 54 



6 

 76 

 23 



20 



67 



370 3,24 

 550 I 



J 15,788 



$9,875 



4,600 

 700 



325 

 15, 371 



1,290 



600 



8,870 



123 



24 



469 

 1,306 

 1,530 



45,083 



York. 



No. Value. 



70 

 684 



11 



260 



431 



175 



18 



7 



32 



954 



$27, 625 



13,588 

 9,850 



1,946 

 28,040 



653 



6,600 

 230 

 384 

 264 



3,029 



4,506 



500 



97, 215 



Table showing, by counties, the products of the fisheries of Virginia in 1897. 



Species. 



Accomac. 



Alexandria. 



Caroline. 



Charles City. 



Chesterfield. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Alewives, fresh 



Black bass 



173,450 



$625 



70,000 

 200 



$350 

 10 



171,000 



$2,040 



22,400 

 3,400 



$168 

 144 



22,600 $338 



Blue-fish 



123,614 

 6,150 

 9,000 



3,791 

 184 

 220 









Bonito 















1 



Butter-fish 















1 



Carp 



500 

 2,800 



15 



86 













Cat-fish 



3,830 



1,100 



800 



321,775 



35,140 



7, 165 



23,075 



216 



70 



40 



4,613 



449 



217 



378 



6,000 



180 







1 



Cero 







1 



Cod 

















i 



Croakers 











800 



24 



1 



Drum 















Eels 



















Flounders 



















Hickory shad 







18,000 



90 



18,750 



375 







King-fish 



11,925 



100 



19,378,100 



14,876 



15,760 



398 



12 



24, 952 



304 



552 











Mackerel : 



















Menhaden 



















Mullet 



















Perch, white 



2,933 

 1,160 



176 

 35 



2,500 



75 



1,500 

 2,800 



65 



84 







Perch, yellow 







Pompano 



• 11,835 



1,165 



265, 850 



4,618 



102,080 



35,116 



603, 695 



6,800 



22,025 



1,500 



7,077,175 



472, 576 



888,583 



25,000 



2, 572 



700 



858 



22 



6, 935 



376 



7,021 



382 



15, 370 



514 



1,311 



45 



383,483 



35,196 



31,362 



125 



1,434 



33 











Sea bass 















Shad 



389, 700 



7,794 



76,875 



1,780 



100, 750 



11,550 



25, 317 



723 



Sheepshead 





Spanish mackerel. . 



















Spots 



















Squeteague 



650 

 3,700 

 1,250 



26 



222 



75 







700 



6,000 



63, 625 



21 



440 



1,188 







Striped bass 



9,000 



450 







Sturgeon 







Whiting 











Ovstcrs 



















Clams 



















Crabs, soft 



















Crabs, hard 



















Terrapin 











150 



790 



290 



5,320 



30 



16 



23 



1,596 



1,500 



90 



Turtles 













Frogs 















Caviar 



1 00 



40 





























Total 



29,647,250 



521,528 



472,893 



8,789 1^^^ ^"^^ 



4,615 



527,275 



15,724 



49,417 



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