FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES, 
467 
Comparaiire statement of iJte prodncis of the fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States in 1880 and 1891. 
Products 
New York. 
Kew Jersey. 
Pennsylvania. 
Delaware. 
1880. 
1891. 
1880. 
1891. 
1880. 
1891. 
1880. 
1891. 
Pish : 
Alewives 
Bluetish 
Pounds. 
250. 000 
3, 000. 000 
500, 000 
50, 000 
3, 580, 000 
1, 361, 300 
1 , 000, 000 
10, 000 
288, 031, 200 
515. 000 
1, 500, 00(1 
7.50, 000 
2.733,600 
400, 000 
25, 000 
235, 000 
1,000, 000 
795, 000 
114. 000 
1, 054, 110 
Pounds. 
2, 191, 560 
5, 506, 575 
837, 246 
117. 180 
2, 277, 158 
1,616, 213 
1, 561, 696 
157, 541 
104, 860, 111 
88, 125 
350, 858 
679. 180 
3 oil, 956 
19, 523 
71, 836 
17, 501 
2, 852, 653 
205, 119 
• 30,261 
2, 250, 506 
Pounds. 
1, 500, 000 
3. 635. 000 
200, 000 
135, 000 
1.667.000 
551.000 
75, 000 
15, 000 
29, 134, 600 
630. 000 
50, 000 
1 60, 000 
864, 000 
275, 090 
200. 000 
250, 000 
4, 430, 000 
442, 000 
300. 000 
1, 384, 226 
Pounds. 
2, 066, 820 
7, 227, 926 
230, 802 
133, 824 
811,011 
623, 280 
987, 895 
33, 697 
20, 670, 512 
693, 962 
25, 682 
3,731,538 
10, 225, 455 
26, 290 
78, 391 
106, 680 
6, 002, .563 
298, 164 
452, 630 
768, 902 
Pounds. 
(*) 
30, 000 
Pounds. 
2, 351,775 
Pounds. 
2, 396, 700 
15, 800 
Pounds. 
863, 760 
Catfish 
Cod 
117,000 
132,468 
196, 200 
73, 800 
Eels 
Flounders 
Kiiio;fish 
Alenhaden 
Perch 
(*) 
60, 000 
10, 950 
18, 015 
124, 000 
16, 500 
3, 50(1 
522, 900 
476, 500 
223, 500 
5, 000 ! 
960 1 
67, 000 ; 
255, 855 i 
Sea bass 
Shad 
Sheepshead 
Spanish mackerel 
Spots and croakers . . 
Squetea^ue 
Striped hass 
Sturgeon 
All others 
Total 
Reptiles, mollusks, and 
crustaceans : 
550, 000 
559, 600 
5,000 
917, 500 
2, 692, 864 
1, 2u0 
1, 050, 000 
5, 900 
1, 500, 196 : 
15, 000 
43, 400 
150, 000 
1.50, 000 
T, 680, 000 

21,015 
52, 700 
158, 410 
074, 100 
2,618, 500 
247,900. 
570, 000 
731, 850. 
9, 681, “550' 
42. 460 ; 
1,164,730 , 
91,910 1 
1, 301, 800 ! 
117, 280 
313, 891, 240 
128, 742, 431 
45, 897, 826 
55, 226, 051 
6, 399, 957 
5,714,251 
1,800 
9, 000 
3,280 
30, 708 
15. 300 
11, 988 
18, 000 1 
Clams, soft or long. . . 
Clams, hard or round. 
Oysters 
3, 407, 750 
2, 795, 840 
7, 303, 100 
290, 500 
1, 505, 500 
4, 524, 520 
18, 277, 431 
313, 042 
16, 766, 100 
529, 066 
165, 093 
61, 836 
660, 280 
3, 132, 280 
13,825,000 
827, 000 
3, 451. 021 
16, 114, 567 
1, 183, 700 
5, 541 
2, 100, 000 
21,920 
1, 097, 0-10 
1 1 
Crabs 
Lobsters 
All others 
1,624, 583 
135, 000 
1.470, 300 
156, 800 
519, 611 
165, 664 
2, 806, 180 
84, 951 
150 
80, 250 
8, 200 ! 
710, 000 1 
Total 
15, 558, 573 
42, 142, 591 
19, 2.53, 660 
23. 890, 326 
1, 183, 700 
2, 236, 653 
1, 983, 398 : 
Grand total 
Value 
32974T278ir 
170, 885, 022 
'057l5b486“ 
797116738^0“ 
1, 680, 000 
“77583,057“ 
ipTrS, 203 
77697, 649 ; 
$4, 225, 695 
$4, 817, 369 
$3, 176, 589 
.$3, 520, 057 
$83, 100 
$322, 021 
$997T69A 
“$2557123“ 
Products. 
i^Iaryland. 
Virginia. 
Total. 
Increase or decrease. 
1880. 
1891. 
1880. 
1891. 
1880. 
1891. 
Quantity. 
Per cent. ; 
Pish ; 
Alewives 
Blueflsh 
Butter-fish 
Catfish 
Cod 
Pounds. 
9, 203, 959 
10, 000 
420, 000 
Pounds. 
17,418, 850 
516, 364 
31, 955 
1, 296, 752 
Pounds. 
6, 925, 113 
1,546, 417 
500, 000 
Poviids. 
