STATISTICS OF THE FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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Atlantic fisheries is about $19,048,000, that of New England is $12,446,000, that of the 

 west coast is $7,259,000, that of the Gulf States $2,499,000, that of the Great Lakes 

 $2,471,000, and that of the South Atlantic States $1,590,000. 



Massachusetts, owing - to its extensive food-fish and bait fisheries, still maintains 

 the lead which it has so long held in the matter of products; $7,531,000 represents 

 the value of its fisheries. Maryland, owing to its enormous yield of oysters, ranks as 

 the second fishing State as regards its products, which are worth $0,461,000. New 

 York holds the third position in respect to the value of the catch, the receipts of the 

 fishermen of that State in 1892 being $5,041,000. The other States, the extent of whose 

 fisheries entitles them to separate mention, are Virginia, whose fishing industry is 

 worth $3,641,000; New Jersey, $3,026,000; California, $3,045,000; Alaska, $2,411,000; 

 Maine, $2,226,000; Connecticut, $1,871,000; Florida, $1,340,000; and North Carolina, 

 $1,028,000. No other State has fisheries yielding over $1,000,000, but^Washington, 

 Michigan, Oregon, Rhode Island, Louisiana, and Ohio have an annual production 

 worth between $500,000 and $1,000,000. 



Statistics by geographical divisions. — In order to present more detailed figures for the 

 products than would be possible in a single table of size convenient for consultation, 

 a series of tables has been prepared showing by geographical sections the quantity 

 and value of each principal object of fisheries in each State. 



Products of the fisheries of the Neiv England Stales. 



Species. 



Alewives 



Bluefish 



Cod 



Haddock 



Halibut 



Herring 



Mackerel 



Menhaden 



Salmon 



Scup 



Lobsters 



Oysters 



Clams 



All other products. 



Total 



Maine. 



Tounds. 



2,113,950 



14, 700, 700 



5, 858, 000 



562, 500 



40, 426, 980 



4, 276, 422 



600 



138, 322 



17, 198,002 



4. 545, 010 

 31,879,714 



121, 700, 200 



Value. 



$19, 104 



382, 751 

 111,160 



45, 000 



218,223 



253, 267 



9 



20, 032 



649, 891 



New Hampshire. 



Pounds. 



41, 500 



1, 393, 200 



1,557,750 



72, 540 



140, 000 



46, 000 



4, 000 



220, 024 



Value. 



$770 



28, 813 



26, 356 



6,166 



1,500 



3,945 



40 



13, 142 



156, 033 

 370, 336 



10, 500 

 471, 310 



2, 225, 806 3. 956, 824 



975 

 9,774 



Massachusetts . 



Pounds. 



3, 326, 445 



415, 560 



66, 433. 170 



39,158,272 



8, 429, 016 

 11,622,660 

 12, 422, 462 



1, 427, 150 



2, 750, 320 



3, 177, 295 



368, 256 



2, 349, 514 



149,469,211 



Value. 



$60, 056 



31, 167 



, 277, 838 



897, 192 



756, 357 



109, 545 



820, 927 



12, 369 



90, 761 



205, 638 



70, 240 



102, 724 



2. 006, 380 



91, 481 



301, 349, 331 



7,531,194 





Species. 



Rhode Island. 



Pounds. 



I 



Alewives 



Bluefish 



Cod 



Haddock 



Halibut 



Herring 



Mackerel 



Menhaden 



Salmon 



Scup 



Lobsters 



Oysters 



Clams 



All other products. 



Total 



967, 930 

 247, 100 

 417,500 

 121, 200 



700 



206, 975 



5, 340, 700 



Value. 



f»13, 291 

 14, 356 

 13, 660 



2,824 



30 

 16, 960 



28, 771 



5, 546, 600 

 774,100 



1, 106, 567 

 498, 300 



6. 206, 993 



21,434,665 



105, 868 

 53, 762 



255, 492 

 65, 372 



150, 289 



725, 675 



Connecticut. 



Pounds. 



679, 120 

 640, 450 

 1 , 390, 420 

 217, 460 

 223, 740 



66, 970 



12, 690, 300 



135 



13. 200 



1, 614, 530 



13,651,218 



373, 760 



29, 896, 918 



61, 458, 221 



Value. 



$3, 808 

 32, 022 

 42, 551 

 5,437 

 19,018 



Total. 



Pounds. 



4,805 

 31,889 

 64 I 

 197 

 101,318 

 ,426,249 ! 

 43,656 I 

 160,399 



7, 128, 945 



1,303, 110 

 84, 334, 990 

 46, 912, 682 



9, 287, 796 



52, 190, 340 



17,018,829 



19, 402, 750 



138, 457 



8, 310, 120 

 22, 983, 951 

 15, 126, 041 



7, 777, 084 

 217, 924, 146 



1,871,413 i 509,899,241 



Value. 



$102, 029 



77, 545 



2,745,613 



1,042,969 



826, 541 



329, 298 



1,099,904 



73, 078 



20, 096 



196, 826 



1, 023, 751 



1,751,981 



458, 760 



2, 697, 178 



12, 445, 569 



Note. — The weights of the oysters and clams represent only the edible part or meat. The number of bushels of oysters 

 shown for this section is 2,160,863, apportioned as follows: Massachusetts, 52,608 bushels; Rhode Island, 158,081 bushels; 

 Connecticut, 1,950,174 bushels. The quantity of clams given is equivalent to 795,442 bushels, of which 454,501 bushels are to 

 be credited to Maine, 1,050 to New Hampshire, 245,291 to Massachusetts, 53,800 to Rhode Island, and 40,800 to Connecticut. 



