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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



Among other important products the comparison of whose past and present abun- 

 dance, as shown by the catch, may be of general interest, are bluefish, alewives, sea 

 bass, squeteague, Spanish mackerel, salmon, cod, mackerel, and lobsters. Comparative 

 figures for each of these are given by geographical sections in the following table: 



Comparative stathtiw of the catch of certain products in 1SS0 and 1892. 



Partly estimated. 



t Estimated, 



