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FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1908. 



Table 1 .—PENNSYLVANIA— FISHERY PRODUCTS: 1908. 



i Includes apparatus, with catch, as follows: Dredges, tongs, etc., 1,938,000 pounds, valued at $176,000; dip nets and bow nets, 205,000 pounds, valued at $12 000 

 fish baskets and traps, 56,000 pounds, valued at $5,100; spears and gigs, 6,000 pounds, valued at $500; eel pots, 4,200 pounds, valued at $300; and fyke and hoop nets, 5,300 

 pounds, valued at $300. - 



' Less than $100. > 129,000 bushels. ' 148,000 bushels. 



Table 2.— PENNSYLVANIA— FISHERY PRODUCTS OF DELAWARE RIVER AND BAY DISTRICT: 1908. 



Total. 



Fish: 



Alewives, fresh 



Alewives, salted 



Bluefish 



Carp, German 



Catfish and bullheads. 



Cod 



Croaker... 



Eels 



Flounders. 

 Scup 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Squeteague, or weakfish . 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Suckers, or mullet 



Oysters, market, from private area3. 

 Oysters, seed, from public areas 



Quantity 

 (pounds). 



3,987,000 



615,000 

 148, 000 



7,500 

 12,000 



7,500 



50,000 

 14,000 

 4,200 

 4,700 

 11,000 



860,000 

 281,000 

 12,000 

 7,200 

 8,400 

 5,500 



2 906, 000 

 = 1,032,000 



$254,000 



5,300 

 1,100 



800 

 1,000 



500 



500 

 31)0 

 2l)l) 

 300 



44,000 



20, 000 



200 



800 



2,600 



400 



134, 000 

 42,000 



PRODUCT CAUGHT BY— 



Lines. 



Quantity 

 (pounds). 



959,000 



7,500 



50,000 

 14,000 



4,700 

 11,000 



860,000 



"i2,'666 



Value. 



$47,000 



800 

 500 



•joii 

 300 



44,000 

 """266 



All other apparatus. 1 



Quantity 

 (pounds). 



3,028,000 



615,000 

 148,000 



12,000 

 7,500 



4,200 



281,000 



7,200 

 8,400 

 5,500 



2 906,000 

 "1,032,000 



Value. 



$207,000 



5,300 

 1,100 



1,000 

 500 



20.000 



800 

 2,600 



134,000 

 42,000 



1 Includes apparatus, with catch.as follows: Dredges, tongs, etc., 1,938,000 pounds, valued at$176,000< seines, 661,000 pounds, valued at $18,000; gill nets. 424 000 pounds, 

 valued at $13 D00; and eel pots, 4,200 pounds, valued at $300. 

 2 129,000 bushels. 

 3 148,000 bushels. 



