STATISTICS OF THE FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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The change in the relative positions of the different States, as determined by the 

 value of the catch in 1880 and at this time, is a matter having considerable general 

 interest. Massachusetts heads the list, followed, as in 1880, by Maryland and New 

 York. Maine, which ranked fourth, gives place to Virginia, which formerly ranked 

 sixth. New Jersey has the same position, viz, fifth. Alaska, which held the seventh 

 place, is supplanted by California, and takes the rank California formerly occupied, 

 viz, eighth. Delaware has dropped from the ninth to the twenty-first place. Con- 

 necticut advances one point, from 10 to 9. North Carolina remains in eleventh place. 

 Michigan drops from the rank of 12 to that of 13, its place being taken by Washing- 

 ton, which moves upward four places. The remaining States which have increased 

 their rank are Florida, from 14 to 10; Oregon, from 15 to 14; Washington, from 17 to 

 12; Louisiana, from 18 to 16; Pennsylvania, from 19 to 18; Wisconsin, from 20 to 19; 

 Texas, from 23 to 20; Alabama, from 25 to 24; and Mississippi, from 28 to 22. The 

 other States which have lost prestige are Ohio, which drops from 16 toll; South 

 Carolina, from 21 to 23; New Hampshire, from 22 to 26; Georgia, from 24 to 25; Illinois, 

 from 26 to 27; and Indiana, from 27 to 28. Minnesota remains at the end of the list. 



Table showing the relative rank, based on value of the products, of the coast and Great Lakes States in 



1S80 and 1892. 



F. C. B. 1893—27 



