FISHERY STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1975 



RESOURCE STATISTICS DIVISION 

 CONTENTS 



SECTION 1 . - GENERAL REVIEW 1 

 U.S. Summaries _ 



Summary of landings 7 



Summary of operating units 7 



Fishing vessels, by tonnage groups 10 



Fishing vessels, by length distribution II 



Fishing vessels, by year built and region 12 



Fishing vessels, by gear and construction 14 



Landings by waters , fishermen, craft, plants, and employment , by States 16 



Landings by regions 17 



Landings of catch by gear 26 



Landings by U.S. fishing craft, by distance caught off U.S. shores and 



in international waters 28 



U.S. landings for human food and industrial use 31 



Relative volume of the landings, by species 35 



Relative value of the landings, by species 36 



Seed oyster fishery 37 



U.S. landings, live weight basis 38 



World landings of fish, crustaceans, mollusks, et al. , by countries 39 



Processed fishery products 40 



Canned fishery products 53 



Industrial fishery products 62 



Production of fish fillets and steaks 67 



Fish sticks and portions 69 



Frozen fishery trade 70 



Foreign fishery trade 79 



SECTION 2. - NEW ENGLAND FISHERIES 86 



Sectional summaries 90 



Maine 98 



New Hampshire 101 



Massachusetts 103 



Rhode Island HO 



Connecticut 114 



SECTION 3. - MIDDLE ATLANTIC FISHERIES 116 



Sectional summaries 120 



New York 126 



New Jersey 131 



Delaware 136 



SECTION 4 . - CHESAPEAKE FISHERIES 139 



Sectional summaries 142 



Maryland 147 



Virginia 151 



Landings by waters 156 



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