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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
THE FISHING-GKOUNDS AND THE FISH TAKEN ON EACH. 
If the operations of the vessels be classified by fishing-grounds, a very interesting 
and suggestive presentation may be made. The Arizona did not fish south of Dela- 
ware and took the largest numbers of manhaden on the outer coasts of New York 
and New Jersey, and in New York and Delaware bays. The J. W. EawMns , on the 
other hand, fished from North Carolina to Maine, but secured by far the most fish in 
Chesapeake Bay and on the western Maine coast. 
Of the 619 sets of the seine marie by the Arizona (and Quickstep), 212 were in 
Delaware Bay and 158 were off the eastern coast of New Jersey, these two regions 
yielding two-thirds of the vessels’ catch of menhaden and an equally prominent part of 
other fish taken. In Delaware Bay comparatively few blnefish were obtained, the 
average catch being less than one fish to two seine-hauls. More butter-fish were here 
caught than elsewhere, although the average was only one fish to a set. The yield of 
other food-fish was insignificant. A conspicuous feature of the fishing in this bay was 
the relatively large number of sharks caught; more of these predaceous fishes were 
there destroyed than on any other grounds. Following is a summary of the opera- 
tions of the Arizona on the different grounds (a ) : 
Summary by fishing-grounds of the number of menhaden and other fish taken by the steamer Arizona in 1894. 
Fish taken. 
Long 
Island 
Sound. 
New 
York 
Bay. 
Nea- 
peagne 
Bay. 
Gardi- 
ner 
Bay. 
Delaware 
Bay. 
Off 
Massa- 
chu- 
setts 
coast. 
Off 
Bhode 
Island 
coast. 
Off New 
York 
coast. 
Off New 
Jersey 
coast. 
Off Del- 
aware 
coast. 
Total. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
Menhaden 
466, 800 
1,009,000 
423, 000 
520, 000 
5, 935, 500 
15, 000 
86, 500 
3, 093, 500 
6, 159, 500 
998, 000 
18, 706, 800 
5 
8 
16 
1 
5 
35 
1 
1 
2 
2 
22 
7 
94 
9 
496 
19 
647 
Butter-fish 
3 
99 
30 
1 
226 
3 
8 
62 
157 
8 
597 
2 
8 
17 
6 
33 
30 
10 
40 
2 
2 
1 
2 
3 
108 
36 
9 
4 
1 
22 
32 
51 
6 
269 
1 
3 
1 
5 
1 
1 
6 
175 
93 
274 
1 
4 
2 
7 
1 
1 
1 
1 
44 
1 
28 
73 
39 
2 
41 
Sea-horse 
3 
3 
Sea-raven 
1 
1 
11 
1 
13 
17 
1 
43 
3 
3 
Shad 
6 
2 
*r 
8 
Sharks 
1 
15 
166 
2 
90 
49 
323 
Skates and rays. 
33 
19 
26 
25 
18 
3 
33 
139 
7 
303 
8 
86 
12 
2 
108 
Squeteague or 
2 
25 
8 
11 
190 
13 
249 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
5 
11 
17 
Whiting or sil- 
8 
8 
Total 
466, 957 
1, 009, 279 
423, 073 
520, 032 
5,936, 064 
15, 004 
86, 739 
3, 093, 917 
6, 160, 712 
998, 123 
18, 709, 900 
Seine-hauls 
36 
44 
15 
25 
212 
1 
8 
67 
158 
53 
619 
a In all tabular statements of the catch of the steamer Arizona, the operations of the steamer Quickstep up to June 
21 are included (see page 288). 
b Includes alewives, hickory shad, and sea herring. 
