412 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries, by sections, of the United States and Alaska 



Sections 



New England States, 1924 



Middle Atlantic States, 1926... 

 Chesapeake Bay States, 1925.. 



South Atlantic States, 1923 



Gulf States, 1923 



Pacific Coast States, 1926 



Mississippi River States, 1922.. 



Lake States, 1926... 



Alaska, 1927. _ 



Total various vears, 192: 

 1927 



Fisher- 

 men 



Fish- 

 ing 

 vessels 



Number Number 



118, 593 



4,043 



Fish- 

 ing 

 boats 



Per- 



I sons on 

 I trans- 

 ! porters 



Number, Number 



10, 022 

 4,489 



16, 895 

 5,934 

 6,809 

 7,129 



15, 538 

 3,756 

 6,781 



278 

 107 

 985 

 180 

 339 

 475 

 30 

 162 

 ,773 



77,353 , 4,329 



Trans- 

 porting 

 vessels 



Number 

 162 

 63 

 523 

 103 

 143 

 172 

 13 

 103 

 481 



1,763 



Products 



Pounds 

 406, 822, 165 

 168, 012, 495 

 333, 205, 769 

 228, 747, 930 

 160, 324, 042 

 521, 286, 418 

 105. 733, 734 



75, 300, 268 

 470, 022, 050 



Value 



$18, 818, 132 



12, 456, 256 



13. 948, 060 



5, 087, 340 

 8, 096, 650 



18, 914, 733 

 4, 503, 521 



6, 642, 392 

 14, 434, 630 



2,469,454,871 | 102,901,714 



Note. — In the statistics for the Pacific Coast States, the number of transporters and persons on trans- 

 porters are for 1922. For the Lake States, all persons engaged, boats, and vessels are for 1922. 



Production, by States, of the fisheries of the United States and Alaska ^ 

 [Expressed in thousands of pounds and thousands of dollars— that is, 000 omitted] 



1 Statistics of the New England States are for the year 1924: Middle Atlantic States, 1926; Chesapeake Bay 

 States, 1925; South Atlantic and Gulf States, 1923; Pacific Coast States, 1926; Mississippi River and tribu- 

 taries, 1922; Lake States, 1926; and Alaska, 1927. ^ . ^ , .t 



2 Includes Lake Ontario. Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan. Lake Superior. Ramy Lake. Namekan 

 Lake, and Lake of the Woods. 



