464 
BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Fish utiUzed and products prenared in the menhaden indusinj of the Middle Atlantic States. 
Items. 
New York. 
New Jer.sey. 
Delaware. 
1889. 
1890. 
1891. 
1889. 
1890. 
1891. 
1892. 
1891. 
1892. 
Menhaden utilized (No.) . 
185,743,850 
205,410,300 
160,150,450 
31,366,000 
33,695,100 
17,428,800 
12,654,500 
23,926,500 
23,009,000 
Value 
$301,456 
$336,185 
$291,165 
$33,082 
$35,776 
$21,189 
$19,812 
$29,907 
$28,760 
Gallons oil made 
1,257,465 
1,310,775 
1,118,953 
95,270 
99.694. 
72,118 
72,657 
107,212 
105,680 
Value - 
$321,642 
$352,793 
$282,770 
$21,366 
$19,636 
$18,642 
$22,109 
$29,093 
$27,895 
13,033 
14,517 
11,40(5 
1.532 
1,870 
1,098 
897 
$255,450 
$286,396 
$230,917 
$34,920 
$38^980 
$27,592 
$23,735 
Tons crude and acidu- 
lated scrap made 
3,812 
4,657 
2,833 
1,330 
1,100 
260 
185 
3,397 
2,986 
V alue . - 
$46,670 
'$55,884 
$33,996 
$12,604 
$10,900 
$2,366 
$2,325 
$43,875 
$38,826 
Total value 
$623,762 
$695,073 
$547,683 
$68,890 
$69,510 
$48,600 
$48,229 
$72,968 
$66,721 
Gross profits 
$322,306 
$358,888 
$256,518 
$35,808 
$33,740 
$27,411 
$28,417 
$43,061 
$37,961 
Items. 
Maryland. 
Virginia. 
Total. 
1890. 
1891. 
1890. 
1891. 
1890. 
1891. 
Menhaden utilized (number) 
20, 579, 400 
12, 500,000 
216, 400, 500 
191. 365, 500 
476, 085, 300 
405, 371, 250 
Value 
$25, 724 
$15. 625 
$237, 923 
$226, 641 
$635, 608 
.*584, 527 
Galhuis oil made 
30, 550 
32, 900 
293, 758 
396, 575 
1, 734, 777 
1, 727, 756 
Value 
Ton.s dry scrap made 
Value 
Tons crude and acidulated scrap 
$7, 637 
$8, 225 
$70, 107 
5, 953 
$119, 938 
$93, 796 
5, 835 
$119, 225 
$450, 233 
22, 340 
$445, 314 
$432, 526 
18, 339 
$377, 734 
made 
1, 575 
1,200 
14, 053 
11, 219 
21, 385 
18, 909 
Value 
$30, 725 
$19, 800 
$130, 570 
$111, 422 
$228, 079 
$211, 479 
Total value 
$38, 362 
$28, 025 
$.'320, 075 
$324, 443 
$1, 123, 626 
$1. 021, 719 
Gross profits 
$12, 638 
$12, 400 
$82, 752 
$97, 802 
$488, 018 
$437, 192 
COMPARISONS WITH 1880. 
The figures obtained for tbe Teutli Census permit a fairly satisfactory comparison 
between the extent and condition of tbe fisheries of this I'Cgiou iu ISSO and 1891. 
While a somewhat different method of treatment precludes a detailed statistical 
exposition for the years uamed, the general comparisons which may be drawn and some 
special data that may be presented for a number of important items will give a clear 
idea of the changes which have taken place iu the decade indicated. 
The fishing population of the Middle Atlantic States iu 1880 was ascertained to 
be 59,853, of whom 41,370 were fishermen jiroper and 15,483 were shoresmen. In 1891 
the number was 90,923, consisting of 73,619 fishermen and 18,304 shoresmen. The 
increase amounted to 31,070 persons, or about 52 per cent, and was participated iu by 
every State. The increase was apparently most marked iu Pennsylvania, in which 
the figures show an advance of over 400 per cent. While it is known that a large 
augmentation iu the fishing industry of that State has occurred siuce 1880, it is 
thought that the very striking increase shown is due to the fact that the oyster vessel- 
fishery tributary to Philadelphia, which is now very extensive, was not credited to 
that city in 1880, but to Delaware, iu the waters of which State the vessels operated. 
W'hile Pennsylvania has no oyster-grounds within the limits of the State, a good-sized 
fleet of vessels owned iu Philadelphia eugages in the oyster industry of Delaware 
Bay, and it seems entirely proper to credit this business to Pennsylvania. Next to 
this State, the greatest increase in fishing population occurred in New York, where it 
amounted to 93 per ceut. The change was least marked in Delaware, in which the 
advance was only 13 j^er cent. For the same reason that the advance in Pennsylvania 
has been apiiarently more xn’onounced than was xircbably the case, that in Delaware 
has been less so. These remarks apply also to the investment and catch iu the two 
States named. 
