294 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing the products of the fisheries of Virginia 



in 1897 



— Continued. 





Species. 



Dinwiddle. 



Elizabeth City. 



Essex. 



Fairfax. 



Gloucester. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Alewives, fresh 







264,482 



S2, 857 



142, 922 



f 1, 559 



940, 742 



875 



$4,953 

 44 



119, 000 



$1,190 



Black bass 







Blue-fish 







234, 115 



6,000 



52, 628 



7,023 



240 



1,576 







25,200 



756 



Bonito 

















Butter-fish 



















Carp 











2,282 

 41,810 



65 

 1,255 







Cai-fish 











43,800 



1,314 







Croakers 







1, 384, 164 

 4,400 



6,921 

 44 



330, 000 

 27, 500 



1,650 



Drum 















275 



Eels 







7,000 

 540 



280 

 22 



3,385 



102 





Flounders 







51, 485 



2,740 



1,600 



12,005,500 



3,400 



1,554 



55 



64 



28, 369 



170 







Hickory shad 















King-fish 



















Menhaden 







52, 000 

 7,800 

 1,100 



35 



480 

 33 







220,000 



550 1 



Perch, white 







37, 3i4 



21,800 



3,388 



2,162 

 545 

 214 



Perch, yellow 











Pike 















Pompano 







16, 055 



340, 816 



2,000 



39, 525 



149, 149 



1,446,874 



3,000 



24, 757 



1,151 



10,227 



100 



2,193 



2,983 



21, 703 



120 



496 











Shad 



19, 600 



$560 



165, 328 



4,462 



350, 803 



6,877 



'550, 000 



16,500 1 



Sheepshead 



Spanish mackerel. . 















11,000 



660 



Spots 















Squeteague 















165,000 



2,476 



Striped bass 







13, 500 



600 

 775 



1,230 

 12 

 16 



36,497 



100 



13, 350 



1,050 



2,168 



4 



282 



32 



Sturgeon 









24,750 



495 



Suckers 







Sun-fish 









• 







Whiting 







5,000 



3,293,500 



32, 400 



727,032 



100 



118, 494 



2, 450 



2,423 











Oysters . . . . 







580,650 



40, 775 







3,234,875 



57, 040 



88,000 



1,100 



9,000 



3,500 



92, 801 



Clams 











4,414 



Crabs, hard 















660 



Terrapins 



500 



30 











400 



180 



1,050 



Turtles 



5,750 

 3,570 



115 

 1,071 











Caviar 







140 



40 

















Total 



20, 100 



590 



20, 099, 942 



212,559 



1,016,155 



50, 258 



1,453,396 



18, 703 



4, 865, 965 



124,056 









Species. 



Princess Anne. 



Prince George. 



Prince 

 William. 



Richmond. 



Stafford. 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Alewives, fresh 



16, 000 



$160 







568,000 



$2, 970 



257, 500 



$3,050 



728, 280 

 406, 000 



$4,465 



Alewives, salted . . 







4,060 



Black bass 







3,000 



$60 













Blue-fish 



234, 269 



6, 500 



240, 150 



3,686 



195 



5,313 















Bonito 



















Butter-fish 





" 















Carp 







725 

 15,200 



22 



465 







812 

 19, 787 



49 



Cat-fish 







5,000 



100 



49,000 



1,290 



601 



Crevalle 



117, 000 



1,012,435 



14, 680 



2,370 



5, 284 

 150 





Croakers 



















Drum 



















Eels 







2,200 



66 



20,000 



800 



2,175 



93 



Flounders 



1,000 

 10, 340 

 77, 500 

 100, 000 

 11,646 

 23, 245 

 2,000 



16 



675 

 3,100 

 100 

 319 

 318 

 60 









Hog-fish 



















King-fish 





! 







• 







Menhaden 









235,000 



193 







Moon-fish 















Mullet 











600 



12,000 



2,000 



12 



600 



60 







Perch, white 



Perch, yellow 



800 

 600 



16 

 12 



22, 675 



10, 900 



2,200 



1,219 

 288 

 132 



19, 850 

 60, 325 



28,875 



1,184 

 1,.509 



Pike 







2, 310 



Pompano 



27,000 



4,000 



92, 937 



21 , 500 



239, 300 



541,500 



2, 402, 487 



37,950 



68,400 



2,160 



120 



3,717 



1,290 



19,054 



13, 538 



24,094 



1,227 



2,776 











Scup 



















Shad 



298, 060 



9,014 



208,546 



3,927 



320, 175 



8,940 



72, 674 



1,42;^ 



Sheepshead 



Spanish mackerel. 

 Spots 























1 











Squeteague 



Striped bass 











7,000 

 39, 000 



210 

 3,355 











36, 265 



1,798 



45,019 



2,02? 



Sturereon 



65, 850 



1,238 



Suckers 



6,400 

 600 



128 

 18 











Sun-fish 







500 



10 











Whiting 



7,600 



8,750 



705, 000 



140 



988 



4,500 











Oysters 











1,054,200 



66,055 







Crabs, hard 















6,000 

 1,200 



5,810 



120 















Turtles 







24 

 1,743 















Caviar 



8,620 



2,572 





















. .. 









Total 



6,031,809 



97,872 



386, 820 



12,337 873,711 



11,033 



1,996,475 



84,565 1,383,797 



17,71' 

























