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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Present extent of the industry . — The following tables compiled for this report exhibit 
by counties the extent of the various branches of the oyster industry for the seasons 
1890-91 and 1891-92: 
TONGING, 1890-91. 
Counties. 
No. of 
men. 
Vessels tonging. 
Boats tonging. 
Total vessels 
and boats. 
Value of 
tongs. 
Total catch. 
No. 
Ton- 
nage. 
Value. 
Value of 
outfit. 
■No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
Bushels. 
Value. 
Somerset 
Wicomico 
Dorchester 
Talbot 
Queen Anne . . 
Kent 
Anne Arundel 
Calvert 
St. Mary 
Charles 
Worcester 
Total.... 
1,405 
850 
1, 443 
1,237 
1,112 
769 
1, 957 
1,077 
1, 380 
192 
192 
9 
3 
440. 85 
75.92 
12. 85 
20. 62 
$25, 790 
5, 345 
750 
1, 150 
$5, 250 
750 
90 
923 
344 
1,003 
656 
488 
410 
595 
512 
756 
155 
112 
$67, 105 
31, 925 
60, 180 
44,090 
30, 086 
19, 609 
45, 500 
25, 016 
43, 125 
5, 673 
6, 480 
923 
344 
1,003 
656 
410 
650 
521 
757 
155 
115 
$67, 105 
31, 925 
60, 180 
44, 090 
30, 086 
19, 609 
71, 290 
30, 361 
- 43, 875 
5,673 
7, 630 
$9, 216 
5,670 
7,498 
7, 918 
5, 065 
4j 305 
12, 442 
10, 770 
10, 410 
1, 020 
795 
1, 094, 935 
353, 500 
409, 660 
402, 000 
367, 375 
236, 500 
591, 505 
264, 730 
463, 967 
54, 518 
115, 143 
$522, 774 
176, 621 
205, 292 
201,000 
204, 374 
141, 388 
321, 530 
146, 677 
267, 241 
93| 070 
11, 614 
ti8 
550. 24 
33, 035 
6,175 
5, 954 
378, 789 
6, 022 
411. 824 
75, 109 
4, 353, 833 
2, 307, 816 
TONGING, 1891-92. 
Counties. 
No. of 
men. 
Vessels tonging 
Boats tonging. 1 
Total vessels 
and boats. 
Value of 
tongs. 
Total catch. 
No. 
Ton- 
nage. 
Value. 
Value of 
outfit. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
Bushels. 
Value. 
Somerset 
Wicomico 
Dorchester 
Talbot 
Queen Anne . . 
Kent 
Anne Arundel 
Calvert 
St. Mary 
Charles 
Worcester 
Total .... 
1,355 
830 
1, 352 
727 
1,064 
862 
1,834 
1,102 
1, 394 
167 
126 
41 
i . 
326. 70 
70. 18 
$19, 865 
5,200 
$4, 300 
710 
890 
333 
933 
512 
564 
510 
574 
523 
759 
122 
$65, 220 
31,025 
59,480 
36, 070 
37, 590 
29, 480 
44, 210 
28, 350 
43, 990 
5, 105 
5,370 
890 
333 
933 
512 
564 
510 
615 
531 
759 
122 
$65, 220 
31, 025 
59. 480 
36, 070 
37, 590 
29. 480 
64, 075 
33, 550 
43, 990 
5, 105 
5, 370 
$8, 860 
4, 830 
7,015 
4, 835 
5, 180 
4, 965 
11, 625 
11, 010 
11, 015 
940 
525 
1, 065, 530 
370, 825 
450, 720 
324, 650 
420, 160 
345, 820 
667, 295 
334, 640 
487, 675 
44, 500 
94, 520 
$486, 230 
175, 320 
212, 805 
159, 180 
209, 615 
174, 130 
328, 9”5 
173, 9' 5 
274, 210 
21, 840 
80, 640 
10, 813 
49 
396. 88 
25, 065 
5, 010 |5, 809 
385, 890 
5, 858 
410, 955 
70, 800 
4, 606, 385 
2, 296, 860 
The extent of the bedding or planting industry is here included. This is so small, amounting to about one-seventieth of 
the extent of the tonging fishery, that this arrangement does not preclude the use of the foregoing figures as an exposi- 
tion of the extent of the common fishery as prosecuted by means of tongs. 
DREDGING, 1890-91. 
Counties. 
No. of 
men. 
Vessels dredging. 
Boats 
dredging. 
Total vessels 
and boats. 
Value 
of 
appa- 
ratus. 
Total catch. 
No. 
Tonnage. 
Value. 
Value of 
outfit. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
Bushels. 
Value. 
Somerset 
2,453 
88 
78 
11 
2, 015 
40 
119 
208 
412 
31 
18 
235 
11 
19 
18 
7, 338. 63 
305. 41 
649. 10 
170. 37 
31. 45 
7, 591. 44 
121.16 
410. 70 
215. 90 
$329, 420 
14, 225 
30, 215 
8,420 
1, 075 
228, 645 
9, 615 
22, 805 
12, 475 
$124, 060 
4, 815 
10, 640 
4, 220 
352 
84, 694 
1, 505 
3,035 
2,400 
13 
$2, 610 
425 
13 
31 
18 
2 
235 
11 
23 
63 
$332, 030 
14, 225 
30, 215 
8, 420 
1, 075 
228, 645 
9, 615 
23, 485 
16, 295 
$37, 745 
1,742 
3,620 
1, 820 
125 
21, 150 
550 
1,445 
2, 350 
1, 823, 030 
42, 190 
84, 500 
46, 160 
2, 800 
767, 046 
23,900 
56, 550 
63, 106 
$913, 080 
22, 085 
43, 300 
24, 235 
2. 150 
554, 231 
16, 300 
36, 300 
34, 224 
VV i p.nm i r.n 
Dorchester 
Talbot 
Kent 
Baltimore 
4 
45 
68o" 1 
3,820 
Anne Arundel 
Calvert 
St. Mary 
Total 
5, 215 
759 
16, 834. 16 
656, 895 
235,721 1 
62 
7,110 
821 
664, 005 
70,547 2,909,282 
1, 645, 905 
Of the foregoing, 183 vessels (2,648.23 tons) and 13 boats from Somerset, 16 vessels (156.31 tons) from Dorchester, and 9 
vessels (81.24 tons) from Talbot, engaged in scraping within the limits of those counties, catching 465,000, 20.000 and 8,000 
bushels respectively, reducing the catch in “ State waters” to 2,416,282 bushels, with a value of $1,405,905. 
