408 
BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Products of the fisheries of Maryland. 
Species. 
1890. 
1891. 
Species. 
1890. 
1891. 
Pounds. 
V.alue. 
Pounds. 
Value . 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Alewives 
Butter-tisli 
19, 7GG, 994 
80, 226 
$143, 793 
738 
17,418, 850 
31, 955 
$131, 245 
785 
Si)ots a n d 
croakers . . . 
272, 505 
$11,986 
273, 283 
.$12, 119 
Bhietisli 
400. 100 
21, 266 
516.304 
22. 761 
Sijneteaffue . 
687, 173 
24, 081 
750, 465 
25, 902 
Carp 
26, 920 
G57 
27, 028 
780 
striped bass. 
1, 365, 928 
105, 759 
1. 204, 093 
97, 770 
Catfish 
1, 327, 552 
40, 675 
1, 296, 752 
45, 502 
Stuvoeou . . . 
99, 932 
3,313 
72,445 
2, 343 
Eels 
791. 282 
33, 005 
792, 044 
32,919 
Suckers 
293, 667 
7. 714 
285, 238 
7, 533 
E'ounders 
32, 378 
970 
33. 443 
1,008 1 
( )ther fish. . . 
449, 463 
14,899 
438, 683 
14, 561 
Menhaden 
27, 909. 556 
57, 180 
30,952, 120 
65, 307 
Crab.s, hard . 
2, 388, 099 
31,723 
2. 776, 898 
37, 460 
^Iiillet 
101, 300 
2, 901 
101, 540 
2, 974 
Crabs, soft.. 
4, 056, 110 
228, 690 
4, 828, 872 
266, 256 
Perch, white. . . 
1,150, 296 
58, 898 
1, 109. 273 
57, 038 
Crawfish 
6, 250 
562 
7, 350 
695 
PercJi, yellow.. 
1, 369, 551 
46, 981 
1. 385, 352 
48, 040 
Sliriinp 
7, 556 
3. 720 
8, 044 
3, 960 
Pike 
576, 557 
]23, 320 
5G8. 264 
35 261 
73. 150, 609 
148, 800 
4, 854, 746 
8, 400 
69, 615, 400 
147, 760 
5, 295, 860 
8, 226 
Sea bass 
4, 900 
113, 370 
4, 544 
Q ua hogs 
Terra] lius .. 
Shad 
7, 127, 480 
242, 909 
0, 224. 873 
211,575 
87, 701 
21, 852 
89, 780 
22, 333 
Slieepshead 
Spanish mack- 
3, 430 
426 
3,185 
396 
Turtles 
3, 980 
227 
4, UCO 
231 
erel 
28, 195 
3, 758 
44. 837 
5,369 
Total.. 
143, 905, 576 
6, 019. 165 
141,177, 827 
6, 460, 759 
A better ooiiceptiou of the quautities of certain products taken in this State may 
be obtained from the following- table, in which the units of measure given correspond 
with those usirally adopted in commerce: 
I’roducts. 
Quantity. 
1890. 
1891. 
Crabs, hard number.. 
Crabs, soft do 
Crawtish do 
Oysters :. bushels-. 
Clams do 
Terrapins number. . 
7, 014, 297 
12, 108, 330 
75, COO 
10, 450, 087 
18, COO 
43, 850 
8, 330, 694 
14, 486, 616 
88, 201 
9, 945, 058 
18, 470 
44. 890 
Extent of the fisheries in each counti /. — The detailed statistics given in the follow- 
ing tables show the importance and principal phases of the tishing industry in each 
county in Maryland having commercial fisheries. The data relate to the years 1890 
and 1891. There are 10 counties in the State bordering on important bodies of water. 
One of these, Worcester, abuts on the ocean; the others are on Chesapeake Bay and 
the rivers already mentioned. The District of Columbia will be considered as a part 
of Maryland and will be included in the tables for that State. 
Each of 11 counties of Maryland has over 1,000 persons engaged in the fishing 
industry. Baltimore County, owing to its extensive vessel fishery and oyster houses, 
has the largest nnmber of fishery employes; in 1890 there were 12,153 and in 1891 
11,052. Ao other comity in the United States has so large a number of persons 
engaged in this industry, and only three States besides Maryland, viz, Massachusetts, 
Virginia, and ISTew York, have such a numerous fishing population. Somerset County 
has a larger number of persons engaged in actual fishing than Baltimore, and in this 
respect surpasses any other single county in the, United States with the probable 
exception of Essex County, Massachusetts. Dorchester, Talbot, Anne Arundel, St. 
Mary, and Wicomico counties also have a relatively large fishing population. 
Baltimore County has the same iiroininence in the amount of its fishery im-est- 
ment that it holds as regards the persons employed. Of the $4,357,488 credited to 
that county, however, $3,752,001 represented the shore industries, and only $005,487 
the fisheries proper. The aggregate investment in Somerset County was $1,221,009, 
of which $878,039 was directly devoted to fishing iiroperty. While Baltimore. County 
had 387 vessels employed in the fisheries, Somerset County had 578, a much larger 
number than is found in any other county in the country. The other counties referred 
to as having the largest number of fishermen also have the largest investments. 