11,013,485 
1, 842, 261 
120, 000 
935, 211 
Pounds. 
20, 276, 072 
8, 267, 217 
700, 000 
1,418,200 
5, 247, 000 
2, 176, 300 
1, 136, 500 
236, 500 
410, 705, 500 
3, 316, 500 
1, 550, 000 
1, 486, 200 
12, 153, 579 
1, 201, 566 
1, 8.52, 663 
2, 319, 100 
12, 604, 500 
2, 853, 300 
1, 719, 558 
8. 494, 013 
Pounds. 
35. 889, 250 
15, 093, 129 
1, 220, 003 
2, 689, 268 
3, 118, 169 
3, 367, 606 
2,71.5, 329 
.341, 763 
262, 530, 110 
4, 020, 015 
370, 540 
5, 537, 898 
30, 180, 586 
72, 869 
937, 974 
2, 165, 771 
14, 700, 310 
2, 371, 267 
2, 636, 482 
6,951, 139 
Pounds. 
+ 15, 613, 178 
+ 6, 825, 912 
4- 520, 003 
+ 1,271,068 
— 2, 128, 531 
+ 1,191,306 
+ 1,578,829 
+ 105, 263 
—148,175.390 
+ 673. 545 
— 1, 173, 460 
+ 4,051,698 
+ 18, 033, 007 
— 1, 128, 697 
— 914, 689 
— 183, 329 
+ 2, 095, 810 
— 482, 033 
+ 916. 924 
— 1, 539, 574 
—1(12+49; ICO' 
+ 77. 00 , 
+ 82. 57 
+ 74. 29 : 
+ 89. 63 ; 
— 40. 57 : 
+ 54. 74 I 
+ 138. 92 ! 
+ 41. 51 1 
— 36. 08 
+ 2(1. 13 
— 75.71 
+ 272, 62 
+ 148. 38 
— 93. 94 
— 19. 37 
— 7.80 
+ 16. 63 
— 16. 89 
+ 53. 32 
— 18. 13 
Eels 
Flounders 
• Kiugfish 
Menhaden 
Perch 
15, 000 
5.000 
3.000 
3, 903, 000 
890, 000 
792, 041 
33, 443 
30. 9.52, 120 
2, 494, 625 
125, 000 
40, 000 
175, OOO 
88, 213, 800 
745, 000 
71, 619 
127, 295 
119, 565 
105, 980, 331 
408, 833 
Sea bass 
Shad 
Slieepshead 
Spanish mackerel 
Spots and croakers .. 
Squeteague 
Striped bass 
sturgeon 
All others 
Total 
5, OOO 
3, 774, 426 
12, 000 
18, 000 
40, 000 
65, 000 
700, 000 
141, 000 
1,067, 518 
113, 370 
6, 224, 873 
3, 1,85 
14, 837 
273, 283 
750, 165 
1, 264, 693 
72, 445 
1, 416, 353 
20, 000 
3, 171, 953 
503, 666 
1, 609, 063 
1, 150, 000 
1, 476, 000 
625, 000 
411, 558 
1, 106, 279 
66, 310 
6, 498, 242 
23. 871 
739, 910 
1, 725, 847 
3, 929, 899 
183, 436 
723, 646 
2, 242, 958 
20, 275, 903 
63, 699, 057 
108, 344, 749 
137, 142, 758 
499, 771, 268 
390, 925, 108 
— 20. 58 
Reptiles, mollusks, and 
crustaceans : 
Terrapins 
Turtles 
30, 000 
89, 780 
4, 060 
165, 600 
52, 215 
189, 121 
237, 108 
15, 300 
4, 068, 030 
6, 337, 184 
145, 289, 310 
290, 500 
157, 263 
211, 181 
2, 332, 500 
8, 707, 502 
119, 122, 749 
313, 042 
16, 706, 100 
11, 634,721 
338, 957 
3, 615, 243 
- 79, 845 
+ 195, 881 
- 1,73.5,530 
+ 2,370,018 
+ 4,133,409 
+ 22, 542 
f 16, 766, 100 
+ 5,119,023 
+ 17, 007 
+ 3,645,213 
— 33. 67 
+ 1280.27 
— 42. 66 
+ 37. 40 
+ 2.84 
+ 7.76 
Clams, hard or round. 
Oysters 
40, 000 
71, 200, 000 
147, 760 
69, 615, 406 
363, 820 
47, 861, 240 
559, 278 
43. 134, 602 
Crabs 
1,166, 667 
7, 605, 770 
2, 139, 200 
2, 894, 027 
6, 185, 701 
291, 950 
+ 79. 39 
+ 16. 10 
All otliers 
15, 394 
21, 833 
Total 
Grand total 
Value 
75, 436, 667 
77, 478, 170 
50, 529, 860 
46, 851,076 
163, 015. 113 
193, 529, 261 
+30, 513, 848 
+ 18. 72 
i8379937^8M 
(3627789,^81 
—7273.357312 
— ioTor 
95, 712, 570 
141, 177, 827 
158, 871, 609 
590,451,369 
$5, 221, 715 
.$6, 460, 759 
"$37124, 441 
.$3, 647, 845 
$16, 835, 238 
$19, 023,471 
+$2, 188, 236 
+ 13. 00 
* Not separately reported and included in “ all others.’’ 
