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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
MARYLAND. 
In the preceding general tables and discussion, the importance of the fyke net in 
this State has been shown. While New York has a larger aggregate catch on the 
coast and in Lake Ontario, the extent of the fishery, on the Atlantic seaboard and 
coast rivers is much less than in Maryland. This is the fyke-net State par excellence. 
More nets are here employed, the nets are more generally used and distributed, and a 
larger variety of forms is met with than in any other State. 
Fykes are found in fourteen counties in this State. They are most extensively 
employed in Baltimore, Cecil, Dorchester, Harford, and Somerset counties, which 
have over 1,000 nets each. The catch is most valuable in Kent and Cecil counties, 
where products worth over $10,000 are taken with this apparatus. The most promi- 
nent species taken are catfish, eels, white perch, yellow perch, pike, and striped bass, 
but a number of others have considerable importance. 
The full extent of this fishery in 1891 is shown in the following series of tables. 
The figures for the individual counties are shown separately. 
Fishermen. 
Counties. 
Number. 
Anne Arundel 
4 
Baltimore 
55 
Caroline 
18 
Cecil 
91 
Charles 
6 
Dorchester 
Harford 
32 
Kent 
88 
Prince George 
i 
Queen Anne 
28 
Somerset 
45 
Talbot 
83 
Wicomico 
73 
Worcester 
16 
Total 
595 
Nets and boats. 
Counties. 
Fyke nets. 
Boats. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
Anne Arundel 
22 
$396 
3 
$60 
Baltimore 
1,781 
6,113 
48 
648 
Caroline 
239 
2, 374 
15 
225 
Cecil 
2, 923 
5,626 
61 
915 
Charles 
24 
96 
3 
75 
Dorchester 
1,470 
4, 153 
37 
666 
Harford 
1,140 
4, 010 
31 
620 
Kent 
211 
3, 856 
66 
1,122 
Prince George 
16 
64 
2 
50 
Queen Anne 
74 
1,435 
21 
336 
Somerset 
1, 179 
3, 525 
34 
680 
Talbot 
579 
2, 888 
69 
966 
Wicomico 
708 
3,467 
61 
733 
Worcester 
.32 
111 
9 
75 
Total 
10, 398 
38, 114 
460 
7, 171 
