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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing, by counties, the products of the fisheries of Connecticut in 1898. 



Species. 



Alewives.. 

 Blue-fish . . 

 Bullheads. 

 Butter-fish 



-Carp 



Cod 



JEels 



flounders. 

 Haddock. 



Mackerel, fresh . 

 Mackerel, salted 



Menhaden 



Perch, white 



Perch, yellow . . . 



Pickerel 



Scup 



Fairfield. 



New Haven. 



Lbs. Value. \ Lbs. 



4,000 



4,000 



53,100 



5,900 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Smelt 



Spanish mackerel. . . 



Squeteague 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Suckers 



Sword-fish 



Tautog 



Tomcod or frost-fish. 



Whiting 



Squid 



Lobsters 



Oysters 



Clams, hard 



Clams, soft 



Scallops 



300 



5,500 



8300 



12,300 

 1,750 



6,910 



160 445 



4, 615 33, 800 



299 46, 850 



100 



5,983,410 



30 



825 



10,250 

 4,700 



618 

 672 



11,800 

 36,250 



944 

 1,585 



45,260 4,741 



,902,142 456,334 



204,800 25,865 



44,300 5,224 



50, 160 5, 016 



Value. 



$161 



87 



Middlesex. 



Lbs. Value 



202 



16 

 2, 682 

 1, 5961 



227, 455 



61,300 



610 



2,000 



530 



620 



46, 520 



12, 150 



10 



12, 159 



$2, 193 



3,055 



27 



68 



27 



31 



2,591 



406 



1,100 



4,784 



100 



30 



36,700 



2,950 



500 



5,600 

 1,300 



36, 120 

 9, 606, 541 

 27,200 



58 

 349 



12 



6 



929 



332 



25 



289 

 52 



4,253 

 783,037 

 3,785 



138,500 11,870 



Total 5, 382, 462 507, 228 15, 946, 990 821, 910 



510, 000 1, 110 



3, 135; 157 



1, 750 89 



1,5001 80, 1,230 



Hartford. 



Lbs. Value. 



583,945 



1,422 

 ""380 



*""i66 



7,964 



1,800 108' 



304,037 12,7071 67,568 



10,600 

 4,200 



23,250 

 "'2,' 250 



31, 980 



89,600 



2,000 



14,500 



1, 351, 787 



287 

 425 



180 



920i 19,503 



112 



3,804 



4,850 



250 



1,695 



34,902 682,292 



1,690 

 '"57 



398 

 "65 



New London. 



Lbs. Value 



44,700 



896, 235 



1,000 



51, 370 



S302 



29,409 



30 



2,100 



446, 160 



73,450 



378,964! 



112,800 



40,8131 



28,000l 



4,689,500 



2,723 



2,902 



24 

 "777 



2,690 

 101,040 

 244, 589 

 122, 936 



10, 771 



4,344 



11, 082 



856 



1,743 



2,000 



13, U65 



116 



36 



136,093 



1,815 



200 



10, 620 



85, 980 



50,890 



1,200 



3,850 



6,900 



984, 832 



35,000 



2,500 



8,939 8,556,886 



126 



3,504 



11,986 



5, 257 



6 



3,617 



209 



8 



371 



7, 520 



1,773 



40 



185 



150 



70,950 



4,850 



250 



186, 620 



THE PRODUCTS BY APPARATUS OF CAPTURE. 



As regards the value of the products, the principal forms of apparatus 

 ■employed in the fisheries of Connecticut are those used in the molluscan 

 fisheries, viz, dredges, tongs, etc. The yield of these in 1898 amounted 

 to $1,303,026, or 83 per cent of the total value. The items entering into 

 this value are oysters, $1,249,071; hard clams, $29,900; soft clams, 

 $19,039, and scallops, $5,016. Pots and spears rank next in importance 

 in this particular, with a yield valued at $98,000, consisting of $83,718 

 worth of lobsters, $11,004 of eels, and $218 of flounders. 



Of the forms of apparatus employed in the capture of fish proper, 

 lines yielded the largest value, viz, $60,571, comprised principally of 

 blue-fish, sea bass, and cod, the catch of each being valued at $32,087, 

 $12,152, and $10,921, respectively. The value of other species taken 

 by lines was $5,411, of which $2,164 represented the value of tautog 

 or black-fish. The seine fishery was second in importance, yielding 

 7,437,144 pounds, valued at $33,855. Menhaden was the most impor- 

 tant item in this product, with a yield of 6,428,010 pounds, worth 

 $16,947. Alewives and shad ranked next, with a return of 810,300 

 and 94,120 pounds, worth $6,891 and $4,064, respectively. 



The pound-net fishery, which is prosecuted only in New Haven, 

 Middlesex, and New London counties, yielded 5,486,670 pounds of 

 fish, for which the fishermen received $32,374 — a decrease from 1889, 



