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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Tlie quantities of oysters, clams, crabs, etc., taken in the flslieries of this State 
.axe specified by bushels or number in the following supplementary table: 
Products. 
1S89. 
1890. 
1S91. 
Soft clau)S or long clams busbels.. 
Qnabogs or hard clams do 
Oysters do 
Scallops - do 
Mussels do. ... 
Shells do 
Crabs, soft number.. 
Crabs, hard do 
141. 100 
520, 146 
2, OS!), 744 
101, 650 
140 
332. 100 
325, 299 
1,269, 399 
158, 000 
525, 278 
2, 350, 872 
132, 420 
4, 935 
338, 460 
205, 398 
1, 290, 048 
150, 550 
565, 565 
2, 611, 062 
09, 565 
2, 100 
372, 580 
280, 500 
1, 306, 698 
'Statistics of th,e fisheries hij counties . — There are in New York six counties 
'bordering on the ocean or on the bays and sounds tributary thereto, in all of which 
important fishing is carried on; these are Kings, New York, Queens, Eichmond, 
• Suffolk, and Westchester. Niue other counties abutting on the Hudson Eiver have 
fisheries of considerable value; these are Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, 
Orange, Putnam, Eensselaer, Eockland, and Ulster. The extent of the fisheries in 
■each of these is shown for the years 1890 and 1891 in the following series of tables. 
The use of vessels is restricted to the six counties which border on salt water. 
Some forms of apparatus are found in every county, and others are operated in only 
a few localities. Tims gill nets, fyke nets, and eel pots are means of capture in every 
county except New York; while pound nets and traps are operated only in three 
counties on Long Island. 
The i)reponderating importance of the fishing industry of Suffolk County is 
■clearly brought out in the tables. Here, in 1891, 5,201 persons were employed in the 
fisheries, $1,787,444 was invested, 120,737,349 pounds of products were taken, and 
the value of the catch was $1,536,049. On comparing these figures with the total for 
the State, it appears that this county represents about 43 iier cent of the fishing 
population, 34 i)cr cent of the investment, and 32 per cent of the value of the industry. 
Next to Suffolk County in importance are Queens, Kings, Eichmond, Westchester, 
and New York counties, in the order named, in all of which the oyster is of prime 
importance, followed by the other products which gii^e i)rominence to the salt-water 
fisheries of the State, as menhaden, blueSsh, clams, etc. The counties maintaining 
the most extensive fisheries in the Hudson Eiver are Dutchess, Ulster, Eockland, and 
Orange. The i)rincipal kiutls of apparatus there used are seines, gill nets, and fyke 
nets, and the bulk of the catch consists of shad, alewives, and catfish. 
Statement hy counties of the numher of persons, employed in the fisheries of New York. 
Counties. 
In vessel lish- 
eries. 
In shore fish- 
eries. 
On transporting 
vessels. 
On shore, in 
factories, etc. 
Total. 
1890. 
1891. 
1890. 
1891. 
1890. 
1891. 
1890. 
1891. 
1890. 
1891. 
65 
133 
61 
01 
131 
133 
131 
301 
207 
301 
207 
122 
118 
122 
118 
231 
231 
451 
519 
16 
12 
178 
193 
879 
955 
112 
115 
9 
9 
795 
887 
910 
1,011 
113 
121 
113 
124 
30 
35 
30 
290 
310 
1, 961 
2,021 
47 
37 
141 
158 
2, 445 
61 
2,520 
61 
62 
62 
310 
314 
106 
410 
44 
38 
700 
792 
143 
146 
143 
146 
1, 155 
1, 209 
3,175 
199 
3, 188 
186 
790 
804 
5,120 
109 
5, 201 
186 
74 
71 
558 
543 
032 
614 
Total 
2, 181 
2, 250 
7, 740 
7, 858 
116 
90 
1,904 
2,042 
11,941 
12,240 
