FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1931 211 



Mackerel fisho-y of the Atlantic coast, jfP5/— Continued 

 OPERATING UNITS AND CATCH: By fleet classification and grounds— Continued 



Designation 



Vessels 

 and boats 



Tonnage 



Crew 



Trips 



Total catch 



BLOCK ISLAND 



Seiners: 



Regular vessels (spring) 



Miscellaneous vessels (spring).. 

 Miscellnueous vessels (summer). 



Xetters: 



Regular vessels 



Miscellaneous vessels 



i\I isocllaneous boats 



Number 

 47 

 32 

 24 



16 

 . 25 



8 



Total. 



GULF OF MAINE 



Seiners: 



Regular vessels 



M iscellaneous vessels 



Miscellaneous boats 



Netters: 



Spring- 

 Regular vessels 



Miscellaneous vessels 



Miscellaneous boats 



Fall- 

 Regular vessels 



Miscellaneous vessels 



Miscellaneous boats 



Total. 



CAPE SHORE 



Seiners, regular vessels 



Total seiners 

 Total netters. 



Grand total. 



Ket tons 



1,645 



798 



930 



262 

 461 



Number 

 587 

 259 

 297 



99 

 157 



N'lmbrr 

 261 

 63 

 34 



03 

 36 



18 



Poundf! 



4, 300, 955 

 932, 478 

 886. 547 



555, 127 



332, 866 



55, 209 



1,399 



7, 063, 182 



1,883 

 1,236 



673 



457 



18 

 119 



1,140 



645 



348 

 217 



918 

 398 

 23 



28 

 13 

 17 



596 

 124 

 26 



17,288,071 



5, 013, 146 



151, 450 



39, 844 

 22, 930 

 13,800 



1,110,824 



235, 004 



13, 658 



5,041 



2,143 



23, 888, 727 



1,962 

 1,095 



33, 323, 869 

 3,159,603 



3,057 36,483,472 



' Exclusive of boats and of duplication. 



FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES « 



The j-ield of fishery products in the Middle Atlantic States (New 

 York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware) during 1930 amounted 

 to 193,867,981 pounds, valued at $13,063,672. This is an increase 

 of 2 per cent in the amount of the catch, but a decrease of 8 per cent in 

 the value of the catch as compared with the quantity and its value for 

 1929. Of the total catch in 1930, 131,637,591 pounds, valued at 

 $3,587,793, were fish; and 62,230,390 pounds, valued at $9,475,879, 

 were shellfish and miscellaneous products. These fisheries gave 

 employment to 10,065 fishermen or 1 per cent more than in 1929. 

 Of the total number of fishermen employed during 1930, 4,665 regular 

 fishermen were engaged on vessels, and 3,180 regular and 2,760 casual 

 fishermen were employed in the shore and boat fisheries. 



6 With reference to the figures published in this section the reader should refer to that section in the latter 

 part of the book entitled "Statistical Survey Procedure" which gives in detail methods for collecting 

 statistics, compilation practices, and conversion factors. This is most necessary for a complete understand- 

 ing of the statistics presented herewith. 



