FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 
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The lyroducis taheii by each apparatuH . — In the vessel fislieries of Maryland the 
only products obtained are oysters and menhaden. The yield of these in each comity 
in 1890 and 1891 is shown in the following table. The use of vessels in the oyster 
fishery is observed in 10 counties, and menhaden are thus taken in 4 counties. The 
results of the vessel fisheries in 1891 were 4,814,114 bushels of oysters, valued at 
$2,615,840, and 28,816.000 i)onnds of menhaden, wmrth $60,533. 
The results of the shore and boat fisheries with reference to the apparatus used 
are given in great detail for each county in the second table. In 1891 this branch 
yielded $3,784,386, of which oysters represented $2,680,026. The most important 
apparatus used in the capture of fish i>roper were seines, which took 14,312,398 pounds, 
valued at $265,443; alewives, shad, and striped bass constitute the iirincipal part of 
the catch. Seines are most prominent in Harford, Baltimoie, Worcester, and Cecil 
counties. Gill nets rank next to seines in the value of the output, although in the 
cpiautity of products taken pound nets are second. The gill-net catch was 8,447,291 
pounds, valued at $211,291; more than half this amount represented shad. This form 
of apparatus is especially important in Cecil, Harford, Kent, and Talbot counties. 
The pound-net catch in 1891 was 8,458,299, worth $153,471. The fish thus taken 
having the greatest value are alewives, shad, and striped bass. St. Mary and Cecil 
counties excel all others in the value, of their ponnd-uet fishery. Of other prominent 
kinds of apparatus, fyke nets are o-edited with a catch of 1,546,864 pounds, valued 
at $60,549; lines, 970,135 pounds, valued at $35,271; pots, 389,740 pounds, valued at 
$16,030; w^eirs, 416,891 pounds, valued at $11,952, and trammel nets, 123,996 pounds, 
valued at $5,797. Under the head of miscellaneous apparatus are included all prod- 
ucts except fish, although some of these, crabs and terrapins, for instance, are taken 
with appliances that are also employed in the cai^ture of fish. 
Statement by counties and species of the yield of the vessel fisheries of Maryland. 
Counties. 
Menhaden. 
Oysters. 
Total value. 
1890. 
1891. 
1890. 
1891. 
1890. 
1891. 
Pound.s. 
Value. 
Pouml.8. 
Value. 
Bushels. 
Value. 
Bushels. 
Value. 
125, 012 
1,076, 596 
61, 060 
1, 084, 291 
10, 737 
.$63, 356 
590, 031 
36, 348 
488, 0.57 
7, 281 
118, 005 
767, 016 
63, 270 
1. 141, 246 
2, 800 
$07, 000 
554, 231 
40, 465 
570, 732 
2, 150 
$63, 356 
607,718 
36, 348 
488, 057 
7, 281 
8, 750 
1, 044, 548 
13,210 
05, 470 
38, 828 
2, 950 
$67, 000 
572, 014 
40, 465 
580, 607 
2,150 
2, 500 
1,278,179 
20, 400 
71, 242 
38, 656 
3, 160 
Baltimore 
9,210, 000 
$17, 687 
7, 576, 000 
.$17,783 
Dorchester 
4, 740, 000 
9, 875 
4, 200, 000 
12, 347, 600 
8. 7.50 
25, 724 
1, 200, 000 
15, 300, 000 
2, 500 
30, 375 
Somerset 
2, 252, 1191 
27, 250 
145, 465 
86, 285 
5, 400 
1,018,824 
13, 210 
65, 470 
38, 828 
2, 950 
2, 463, 227 
34, 770 
142, 500 
75, 590 
5, 060 
1,217, 804 
20, 400 
71, 242 
38, 656 
3, 160 
Total 
25, 757, COO 
52, 161 
28, 816, 000 
60, 533 
4,874,787 2,324,355 
4, 814, 114 2, 615, 840 
2, 376, 516 
2, 676, 373 
