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TJ. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of the United States and Alaska, 1930 — Continued 

 OPERATING UNITS; By sections 



Item 



Fishermen: 



On vessels. 



On boats and shore- 

 Total 



Vessels: 



Steam 



Net tonnage- 

 Motor 



Net tonnage- 

 Sail 



Net tonnage. 



Total vessels 



Total net tonnage - 



Boats: 



Motor 



Other 



Apparatus: 



Haul seines 



Purse seines 



Otter trawls (including all types and sizes) . 



Gill nets 



Trammel nets 



Pound nets, trap nets, and weirs 



Stop nets 



Fyke nets 



Bag nets and pocket nets 



Other nets < 



Hooks, baits, or snoods 



Fish wheels 



Eel pots and traps 



Lobster pots 



Crab and crawfish pots, traps, drags, etc--- 



Clam dredges 



Crab dredges 



Mussel dredges 



Oyster dredges 



Scallop dredges and drags 



Crab scrapes 



Tongs, rakes, hoes, forks, grabs, etc 



Sponge apparatus 



Other apparatus 6 



New 

 England 



Number 

 6,192 

 10, 885 



17, 077 



64 



9,033 



649 



18, 583 



5 



50 



718 

 27, 666 



4,688 

 4,099 



147 



185 



565 



13, 524 



542 



258 



182 



235 



, 686, 790 



5,045 



332, 791 



3,530 



300 

 3,522 



4,443 

 '2,442 



Middle 

 Atlantic 



Number 

 4,665 

 5,940 



10, 605 



15 



1,940 



463 



6,998 



97 



2,306 



575 

 11,244 



2,014 

 2,036 



341 



37 



180 



3,570 



758 



87 



4,534 



359 

 794, 602 



10, 465 



51, 946 



58 



82 



53 



8 



674 



1,219 



259 



Chesapeake 



Number 

 2,579 

 16, 812 



25 

 2,902 



87 



1,453 



279 



3.015 



391 

 7,370 



8,217 

 5,603 



375 



49 



12 



19, 989 



2,954 



6 



3,472 



2,108 

 1, 642, 961 



13, 292 



102 



924 

 1,850 

 11,236 



South 



Atlantic 



and 



Gulf J 



Number 

 3,454 

 20, 136 



23, 590 



3 



166 

 589 



9,255 

 78 



1,224 



670 

 10, 645 



5,950 

 8,565 



1,211 



78 



2,306 



18, 100 



449 



2,399 



3,976 



2,420 



358, 692 



50 



1,592 



3,946 

 73 



720 

 330 



3,836 



338 



2,942 



2 Includes the operating units used in the fisheries of Lake Okeechobee, Fla. 



3 Includes persons in boat and shore fisheries. 



* Includes dip nets, cast nets, scap nets, reef nets, and other minor nets. 



6 Includes box traps, wire baskets, harpoons, spears, gaffs, crab and crawfish hooks, periwinkle and cockle 

 pots, and other apparatus not included in "Other nets." 



