By Oscar E. Srrtr 
Assistant in Charge, Division of Fishery Industries 


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CONTENTS 
Page 
Review of conditions in the fishery industries, Fisheries of Connecticut. :..--.-.2222-225.5-2: 396 
ees ee tee wees eee Fe ee gis Fisheries of the Great Lakes, 1913 to 1925_.___- 405 
Suminaryso) operavions- 2.292 28. wut 339 Scientific and common names__--_-.-_----_-- 405 
ES USMHIS| UC Sfu potee aha he ne en 339 Comparison with statistics previously pub- 
Technological investigations______._-_______- 340 lished! forsi91/7-and\19222 22 3 Ca ee 407 
Merchandising of fishery products__________- 343 Generalistapisticssn. 5.25 ei ee eae 408 
Publications of the division_.............-____- 346 | Fisheries of the Pacific Coast States, 1924______ a 
MncmMeninee Sees ey ee ce es 346 AVY (is nara tr ee eS Ba kee te ed Sg 
iuIsticCall UNebinS be See Sk 346 QrogOneeewe. o2lb slain eo oce ea cou se ose soak 498 
Canned fishery products and by-products____- 346 @aliforni geen oR eee ele) eee OMe 429 
Wammoansoroductis. =<. - ot ee oe 347 | Fisheries of the Pacific Coast States, 1925 
SE BROOIGUS eae ee eee = bt TO ee Washington 
Wereien fishery trade/2=2.-2: £22234 Oregon. -_-_.-- 
Cold-storage holdings of frozen fish in 1926- California ____- 
New England vessel fisheries bul Comparative statistics of the fisheries of the 
(Genertlistatisvics. ser si2 as oes a Be Racine past Staessen ee see a eae 451 
SHOT G TSS 5 2 ees Cheha Bee ae 5S oe Oia ae. 382 |, Fisheries of Maryland and Virginia, 1925__.___ 463 
Ofier-trawil nshery ces. ek Eee ee Pine 385 Hanlieripu biicabionsv: ae he ee i Rae 464 
Pes eA SANCD eee es eee oe ss ee ee eS 387 Common and scientific names of fishes______ 464 
Vessel fisheries at Seattle, Wash_______________ 389 (General Sparistics s+ eee Seas wer ses see. Fee Ee 466 
Fishery products received at municipal fish Comparative yield of various species in 1925 
wharf and market, Washington, D. C______- 391 ANG! PEEVIOUS, VERISae se ae. seer eee pees ae 469 
Shad and alewife fisheries of the Potomac River_ 393 Mia yam cise opie ee TE ts erie SU aa eh oe 471 
Shad fishery of the Hudson River____________- 395 WAT CUNT ae eat ery ean Sees) Bergan cette ony am 476 
Monday spanre tishery-=-se~ ee. te 2 4 Ss 396 
REVIEW OF CONDITIONS IN THE FISHERY INDUSTRIES, 1926 
According to the most recent statistics available for the various - 
geographical sections of the United States and Alaska, the fisheries 
and fishery industries employ nearly 190,000 persons and property 
and equipment to the value of over $210,000,000. The annual sales 
of fishery products by fishermen amount to over 3,000,000,000 pounds, 
valued at nearly $109,000,000. The output of canned fishery prod- 
ucts and by-products in 1926 was valued at more than $98,000,000. 
In the foreign trade of the United States the domestic exports of 
fishery products amounted to more than $20,000,000 and the imports 
for consumption were in excess of $50,000,000. 
The year 1926 was one of continued growth of the fisheries. Vessel 
landings at New England ports were larger than in any previous year 
of which we have record, due largely to the greatly increased haddock 
and mackerel yields. ‘The Seattle landings of fish also were increased, 
as compared with the previous year. The canning industry, with an 
unusually large pack in Alaska, produced fishery products with the 
highest value on record. The by-products industry was adversely 
affected by a failure in the menhaden supply, but other branches 
had a good output. In our foreign trade the imports were larger 
and the exports smaller than in the previous year, indicating some 
losses in foreign markets but an expansion in the domestic markets. 

- Appendix V to the Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for 1927. Bureau of Fisheries 
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