426 
BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION, 
Vessels, boats, apparatus, shore property, and cash, capital employed in the fisheries of Virginia. 
Designation. 
1800. 
1891. 
Designation. 
1890. 
1891. 
Xo. 
Value. 
Xo. 
Value. 
Xo. 
Value. 
Xo. 
Value. 
Vessels fishing 
730 
$503, 100 
729 
$498, 440 
A 1 ) p a r a t u s — shore 
9, no 
9, 087 
172, 549 
ion, 933 
862 
$162 295 
891 
$165 990 
Vessels transporting . 
211 
216i 705 
214 
241, 695 
J?vkenets 
335 
5, 585 
339 
5,770 
5, 124 
5, 084 
Weirs 
50 
1 000 
50 
1 000 
Outfit."^ 
29, 280 
29, 068 
889 
442 
888 
442 
y, 153 
457 038 
9 247 
4C3i 722 
3 396 
3 439. 
X ppar .at u .a — vessel 
Dots, eel 
no 
95 
no 
95 
fisheries 
S])ears 
15 
10 
15 
10 
Seines 
42 
20, 250 
41 
25, 6.50 
Tongs, raises, and 
' lU 
30 
10, 694 
49, 726 
10, 756 
50, 203 
470 
18, 480 
4G0 
18, 210 
182 
3, 995 
198 
4 640 
Tongs 
1, 324 
O! 323 
1, 367 
6i 482 
Shore and accessory 
664, 095 
717, 787 
444i 800 
467, 5C0 
179 
178 
ao 170 
4s! 587 
5, 970 
ici 030 
2, 871, 376 
2, 9-18,059 

Products of the fisheries of Virginia. 
Species. 
1890, 
1891. 
Species. 
1890. 
1891. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Amine. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
10, 041, 698 
7, 500 
1,471, 671 
$91, 674 
11,013,485 
7, 000 
1, 842, 264 
$93, 905 
430 
67, 545 
7, 266, 207 
$228, 897 
1, 266 
G, 498, 242 
23,871 
.$207, 394 
1,344 
Black bass 
Ifiuetish 
450 
57, 195 
Sheepshead .. 
Spanish mack- 
22, 775 
Butter-fish 
138, 753 
3, 442 
120, 000 
2, 900 
erel 
648, 793 
47, 161 
739,910 
50, 756 
8. 735 
385 
13, 370 
935, 244 
4, 651, 473 
072, 304 
529, 1.59 
25, 426 
650, 157 
3, 929. 899 
483, 436 
25, 275 
Catiish 
C’obia or crab- 
939, 902 
27, 833 
28, 487 
Squeteague . . . 
.Striped bass.. 
130, 740 
47, 202 
124! 045 
42, 127 
194, 537 
1, 121, .525 
4. 708 
38, 645 
195. 250 
4, 948 
817, 670 
118, 067 
24, 514 
3, 190 
723, 646 
116, 364 
21, 364 
Croakers 
1, 075, 690 
36, 847 
SuckTrs 
3! 153 
Drum 
186, 950 
4, 1.54 
179. 502 
4,011 
Other fish 
1, 602, 036 
41, 247 
1, 514, 657 
38, 675 
Kels 
71,930 
3, 019 
71, 619 
2, 907 
Crabs, hard... 
2, 584, 794 
28, 210 
2, 308, 071 
32, 683 
Flounders 
Fingfish and 
126, i:i5 
4, -209 
127,295 
4, 109 
Crabs, soft. . . . 
440, 340 
26, 054 
585, 956 
833 
29, 379 
168, 056 
7. 920 
149, 565 
105, 980. 334 
7. 097 
42,518, 174 
2, 482. 348 
43, 134, 602 
2, 524, 348 
llenhadeu 
107. 341, 713 
209, 588 
197,523 
Qui'ib‘^gs OT 
Mullet 
104, 500 
2. 555 
no, 700 
2, 736 
hard clams.. 
551 , 888 
36,815 
5.59, 278 
36, 030 
Perch, ■white. . 
306, 521 
12, 445 
299, 813 
12, 010 
Frogs 
20, 232 
2, 655 
21, 000 
■ 2, 754 
Perch, yellow. 
184, 403 
7, 420 
169, 020 
6, 799 
Terrapins 
.52, 519 
19. 066 
.52, 215 
18, 494 
Pike 
Poiupaiio 
16, 558 
86, 246 
1. 039 
8, 406 
12, 415 
93. 700 
795 
9, 520 
Turtles 
203, 928 
4.279 
189, 121 
3, 9:i4 
Sea bass 
61, 323 
2, 044 
66, 310 
2, 270 
Total 
185, 282, 705 
3, 636, 351 
183,993, 834 
3, 647, 845 
In the following snpplenieutai'y table the quantities of certain i^roclucts shown in 
the foregoing' table are given on another basis thau pounds: 
Species. ; 1890. 
1891. 
Oysters .• .' bushels.. 
Clams do 
Crabs, hard number.. 
Crabs, soft do 
6. 074, (»25 
66. 486 
7, 754. 382 
1. 321. 020 
C, 162, 086 
09. 910 
0, 924, 213 
1,757, 868 
11, 196 
42, 000 
26, 103 
Frog.s do 
Terrapins do 
40, 464 
26, 259 
of the fisheries in each county. — Thirty-four counties in Virginia have 
commercial fisheries, and tlie extent of the industry in each of these is shown iu the 
tables wddch follow. 
blorfolk County, with its extensive oyster business, leads in the number of persons 
employed, having 3,053 in 1891, of which 1,821 were shoresmen. Accomac County 
ranks next, with 3,033, but surpasses ISTorfolk County in the number of vessel and 
