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FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1908. 



1 Exclusive of 367 proprietors not fishing. 



Equipment and other capital. — The following tables 

 give the value of equipment and capital in 1908 as dis- 

 tributed among vessels, boats, apparatus of capture, 

 shore and accessory property, and cash, for the state 

 as a whole and for the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake 

 Bay districts separately: 



2 Includes provisions furnished to the value of 8159,000. 



The statistics concerning the number and tonnage 

 of vessels and the number of boats are shown in the 

 first tabular statement following. 



Of the total capital invested, $1,644,000, or 78 per 

 cent, represented the value of vessels and boats, includ- 

 ing outfit. Of the remainder, the investment in ap- 

 paratus of capture was the largest item, having a 

 value of $369,000, and this was followed by shore and 

 accessory property, with a value of $80,000. The dis- 

 tribution of the apparatus of capture by districts and 

 by class of fisheries is shown in the second tabular state- 

 ment following. 



CLASS OF CRAPT. 



Vessels, number 



Fishing, number 



Steam and motor — 



Number 



Tonnage 



Sail- 

 Number 



Tonnage 



Transporting, number . 

 Steam and motor — 



Number 



Tonnage 



Sail- 

 Number 



Tonnage 



Boats, number 



Steam and motor 



Sail 



Row 



Other 



VESSELS AND BOATS: 1908. 



Total. 



1,107 

 757 



21 

 310 



736 



7,061 



350 



17 



134 



333 

 7,813 

 8,493 



852 

 5,238 

 2,135 



208 



Chesa- 

 peake Bay 

 district. 



1,091 



757 



21 

 310 



736 



7,061 



334 



16 



127 



318 

 7,644 

 8,142 



783 

 6,164 

 2,072 



123 



Atlantic 

 Ocean 

 district. 



1 



7 



15 

 169 

 351 

 69 

 74 

 63 

 145 



Products, by species. — The products are given, by 

 species and by apparatus of capture, in Table 1 on 

 page 149. Oysters ranked first both in quantity and 

 in value. On the basis of quantity the species next 

 in order were alewives, or river herring, with a product 

 of nearly 29,000,000 pounds; crabs, with over 

 20,000,000 pounds; menhaden, with over 12,000,000 

 pounds; and shad, with nearly 4,000,000 pounds. On 

 the basis of value the leading species after oysters 

 were crabs, shad, and alewives, in the order named. 



