FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES, 
463 
The following tables show for each State the extent of the fishery and shore busi- 
ness. It is not possible to present, for each of the years covered by the figures, 
satisfactorily comp)lete statistics for each State, owing to the different times at which 
the inquiries in the several States Avere prosecuted. 
Some vessels fishing for menhaden in New Jersey sell lai-ge quantities of fish for 
bait to the professional line fishermen. In 1891, 7,231,500 menhaden were thus sold 
for $11,575, and 5,197,000 fish, valued at $16,098, were thus utilized in 1892. The 
largest consumi)tion of menhaden for bait is in the extensive blnefish and sea-bass 
line fishery of Monmonth County. 
Persons engaged in ilie menhaden industry of the 2Iiddlc Atlantic States. 
States. 
Fisherraen. 
Factory hands. 
Total. 
1889. 
1890. 
1891. 
1892. 
1889. 
1890. 
1891. 
1892. 
1890. 
1891. 
New York 
517 
561 
560 
(*) 
567 
617 
594 
(A 
1, 178 
1, 154 
Kew Jersey" 
90 
102 
120 
103 
108 
107 
85 
78 
209 
214 
Delaware 
(t) 
(t) 
(t) 
(t) 
(A 
88 
90 
9U 
88 
90 
Maryland 
(*) 
32 
18 
(*) 
(A 
37 
48 
(*> 
69 
6() 
Virginia 
(*) 
, 661 
675 
(*) 
(A 
555 
554 
n 
1,216 
1,229 
1, 35G 
1,382 
1,404 
1, 371 
2,700 
2 753 
* Conijjlete tl.ita for tliese years not a vailable. 
t Same persons fish for a factory in Connecticut ami are properly credited to that State, 
Factories, vessels, etc., employed in the menhaden industry of the Middle Atlantic States. 
Items. 
New York. 
New Jersey. 
Delaware. 
1889. 
1890. 
1891. 
1889. 
1890. 
1891. 
1892. 
1890. 
1891. 
1892. 
Factories in operation . 
Value of xdants 
Cash caxiital 
12 
$320, 900 
$356, 000 
24 
13 
.$330, 600 
$386, 500 
26 
13 
$327, 500 
$376, 000 
27 
7 
$47,150 
$35, 000 
3 
6 
$51,650 
$41, 000 
3 
6 
$.52, 650 
$32, 500 
4 
6 
$52, 650 
$31, 500 
3 
2 
$20, 000 
$13, 500 
2 
$20. 500 
$14. 000 
2 
$21, 000 
$13,000 
$210, 500 
$53,125 
1, 608. 20 
$248, 000 
$56, 580 
1,875. 02 
$245, 000 
$58, 107 
1, 875. 02 
$24, 000 
$5. 168 
114. 25 
$24, 000 
$5, 650 
114. 25 
$31, 000 
,$6. 672 
109.58 
$23, 000 
$5, 938 
126. 07 
5 
6 
f) 
$5, 800 
$3, 190 
100. 20 
$5, 300 
$3, 650 
113. 63 
$9, 050 
$4, 315 
117. 11 
$12, 000 
$3, 785 
137.70 
Sail transporting ves- 
3 
6 
5 
3 
$2, 7.50 
$355 
46. 28 
$4, 050 
$530 
76. 73 
$3, 950 
$441 
69, 41 
$3, 700 
$381 
41. 68 
67 
74 
72 
9 
10 
12 
10 
$39. 250 
$979, 775 
$43, 175 
$1, 064. 855 
$41, 700 
$1, 048, 307 
$5, 150 
$128, 563 
$5, 660 
$141,490 
$8. 100 
$146, 678 
$5, 450 
$138, 404 
Total investment 
$33, 500 
$34, 500 
$34, 000 
Items. 
I’actories in operation 
Value of plants 
Cash capital 
Steam vessels 
Value 
Outfit 
Tonnage 
Sail fishing vessels 
Value 
Outfit 
Tonnage 
Sail transporting vessels . 
Value 
Outfit 
Tonnage 
Seines 
Value 
Total investment 
ifarylainl. 
1890. 
1 
$4, 500 
$ 6 , 000 
2 
$13, 700 
$5, 860 
138. 96 
4 
$2, 800 
$32. 860 
1891. 
1 
$4, 500 
$ 6 . 000 
1 
$7, 200 
$3, 380 
62. 54 
2 
$1, 600 
$22, 680 
A’irainia. 
Total. 
1890. 
1891. 
1890. 
1891. 
20 
21 
42 
43 
$192, 300 
$193, 900 
$.599, 050 
$599, 050 
$181, 500 
b67, 000 
$628, 500 
$595, 500 
12 
12 
43 
44 
$99, 000 
$103, 250 
$384, 700 
$380, 450 
.$42, 191 
$39, 525 
$110, 281 
$107, 684 
661.26 
637. 22 
2, 789. 49 
2,744.36 
31 
33 
37 
40 
$45,710 
$51, 450 
$51. 010 
$60, 500 
$35, 855 
$39, 739 
,$39, 505 
$44, 054 
918. 27 
1, 055. 06 
1, 059. 90 
1, 172. 17 
32 
30 
38 
35 
$31, 325 
$31,000 
$35, 375 
$34, 950 
$3, 548 
$3, 326 
$4, 078 
$3, 707 
686. 80 
704. 33 
763. 53 
773. 74 
58 
60 
146 
146 
$33, 600 
$36, COO 
$85, 235 
$86, 000 
$665, 029 
$605, 790 
$1,937,734 
$1, 917, 955 
