CLXVI REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



STATISTICS OF CERTAIN FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND 

 AND MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES AND THE GREAT LAKES. 



The following tables show the yield and value of certain fisheries of 

 Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Dela- 

 ware, and the Great Lakes. 



The figures relate to the fiscal year 1897. 



In comijariug these data with those of other years it should be borne 

 in mind that they relate only to the fisheries specified. 



Yield by counties of certain fisheries of Maine during the year ending June SO, 1897, 

 [Persons employed, 5,497; capital invested, $1,173,237.] 



