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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing, by counties, the yield of the gill-net fisheries of Connecticut in 1898. 



Species. 



Fairfield. 



Middlesex. 



Hartford. 



. New London. 



Total. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Shore fisheries: 

 , Alewives 







4,000 



10, 600 



243, 021 



3,000 



4,000 



$48 



530 



10, 027 



90 



400 











4,000 



11,300 



375, 561 



6,650 



4,000 



848 



Blue-fish 



700 



«70 











600 



Shad 



9,944 



«423 



122,596 



$5,230 



15,680 

 346 



Squeteague 



3,650 



256 



Striped bass 













400 

















Total 



4,350 



326 



264, 621 



11,095 



9,944 



423 j 122..=>9fi 



5,230 



401,511 



17,074 









Table showing, by counties, the yield of the pound-net fisheries of Connecticut in 1898. 



Species. 



Shore fisheries: 



Alewives 



Blue-fish 



Butter-fish 



Cod 



Eels 



Flounders 



Mackerel 



Menhaden 



Scup 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Smelt 



Squeteagiie 



Spanish mackerel . . . 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Tautog 



Tomcod or frost-fish 



Whiting 



Squid 



Total. 



New Haven. 



Lbs. 



300 



1,750 



6,910 



445 



450 



41,850 



100 



,182,000 



100 



4,144 



100 



36, 700 



30 



600 



500 



3,100 



1,300 



4, 280, 379 



Value. 



87 

 202 



16 



36 

 1,434 



10 

 7,968 



281 

 12 



929 



6 



67 



25 



164 

 52 



Middlesex. 



Lbs. Value 



17, 600 



2,000 

 620 



10, 950 



'sio," 666" 



25, 160 



7,600 



1,050 



11,303 



574, 980 



$264 



68 

 31 



358 



"i,'ii6' 



1,163 



197 



52 



3,243 



New London. 



Lbs. 



35,900 



900 



51, 370 



180 



1,030 



224, 854 



31, 963 



14, 900 



96,020 



370 



340 



135, 593 



36 



1,815 



200 



25,090 



3,850 

 6,900 



631, 311 



Value. 



$132 



47 



2,100 



7 



66 



6,051 



1,050 



209 



3,288 



22 



27 



3,602 

 6 



209 

 8 



669 



185 

 150 



17,828 



Total. 



Lbs. 



53,800 



2,650 



60,280 



1,245 



1,480 



277, 654 



32, 063 



, 706, 900 



96, 020 



470 



29, 644 



100 



179, 893 



66 



2,415 



700 



29,240 



1,300 



3,850 



6,900 



5, 486, 670 



Value. 



$402 



134 



2,370 



54 



102 



7,843 



1,060 



9,287 



3,288 



30 



1,471 



12 



4,728 



12 



27& 



33 



885 



52 



1.S5 



150 



32, 374 



Table showing, by counties, the yield of the fyke-net fisheries of Connecticut in 1898. 



Species. 



Shore fisheries: 



Alewives 



Bullheads 



Carp 



Eels 



Flounders 



Menhaden 



Perch, white . . 

 Perch, yellow . 



Pickerel 



Striped bass. . . 



Suckers 



Tautog 



Tomcod or 

 frost-fish 



Total 



Fairfield. 



Lbs. Val 



900 $54 



3,600 



1,000 



540 



50 



New Haven. 



Lbs. Val 



5,000 

 48,000 



650 



5,500 I 644 53,650 



$162 

 100 



65 



Middlesex. 



Lbs. Val 



220 

 50 



600 



1,600 



400 



120 



6,100 



327 : 9,090 



30 

 80 

 20 

 15 

 232 



389 



Hartford. 



Lbs. Val 



300 



500 



3,000 



3,800 



$5 



25 



120 



150 



New London. 



Lbs. Val 



350 

 125, 860 



1,723 

 'i,'896' 



8,220 

 1,800 



1,200 



141,043 



$18 

 3,990 



76 

 '94' 



299 

 69 



40 



4,586 



Total. 



Lbs. Val 



300 



220 



50 



350 



131, 760 



48, 000 



2,823 



1,600 



2,290 



4,370 



17, 320 



1,800 



( 2,200 



213,083 



$5 



9 



3 



18 



4,206 



100 



131 



80 



114 



620 • 



651 



69 ' 



90 ► 



6,096 > 



