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37, Appendix, w^hich we have endeavored to make complete.*' It was found 

 impracticable to use in this study the statistical record prior to 1887; since 

 useful data from Alaska are not available with satisfactory continuity and 

 content prior to 1929, only limited use could be made of the figures from that 

 territory; the Mississippi River and its tributaries have also been omitted 

 because they have been canvassed only six times and apparently not always 

 over the same geographical area, though summary tables of both Alaska and 

 Mississippi have been included for convenient reference. The main serial 

 tables which we have constructed and relied on in this report are therefore 

 made up of data from seven regions — the five Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico 

 regions, the Great Lakes (American side only) and the Pacific States. The 

 degree of coverage and the distribution of the canvasses in various time 

 periods are shown in Table 13. 



TABLE 13 



Recapitulation and Per Cent Coverage of Regional Statistical Data of 



United States Fisheries 1887-1940. (Seven* Regions of 



the United States Proper Considered in this Report) 



* New England, Mid-Atlantic, Chesapeake, South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Great Lakes, 

 Pacific. 



In the entire 54-year period, 1887-1940, the seven regions here considered 

 were all canvassed (or the data otherwise obtained) simultaneously only in 



43. Numerous partial and special surveys of regions, States, rivers and particular fisheries, 

 summaries, etc., and records of vessel landings, are also available. Some of the regional data in 

 the calendar, especially in late years, were obtained by some of the States and published and 

 sponsored by the Federal Government. 



