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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Statement of the extent of the Mng- crab fishery in Neiv Jersey in 1890. 
Locality. 
No. of 
fish- 
ermen. 
No. of 
horses 
em- 
ployed. 
No. of 
boats 
used. 
Pound-nets and weirs. 
The output. _ 
No. 
Value. 
Character of 
shore on which 
located. 
No. of 
crabs 
taken 
in nets. 
No. of 
crabs 
taken by 
hand. ” 
Total 
number 
of crab.s 
taken. 
Value. 
i 
Average A 
value per] 
thousand.'] 
b 
2 
3 
$36. 00 
7, 500 
25, 000 
32 500 
$130. 00 
$4 no] 
2 
3 
34. 50 
7] 200 
20' 000 
27, 200 
108. 80 
4 on I 
3 
2 
9 
40. 00 
12' 000 
19,’ 500 
31, 500 
157. 50 
5 00 ' 
3 
4 
13 
243. 75 
Mud 
65’, 000 
3' 000 
68' 000 
323.00 
4 . 7.‘S 
3 
5 
20 
380. 00 
120,' 000 
5' 000 
125i 000 
625. 00 
5 00 
4 
4 
6 
82. 50 
Sand and mud. 
27^ 450 
306, 600 
334; 050 
1, 586. 74 
4. 75 
20 
15 
25 
643. 75 
250, 000 
159^ 600 
409, 600 
2, 048. 00 
5. 00 
20 
15 
5 
20 
1, 121.00 
40li 000 
10^ 000 
4lb 000 
2’ 055. 00 
5. 00 
12 
11 
12 
’ 420. 00 
180’ 000 
3’ 000 
183 000 
' 824. 50 
4 .50 
2 
2 
9 
20. 00 
7, 200 
2, 500 
9, 700 
38. 80 
4 00 
Elsewhere 
2 
• 2 
2 
20. 00 
...do 
3, 120 
30; 000 
33^ 120 
132. 48 
4.00 
Total 
73 
43 
27 
108 
3, 041. 50 
1, 080, 470 
584, 200 
1, 664, 670 
8, 029. 82 
4. 82 
Mr. Howell says that, in addition to the regular fishermen mentioned in thei ; 
table, about 150 men and boys along the coast take crabs when they are most plentiful.^ “ 
Their catch is included in the summary. 
'i 
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