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1687 1890 1693 1896 IS99 1902 1905 1908 1911 1914 1917 1920 1923 1926 J929 1932 1935 19381940. 



130 g 



-I 



100 i 

 90 2 

 80 3 



1890 1893 1896 1899 1902 1905 1908 1911 1914 1917 1920 1923 1926 1929 1932 I 



Fig. 6. Food fish production of the United States, seven regions (Mississippi River and Alaska 

 excluded), quantity, values, and prices, 1887-1940. Inadequate statistical record 1909-1919. 



c. Oysters. A similar procedure was followed in summarizing the statis- 

 tical record of the oyster industry for the Atlantic-Gulf regions only, Pacific 

 excluded. Since the numbers of oyster fishermen are not separately ascertain- 

 able, the tabulation shows only quantities, values, and prices of Eastern 

 oysters in actual and deflated (1926) money. (Table 57, Appendix, and 

 Fig. 15 in the text.) 



d. Corrections Not Made. Seaweeds occur in quantities varying from 115 

 to 150 million pounds only in New England and in large quantity only for 



