STATISTICS OF THE FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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Of the geographical regions, the most important as regards the number of fishery- 

 employes is the Middle Atlantic, where about 90,700 persons are engaged, of whom 

 17,750 are vessel fishermen, 54,600 are shore and boat fishermen, and 18,350 are shores- 

 men. The next important region is New England, which has 37,000 fishing popula- 

 tion, consisting of 14,300 vessel fishermen, 13,400 shore and boat fishermen, and 9.300 

 shore hands. The other sections, in the order of their rank, are the Pacific States, 

 including Alaska, with 10,800 persons; the South Atlantic States with 10,000; the 

 Gulf States with 12,000, and the Great Lakes States with 9,750. 



The following table shows, by States and geographical sections, the number of 

 persons employed in the different branches of the fishing industry: 



Persons employed in the coast and Great Lakes fisheries of the United States. 



States. 



New England : 



Maine 



New Hampshire . 

 Massachusetts. . . 



Rhode Island 



Connecticut 



Shores- 

 men. 



factory - 

 men, 

 etc. 



Total . 



Middle Atlantic: 



New Fork 



New Jersey... 

 Pennsylvania. 



Delaware 



Maryland 



Virginia 



Total 



South Atlantic: 

 North Carolina 

 South Carolina 



Georgia 



Florida 



:otal 



1(i 



608 

 135 

 175 

 403 

 992 



14,313 



2, 346 

 2.337 

 295 

 109 

 8, 342 

 4,308 



17, 737 



6, 840 

 210 



4,178 

 954 



1,213 



5,680 

 28 



2,672 

 227 

 710 



13,395 ! 9,317 



7,858 

 7,560 

 1, 615 

 1, 692 

 19, 867 

 16, 027 



2, 042 

 536 

 310 

 446 



11,735 



3, 260 



Total. 



15, 128 

 373 



17, 025 

 1,584 

 2,915 



37, 025 



12, 

 10, 

 2, 

 2, 

 39, 

 23, 



246 

 433 

 220 

 247 

 944 

 595 



54,619 i 18,329 90,685 



426 

 74 

 64 



570 



7,052 

 2,503 

 1,357 

 1, 305 



2,796 



124 

 201 

 230 



10, 

 2. 



1, 

 1, 



274 

 701 

 622 

 541 



12, 217 



3,351 



16, 138 



States. 



Gulf: 



Florida 



Alabama 



Mississippi 

 Louisiana. . 

 Texas 



Vessel 

 fisher- 

 men. 



,085 



93 



203 



332 



84 



Total. 



4,335 



618 

 1,721 

 4,068 

 1.277 



Total 1,797 



Pacific: 



California ... 



Oregon 



Washington . 

 Alaska 



Total . 



Great Lakes : 



New York 



Pennsylvania. 



Ohio 



Michigan 



Indiana 



Illinois 



Wisconsin 



Minnesota 



1,850 



90 



376 



34G 



7, 995 I 2, 227 | 12, 019 



3,007 

 2, 651 

 3,010 

 1,012 



569 

 1,459 



910 

 1,491 



2,662 9,680 ! 4,429 



Total 



Grand total. 



32 

 95 



192 



250 



5 



12 

 126 



19 



1,346 



250 



1, 733 



2,693 



89 



309 



956 



17 



120 



58 



813 



400 



65 



143 



15 



5,426 

 4,200 

 4,296 

 2,849 



16, 771 



1,498 



403 



2,738 



3,343 



94 



386 



1,225 



51 



731 



37,810 



7,393 | 1,614 I 9,738 



105,299 39,267 182,376 



One of the most interesting questions connected with the consideration of the 

 fishing population is the extent to which persons of foreign citizenship engage in our 

 fisheries. Especially important is a knowledge of the foreign element in the fishery 

 marine. The inquiries on which the present paper is based have been addressed to 

 this subject in every region. It appears that the largest proportion of foreigners is 

 found in the vessel fisheries of the Pacific States. The vessels sailing from South 

 Atlantic ports are manned wholly by citizens. The percentage of foreigners in the 

 vessel fisheries of the entire country is 21. In the New England States the vessel fish- 

 ermen consist of 71 per cent United States citizens, 15 per cent British provincials, and 

 14 per cent other foreigners, chiefly Portuguese. Ninety-two per cent of the vessel 

 fishermen of the Middle Atlantic States are native-born or naturalized citizens, the 

 8 per cent of foreigners being made up largely of Germans, Swedes, and Norwegians. 

 Natives of the Bahamas and other British possessions constitute 34 per cent of the 

 vessel-fishing population in the States bordering on the Gulf of Mexico; 13 per csnt of 



