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FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1908. 



Table 3.— CONNECTICUT— PRODUCTS OF VESSEL FISHERIES: 1908. 



i Includes apparatus, with catch, as follows: Dredges, tongs, etc., 27,048,000 pounds, valued at S2, 488,000; harpoons, spears, etc., 519,000 pounds, valued at $42,000; pots, 

 119,000 pounds, valued at $15,000; gill nets, 66,000 pounds, valued at $4,300; firearms, 88,000 pounds, valued at $3,600; and minor apparatus, 1,400 pounds, valued at $6,000. 

 s Less than $100. * 1,200 bushels. ' 2,317,000 bushels. " 12,000 gallons, 



a 2,000 bushels. e 1,347,000 bushels. » 700 bushels. " 37,000 gallons. 



* 100 bushels. ' 118,000 bushels. i» 9,000 bushels. " 200 skins. 



DELAWARE. 



Delaware, though ranking twenty-first in the total 

 value of its fishery products, was second in the men- 

 haden fisheries. Judged by value of products, the 

 oyster industry led and the menhaden fisheries were a 

 close second, these two industries combined being 

 credited with 59 per cent of the value of all the fishery 

 products of the state. The chief fishing grounds of 

 Delaware are the Atlantic Ocean, Delaware Bay and 

 Delaware River, Rehoboth Bay, Indian River, and 

 Mispillion and Broad Kiln Creeks; products are also 

 reported from a number of minor waters, such as 

 Herring Creek, Pepper Creek, Nanticoke River, and 

 others. A general summary of the industry for 1908 

 is given in the following statement: 



Number of persons employed 1, 756 



Capital: 



Vessels and boats, including outfit $372, 000 



Apparatus of capture 63, 000 



Shore and accessory property 9, 500 



Value of products 541, 000 



Comparison with previous canvasses. — The following 

 tabular statement shows the principal statistics of the 

 fisheries of Delaware for 1908, in comparison with 

 those reported by the Bureau of Fisheries for 1897 and 

 1904: 



1 Includes menhaden (59,815,000 pounds, valued at $152,000). This fish was 

 reported separately in 1904 and in 1897. 



Persons employed. — The report of the Bureau of 

 Fisheries for the year 1904 showed 1,495 persons em- 

 ployed in the fisheries of Delaware, not including 

 shoresmen. The distribution of the persons employed 

 in 1908 was as follows: 



