308 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing, by counties and species, the yield by slat traps, pots, and spears, and other 

 minor apparatus in the shore fisheries of Virginia in 1897. 



Apparatus and 



Alewives. 



Cat-fish. Eels. 



Perch, white. 



Shad. 



Suckers. 



counties. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Lbs. 



Val. 



Slat traps: 



Henrico 



Nansemond 



1 



120,000 S900 

 300 3 



22,500 

 100 



SI, 012 

 3 



22,500 



862£ 



> 16,500 8990 

 600 30 



21,875 

 1,400 



8625 

 40 



36,000 



81,440 













Total 



120.300 903' 22,600 1,015 22,500 625 17,100 l,02o' 23,275 



665 



36,000 



1.440 



Pots and spears: 

 4^ccomac 



i 

 1 6. 565 178 









' 



Essex 









3,000 

 6,000 



6,800 



12C 

 18( 



20( 

 12f 



) 









1 



Isle of Wight... 









) 









1 



Northumber- 

 land 



1 







I 









1 



Richmond 



i 







5,000 

 4,000 



) 









1 



Surrv 



1 







) 

































Total 







1 



31.365 1,001 



> 









i 











I 1 









Other minor ap- 

 paratus: 

 Nansemond 



4,000 



40 













24,000 



800 



1 







: 1 ' 







Grand total. 



124,300 943 22,600 1,015 53,865 1,627 17,100 1,020, 47,275 1,465 36,000 1.440 



Apparatus and counties. 



Crabs, soft. Terrapins. 



Turtles. 



Frogs. 



Lbs. 



Value. ! Lbs. 



1 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Other minor apparatus: 

 Accomac 



90,562 



82,716 



2,572 

 150 



1,500 

 500 



1,100 



81,434 



30 



90 



30 



400 



700 

 790 



833 

 16 







Charles Citv 



290 



823 



Chesterfield 









Dinwiddle 















Gloucester 















Lancaster 



118,800 



6,192 











New Kent 







510 



10 



435 



35 



Northampton 



4,333 

 56,400 



390 

 1,970 









Northumberlan 

 Prince George . 



Total 



i ■ 











300 i 50 





6,666 



120 1 1,200 



24 



















-- 



270, 095 



11,268 11,822 1 



2,104 



3,200 



83 



1,025 108 



SUMMARY 



Apparatus and counties. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Slat traps: 



Henrico 



Nansemond 



Total . . . 



239, 375 

 2,400 



85,592 



76 



Apparatus and counties. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Other minor apparatus: 



241.775 



5,668 



Pots and spears: 



Accomac 



Essex 



Isle of Wight.... 

 Northumberland . 



Richmond 



Surry 



6,565 

 3,000 

 6,000 

 6,800 

 5,000 

 4,000 



178 I 

 120 I 

 180 I 



204 ; 



200 

 120 



Accomac 



Charles Citv 



Chesterfield 



Dinwiddle 



Gloucester 



Lancaster 



Nansemond 



New-Kent , 



Northampton 



Northumberland 



Prince George 



Total 



93,834 



«4,183 



1,230 



69 



1,500 



90 



500 



30 



1,100 



400 



118,800 



6,192 



28,000 



840 



945 



46 



4,333 



390 



56,700 



2,020 



7,200 



144 



314, 142 



14,408 



Total 



31,365 



1,002 



Grand total . 



587,282 



21,073 



THE MENHADEN INDUSTRY. 



The menhaden indvistrv of Virginia is in a prosperous condition, 

 although there are not so iiian}^ factories in operation now as formerly, 

 there being 21 running in 1891, whereas in 1897 there were but 16. 

 The value of the investment in the former year was $665,790, against 

 $548,400 in the latter, while the number of men employed decreased 

 from 1,229 to 1,170. The greatest decrease was in the number of seines 



