FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 
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Statistics by counties— The three counties of Delaware are all iuterested in the 
fisheries. Newcastle County borders on the Delaware Kiver, Kent County x>artly on 
the river and iiartly on Delaware Bay, and Sussex County on the bay and ocean, as 
w^ell as having an outlet to Chesaiieake Bay through the Nanticoke River. The 
extent of the fisheries in each county is shown in the following tables. 
Sussex County has the largest fishing xiopulation and the most invested caxiital, 
but the value of the fisheries of Kent County is greatest. The vessel fishing is prac- 
tically confined to Kent County, and thus the larger part of the oyster product of the 
State becomes credited to that county, which also leads in the catch of squeteague. 
Newcastle County ranks second in the value of the yield. It leads the others in the 
output of shad and sturgeon. In Sussex County the catch of alewives, eels, and 
crabs is larger than elsewhere. This county also has, at Lewes and Seaford, respec- 
tively, important factories for the utilization of menhaden and oysters. 
Statement bi/ counties of the vessels, boats, apparatus, shore property, and cash capital employed in the fish- 
eries of Delaware. 
Newcastle. 
Kent. 
Designation. 
1890. 
1891. 
1892. 
1890. 
1891. 
1892. 
No. ] 
Talue. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
Teasels iisbicg 
2 
$1,440 
1 
$700 
1 
$700 
23 
$20,300 
24 
$20,825 
25 
$20,475 
18.09 
8.29 
8.29 
278.70 
295.97 
304.55 
275 
135 
115 
3,280 
3,255 
3,515 
1 
550 
1 
500 
1 
480 

5.73 
5.7^ 
75 
75 
Boats 
251 
10.650 
261 
17.130 
202 
17,290 
215 
0,762 
214 
6,652 
23] 
6,940 
Aiiparatus : 
Dredges 
8 
130 
4 
85 
4 
85 
92 
],940 
96 
2,025 
100 
2,110 
Seines 
9 
590 
9 
570 
9 
570 
56 
4,190 
56 
4,190 
00 
4,135 
Gill nets 
234 
23,130 
2 41 
23,795 
244 
24,145 
208 
4,942 
208 
4,708 
212 
4,775 
4 
200 
3 
150 
10 
300 
Fyke nets 
455 
910 
400 
800 
348 
696 
105 
237 
112 
259 
135 
336 
12 
48 
13 
52 
9 
48 
125 
125 
100 
160 
164 
164 
5 
5 
5 
9 
8 
8 

25 
15 
75 
300 
72 
288 
85 
334 
1 
20 
15 
20 
15 
20 
15 

4,300 
5,300 
5,300 
2.500 
2,500 
3.000 
8,000 
10^000 
10^000 
1,500 
1,500 
2,000 
56,170 
59,255 
59,625 
46,223 
46,427 
47,986 





Sussex. 
Total. 
Designation. 
1800. 
1891. 
1892. 
,1890. 
1891. 
1892. 
K'o. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. • 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
25 
$21, 740 
25 
$21, 525 
26 
$21, 175 
i 
296.79 
304. 26 
312. 84 
3, 555 
3, 390 
3, 630 
Vessels trausiiorting 
14 
$12, 000 
15 
$12, 750 
16 
$15, 100 
15 
12, 550 
16 
13i 250 
17 
15, 580 
201. 00 
218. 19 
249. 87 
206. 73 
223. 92 
255. 60 
1, 800 
1, 900 
2. 080 
1, 975 
2, 155 
Boats 
503 
5, 553 
471 
5,451 
475 
5, 524 
972 
28,965 
946 
29, 233 
968 
29, 754 
Ap])aratus : 
100 
2 070 
100 
110 
104 
2 195 
Seines 
141 
5, 560 
138 
5, 503 
135 
5, 378 
206 
loi 340 
203 
10, 263 
199 
10, 083 
Gill nets 
1, 145 
5, 352 
1, 137 
5,443 
1, 147 
5, 453 
1,587 
33, 424 
1, 586 
33, 946 
1, 603 
34, 373 
Pound nets and weirs 
18 
180 
17 
155 
17 
155 
22 
380 
20 
305 
27 
455 
i'Yke nets 
57 
208 
55 
202 
57 
208 
617 
1,355 
567 
1, 261 
540 
1, 220 
12 
48 
13 
52 
9 
48 
Crab nets 
148 
74 
122 
61 
167 
.... 
84 
148 
74 
122 
61 
167 
84 
Eel pots 
1, 6G0 
646 
1,615 
624 
1,712 
663 
1, 785 
771 
1,775 
784 
1,876 
827 
Lobster pots 
40 
100 
40 
100 
21 
53 
40 
100 
40 
100 
21 
53 
7 
21 
20 
20 
Spears 
170 
85 
170 
85 
170 
85 
170 
85 
' 170 
85 
195 
100 
Oyster tongs 
31 
134 
31 
124 
37 
148 
106 
424 
! 103 
412 
122 
482 
Clam rakes 
120 
95 
120 
95 
120 
95 
140 
110 
1 140 
no 
140 
110 
39. 100 
37, 000 
40 000 
4.5 9iin 
1 
44 8(10 
48 HOI) 
Cask capital 
33' 500 
32| 900 
35, 500 
43, 000 
1 
44, 400 
4?i 500 
104, 384 
102, 400 
110, 533 
200 777 
|208, 082 
218, 144 
F. C. B. 1801— 2C 
