FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



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Table showing the products of the fisheries of Mrginia in 1897 — Continued. 



■Species. 



King George. 



King William. 



Lancaster. 



Mathews. 



Middlesex. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Alewives, fresh . . 

 Alewives, salted . 



1,322,400 

 6,000 



$8,188 

 60 



28,625 



$450 



225,500 



$1,390 



413, 400 



$2, 067 



32,000 



$320 



Blue-fish 







14, 100 

 60,000 



583 

 900 



13,500 

 



675 







Butter-fish .... 















Cat-fish 



97,715 



6,400 



1,250 



650 



2,517 



202 



43 



20 



96,050 



1,921 











Croakers 



60,000 



300 



20,000 



200 







Eels 



1,810 

 9,050 



54 

 452 







Flounders 



50,000 



500 



13,000 



38, 180 



390, 000 



4,000 



400 



260 



763 



585 



80 



20 







Hickory shad 







Menhaden 











61,581,200 



88, 113 



16,000 



40 



Mullet . 













Perch white 



52,909 



4,350 



300 



2,697 



141 



18 



17,150 

 1,400 



862 

 42 











Perch, yellow 



Pike . . . . 























Pompano 







600 



858, 110 



10,400 



2,000 



130, 200 



3,000 



31,000 



72 



26, 532 



1,031 



60 



3, 156 



180 



620 











Shad 



401,366 



8,551 



145,211 



2,879 



1,297,000 



32, 425 



21,700 



620 



Sp_anish mackerel 

 Spots 













2,000 

 70,380 



80 

 704 







Squeteague 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



825 



107,104 



19, 759 



33 

 5,852 

 1,085 



11,160 



21,900 



6,225 



17,881 



477, 750 



223 



2,188 



125 



358 



11, 150 











55,600 



1,240 







Suckers 







Oysters 



£67,650 



8,383 



4, 419, 800 



209, 410 



3,864,000 

 47, GOO 



i37, 250 

 3,400 



6,157,340 



297, 198 



Clams 





Crabs, soft 











118,800 

 12,000 



6, 192 

 88 







Crabs, hard 



23,833 



286 



78,500 



393 



435, 000 



25,000 



3,640 



2,900 

 500 

 1,040. 







Turtles 







Caviar 



1,240 



460 



1,660 



498 



4,340 



1,302 













Total 



2,213,751 



38,536 



914, 372 



21,595 



67,581^050 



340,429 



6,692,700 



184, 189 



6,227,040 298,178 



Species. 



Nansemond. 



New Kent. 



Norfolk. 



Northampton. 



Northumber- 

 land. 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Alewives, fresh . 

 Alewives, salted. 



5,100 



$51 



146, 645 



$1,051 



45,000 



$475 



, 773,450 



$1,5§3 



5, 128, 914 

 38,000 



$17, 774 

 332 



Black bass 







6,600 



396 













Blue-fish 



5,000 



151 



1,300 



65 



830,090 



6,700 



12,100 



17,328 

 179 

 268 



6,485 



211 



Bonito 









Butter-fish 



65,000 

 200 



1,300 

 6 







24,000 



960 



2,750 

 875 



83 



Cat-fish 



1,000 



20 



27 



Cero •. .. 







100 1 3 

 6,300 153 





Crevalle 



















Croakers 



130,500 



1,020 







283, 000 

 1,000 



1,790 

 10 



140, 725 

 31,700 



2, 072 

 166 



10, 700 



180 



Drum 









Eels 











6, 900 207 



Flounders 



2,500 



75 







2,000 



20 



4,050 137 



73, 610 3, 238 



Hickory shad . . . 



14,500 



185 







83,746 1,611 



Hog-fish 







3,750 

 25,000 



225 

 1,000 



300 



4, 050 



200 



14,724,232 



16, 848 



20 



408 



6 



20, 149 



408 



1,000 20 



King-fish 













Mackerel 













Menhaden 



500,000 



1,250 











69,444,330 90, 880 



Moon-fish 













Mullet 











11,800 

 1,200 



482 

 26 





i 



Perch, white 



2,050 



83 



2,000 

 4,700 



100 

 151 



1 



1,225 38 



Perch, yellow... 









Pompano 







4,000 



280 



7,620 



843 



3, 025 151 



Sea bass. 











600 

 3,700,429 



18 



Shad 



111,900 



3,886 



333,526 



8,840" 



129,500 



4,796 



14,400 

 850 



95, 125 



63,300 



931, 583- 



3,600 



2,880- 



1,415,666 



94,960 



4,333 



1,750,000 



371 



79 



9,513 



930 



10, 146 



348 



89 



88,984 



8,790 



390 



8,100 



92,408 



Shcepshead 





Spanish mack- 

 erel 











1,7*00 



248,500 



179, 000 



18,000 



2,400 



5,033,245 



8,000 



85 



7,330 



2,790 



540 



120 



186,882 



300 



3,576 



5,150 



26,150 



65, 917 



117,273 



2,046,205 



322 



Spots 



3,752 



209,050 



3,150 



1,000 



2,970,030 



188 



2,297 



252 



20 



68, 973 







159 



Squeteague 







703 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Oysters 



6,000 

 20,000 



420 

 400 



5,779 



3,172 



112,691 



Clams . . 









Crabs, soft 



I ! 





56, 400 



132,000 



13,875 



300 



7,000 



1,970 



Crabs, hard 



8,000 200 







400,000 



2,500 



990 



Turtles 



510 

 435 



10 



35 



1,125 



199 



Fro^s 



1 











60 



Caviar 





3,750 



200 



60 







2,000 





1 









Total 



4,017,232 



79, 752 



539, 666 



12,733 



6,422,595 



210,726 



20,938,162 



171,463 



80,976,435 



336,213 



