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in organization of cooperatives have been received from many sections 
of the country and such assistance has been rendered as has been pos- 
sible with the limited staff and funds available for this work. <Ar- 
rangements have been completed to enlist the aid of statistical and 
marketing agents of the Bureau, who visit virtually all the fishin 
areas of the United States each year, to assist in keeping the Bical 
data on fishermen’s organizations current. 
STATISTICAL INVESTIGATIONS 
FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1937 
New England States—The commercial fisheries of Maine, New 
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut in 1937 
ave employment to 19,624 fishermen who took 670,864,000 pounds of 
ies products, valued at $19,937,000. This is an increase of 2 per- 
cent in volume and 11 percent in value as compared with 1935 when 
the most recent previous survey of the total catch was made. Land- 
ings by United States fishing vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass. 
and Portland, Maine, in 1937, amounted to 387,960,000 pounds, valued 
at $9,790,000—a decrease of 6 percent in volume and 12 percent in 
value as compared with 1936. 
Middle Atlantic States—During 1937 the commercial fisheries of 
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware gave employ- 
ment to 7,720 fishermen. Their catch amounted to 264,652,000 pounds, 
valued at $7,896,000—a decrease of 5 percent in volume but an in- 
crease of 23 percent in value as compared with the catch in 1935 when 
the preceding complete survey of the catch was made. A survey of 
the Hudson River shad fishery for 1937 showed that 613 fishermen 
took 2,732,000 pounds of shad, valued at $213,000—an increase of 11 
percent in volume and 25 percent in value as compared with the catch 
in the previous year. 
Chesapeake Bay States.—In 1937 the commercial fisheries of Mary- 
land and Virginia employed 16,529 fishermen. Their catch amounted 
to 292,244,000 pounds, valued at $6,361,000—a decrease of 7 percent in 
volume and 2 percent in value as compared with the previous year. 
South Atlantic and Gulf States—The commercial fisheries of North 
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississipp, 
Louisiana, and Texas gave employment to 30,244 fishermen in 1937. 
Their catch amounted to 546,751,000 pounds, valued at $14,226,000— 
a decrease of 2 percent in volume but an increase of 5 percent in value 
as compared with the previous year. ' 
Pacific Coast States—During 1937 the commercial fisheries of 
Washington, Oregon, and California gave employment to 21,555 
fishermen, whose catch amounted to 1,576,877,000 pounds, valued at 
$28,776,000. This is a decrease of 18 percent in the volume but an 
increase of 16 percent in the value of the catch as compared with the 
previous year. The total catch of halibut by United States and 
Canadian vessels in 1937 amounted to 48,659,000 pounds, valued at 
$3,828,000—an increase of 1 percent in volume and 6 percent in valuie 
as compared with the catch in the preceding year. Latin 
Lake States—In 1937 the commercial fisheries of the United States 
and Canada, in the Great Lakes and international lakes of northern 
Minnesota (Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior, 
