146 
BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
$48,759. The number of boats in use was 257, worth $13,395. The apparatus of cap- 
ture consisted of seines, tongs, gill nets, trammel nets, cast nets, and lines, and was 
valued at $10,485. 
The yield of the fisheries in 1889 was 8,933,339 pounds and in 1890 8,131,401 
pounds, valued at $250,884 and $245,699, respectively. Oysters are by far the most 
important product, constituting two-thirds the quantity and value of the entire out- 
put of the State. Of the fish proper, the sea trout or squeteague is the most valua- 
ble, although the mullet is taken in larger numbers. Next to the trout, the value of 
shrimps is greater than any other single species. 
41. — Table of persona employed. 
How engaged. 
Number. 
1889. 
1890. 
In vessel fisheries 
191 
203 
In shore fisheries 
553 
487 
On shore, in fish-houses, etc 
1, 065 
1,031 
Total 
1,809 
1, 721 
42. — Table showing the nationality of persona employed. 
Nationalities. 
In vessel fisheries. 
In shore fisheries. 
On shore, in fisli- 
houses, etc. 
Total. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
166 
170 
474 
402 
770 
765 
1, 416 
1,337 
306 
28 
American, colored 
1 
43 
40 
289 
266 
333 
27 
28 
27 
8 
6 
3 
6 
11 
12 
4 
4 
1 
1 
5 
5 
4 
5 
5 
10 
9 
1 
3 
5 
1 
8 
5 
5 
5 
5 
i 
n 
n 
191 
203 
553 
487 
1, 065 
1,031 
1,809 
1,721 
43. — Table of apparatus and capital. 
Designation. 
1889. 
1890. 
No. 
V alue. 
No. 
Value. 
59 
541. 52 
$34, 525 
61 
557. 46 
$34, 950 
11, 658 
12, 334 
1,450 
1 
12. 56 
25 
13, 395 
2, 350 
1,462 
4, 330 
555 
48 
3 
1,737 
110,771 
251, 300 
275 
33 
192 
59 
32 
41 
14, 685 
2, 255 
1,407 
5, 070 
1, 160 
263 
3 
2, 003 
119, 821 
262, 450 
257 
33 
201 
47 
15 
8 
Apparatus of capture— vessel fisheries : 
Apparatus of capture— shore fisheries : 
323 
278 
Total 
455, 300 
434,710 
