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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
The quantity and value of each species of food fish taken in Chesapeake Bay 
during 1920 and apportioned between the States of Maryland and Virginia are given 
in the following table : 
Value and weight of food fishes taken in Chesapeake Bay in 1920 1 
Common name 
Alewives .. 
Croaker 
Shad.. 
Squeteague 
Rockfish 
Butterfish 
Spot 
White perch 
Spotted squeteague. 
Starfish 
Eel 
Flounder 
Mullet 
Hickory shad 
Gizzard shad. 
Winter flounder 
Bluefish ... 
Hogfish 
Sturgeon (including 
caviar). 
Black drum.. 
King whiting 
Red drum 
Spanish mackerel— 
Scup 
Sea bass. 
Black bonito 
Whiting 
Tautog 
Pompano 
Bonito. 
Crevalles 
Spadeflsh. 
Tripletail 
Sheepshead 
Scientific name 
Pomolobus aestivalis 
P. pseudoharengus.. 
Micropogon undulatus 
Alosa sapidissima 
Cynoscion regalis 
Roccus lineatus 
Poronotus triacanthus 
Leiostomus xanthurus 
Morone americana 
Cynoscion nebulosus. 
Peprilus alepidotus 
Anguilla rostrata 
Paralichthys dentatus. 
Mugil cephalus and curema 
Pomolobus mediocris 
Dorosoma cepedianum 
Pseudopleuronectes ameri- 
canus. 
Pomatomus saltatrix 
Orthopristes chrysopterus.. 
Acipenser oxyrhynehus 
Pogonias cromis. 
Menticirrhus saxatilis, 
americanus, and litto- 
ralis. 
Sciaenops ocellatus 
Scomberomorus maculatus. 
Stenotomus chrysops and 
aculeatus. 
Centropristes striatus. 
Raehycentron canadus 
Merluccius bilinearis. 
Tautoga onitis 
Trachinotus carolinus 
Sarda sarda 
Caranx crysos and hippos.. 
Chaetodipterus faber 
Lobotes surinamensis 
Archosargus probatocepha- 
lus. 
Total. 
Maryland 
Virginia 
Entire Bay 
fl 
44 
44 
44 
44 
44 
44 
3 
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3 
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}6, 604, 891 
i 
$163, 544 
3 
16, 381, 267 
i 
$253, 424 
4 
22, 986, 158 
1 
$416, 968 
2 
1,130,590 
3 
31,683 
6 
13, 039, 795 
2 
361, 479 
2 
14, 170, 385 
2 
393, 162 
3 
1,816,346 
2 
344, 110 
1 
7, 257, 987 
3 
1, 138, 184 
1 
9, 074, 333 
3 
1,482, 294 
1 
678, 470 
5 
44, 143 
4 
7, 240, 243 
4 
345, 958 
3 
7, 918, 713 
4 
390, 101 
4 
1,040,274 
4 
193, 295 
2 
370, 356 
8 
68, 623 
5 
1,410, 630 
5 
261, 918 
5 
15,062 
14 
603 
15 
1,263, 566 
5 
42, 000 
7 
1, 278, 628 
6 
42, 603 
9 
51, 692 
8 
3,138 
9 
786,153 
6 
60, 000 
6 
837, 845 
7 
63, 138 
6 
316, 915 
6 
32, 026 
5 
218, 165 
12 
19, 888 
9 
535, 080 
8 
51,914 
7 
20, 000 
13 
2, 000 
11 
418, 797 
7 
41, 879 
8 
438, 797 
9 
43, 879 
8 
3,765 
17 
150 
17 
315, 916 
9 
10,500 
13 
319, 681 
10 
10, 650 
13 
197, 293 
7 
21,395 
7 
120, 715 
14 
12, 309 
12 
318, 008 
11 
33, 704 
10 
26, 746 
12 
1, 150 
13 
258, 354 
10 
12, 613 
11 
285, 100 
12 
13, 763 
11 
35, 337 
10 
1,861 
12 
246, 683 
11 
8,346 
14 
282, 020 
13 
10, 207 
14 
2,100 
18 
95 
18 
216, 520 
13 
8,150 
15 
218, 620 
14 
8, 245 
15 
30, 067 
11 
913 
14 
42, 785 
15 
1,100 
21 
72, 852 
15 
2,013 
20 
40,119 
9 
4,012 
8 
13, 600 
21 
1,360 
20 
53, 719 
16 
5, 372 
17 
14,989 
15 
2,112 
10 
36, 979 
16 
4,925 
16 
51,968 
17 
7,037 
16 
31, 725 
17 
2, 348 
17 
31, 725 
18 
2, 348 
18 
734 
19 
259 
16 
24, 808 
18 
12, 712 
10 
25^ 542 
19 
12,971 
12 
700 
20 
8 
21 
23, 000 
19 
230 
26 
23, 700 
20 
238 
27 
17, 933 
20 
1,606 
19 
17, 933 
21 
1,606 
21 
4, 835 
16 
76 
18 
12, 730 
23 
204 
27 
17, 565 
22 
280 
26 
337 
21 
62 
20 
13,429 
22 
2, 052 
18 
13, 766 
23 
2,114 
19 
7, 165 
24 
585 
22 
7, 165 
24 
585 
22 
5, 100 
25 
492 
23 
5, 100 
25 
492 
23 
2 3, 000 
26 
300 
25 
2 3 , 000 
26 
300 
25 
3 , 000 
27 
60 
34 
3, 000 
27 
60 
34 
3 2 , 000 
28 
80 
32 
3 2, 000 
28 
80 
32 
1 , 650 
29 
330 
24 
1,650 
29 
330 
24 
l’ 400 
30 
192 
28 
1,400 
30 
192 
28 
lj 200 
31 
120 
30 
1,200 
31 
120 
30 
3 1, 000 
32 
80 
31 
3 1, 000 
32 
80 
31 
3 1,000 
33 
80 
33 
3 l', 000 
33 
80 
33 
863 
34 
129 
29 
863 
34 
129 
29 
12, 031,262 
... 
840, 635 
... 
48, 378, 884 
... 
2, 412, 338 
... 
60, 410, 146 
... 
3, 258, 973 
... 
1 Large quantities of white sand perch (Bahdiella chriisura) are caught in Chesapeake Bay, but only a small part of the catch 
is marketed. As the amount marketed can not be determined, this species is not included in the statistics for the bay. 
2 Estimated for 1921. 
2 Estimated for 1922. 
The total catch of fish taken in the salt and brackish waters of Chesapeake 
Bay in 1920, in round numbers, amounted to 60,000,000 pounds. Of this amount, 
12,000,000 pounds, valued at $850,000, were caught in Maryland and 48,000,000 
pounds, worth $2,400,000, were taken in Virginia. About 90 per cent of the entire 
catch consisted of alewives, croakers, shad, and squeteagues. According to the 
apparatus used, the catch may be divided as follows: Pound nets, 81 Hi per cent; 
gill nets, 7 per cent; seines, 6 per cent; fyke nets, 2 per cent; lines, 2 per cent; eel 
pots, one-half of 1 per cent; and miscellaneous, 1 per cent. The catch by States, 
expressed in per cent, according to apparatus used, may be divided as follows: 
