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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



In the 8 States of the Atlantic seaboard north of Maryland lobster fishing is 

 carried on. The abundance of that crustacean increases froin south to north, and 

 the most southern and most northern States in which it is sought have, respectively, 

 the minimum and maximum output. The catch in Maine, amounting to over 17,000,000 

 pounds, worth $050,000, is more important than any other product of the fisheries, and 

 in Connecticut, where the yield is 1,615,000 pounds, valued at $101,000, it is surpassed 

 only by the oyster. The aggregate product is 23,301,149 pounds, with a value of 

 $1,011,077, divided as follows among the different States: 



Output of the looster fishery of the United States. 



Several species of crabs are of commercial value in 15 States of the Atlantic, Gulf, 

 and Pacific regions. They are actually and relatively most important in Maryland, 

 where the reported yield is over 7,600,000 pounds, valued at $303,700. Crabs there 

 rank next to oysters in value. Other States having a crab fishery of considerable 

 magnitude are California, Virginia, New Jersey, and Delaware, in which the yield is 

 between 1,000,000 and 3,000,000 pounds, as the following table indicates: 



The crab catch of the United States. 



Clams of several kinds exist as economic objects in 16 States. They are especially 

 prominent in the fisheries of Maine, Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey, in 

 which the aggregate output is 1,860,000 bushels, valued at $1,487,000, the production 

 in the entire country being 2,129,373 bushels, worth $1,690,536. The yield in each 

 State is as follows : 



