398 



MARINE FISHERIES OF NORTH CAROLINA 



* Actual fishermen only, professional and casual, so far as could be ascertained in the record, 

 exclusive of shoresmen and men on vessels and boats transporting. 



t In terms of the All-Commodity Wholesale Price Index, 1926 = 100, U. S. Bureau of Labor 

 Statistics. 



} North and South Carolina, Georgia and East Coast of Florida ; includes Lake Okeechobee, 

 1927 to 1940, inclusive. 



§ West Coast of Florida and the other Gulf States. 



II Excludes Lake Namakan, Rainy Lake and Lake of the Woods, Minnesota, 1927 to 1940 

 inclusive. 



if Excludes Alaska and Mississippi River system, but includes (1927-1940 inclusive) Lake 

 Okeechobee, Florida, Lake Namakan, Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake, Minnesota. 



TABLE 18 



Annual Average Quantities, Actual and Relative * Values and Prices, of 



the United States Production of Food Fish (Non-food Items Excluded) 



by Regions, for Early and Late Historical Periods 



New England States 

 1887-1908 10,380 18,782 



1921-1940 19,690 22,859 



Per cent change +89.7 +21.7 



Middle Atlantic States 

 1887-1908 7,634 13,876 



1921-1940 8,312 9,449 



Per cent change + 8.9 — 31.9 



Chesapeake States {Maryland and Virginia) 



1887-1908 7,588 13,819 174,055 



1921-1940 8,511 9,617 168,037 



Per cent change +12.2 ~30.4 ~3-46 



391,708 



552,113 

 +41.2 



117,981 



109,887 



-6.9 



2.65 



3-59 



+35-5 



6-47 



7.56 



+ 16.8 



4-36 



5-06 



+ 16.1 



4.80 



4.14 



-13-8 



11.77 



8.60 



—26.8 



7-97 

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