FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1927 461 

 FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES 



The last previous statistical canvass of the fisheries of the Middle 

 Atlantic States (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware) 

 was for the calendar year 1926. The complete statistics for this can- 

 vass have already been published in condensed form and distributed 

 as Statistical Bulletin No. 786, and the detailed statistics are pubUshed 

 herewith. Statistics for the oyster product are for the season begin- 

 ning in 1925, and the statistics for New York and Pennsylvania do 

 not include any fisheries of the Great Lakes or other inland waters 

 of these States. In addition to the above, there are published here- 

 with statistics on the shad fishery of the Hudson River for 1927. 



Earlier publications. — Some of the earlier pubhcations relating to 

 the fisheries of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, 

 published in Washington, D. C, follow: 



1887. New York and its fisheries. By Fred. Mather. In The Fisheries and 

 Fishery Industries of the United States, by George Brown Goode and 

 associates, 1880 (1887), Sec. II, Pt. VI, pp. 341-377. 

 New Jersey and its fisheries. By R. Edward Earll. Ibid., Pt. VII, pp. 



379-400. 

 Pennsylvania and its fisheries. By R. Edward Earll. Ibid., Pt. VIII, 



pp. 401-405. 

 Delaware and its fisheries. By Joseph W. Collins. Ibid., Pt. IX, pp. 

 407-419. 



1890. The sturgeons and sturgeon industries of the eastern coast of the United 

 States, with an account of experiments bearing upon sturgeon culture. 

 By John A. Rvder. BliUetin, U. S. Fish Commission, Vol. VIII, for 

 1888 (1890), pp. 231-328. 



1892. IV. Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States (1887 and 1888). In Statis- 

 tical review of the coast fisheries of the United States, prepared under 

 the direction of J. W. Collins. Report, U. S. Commission of Fish and 

 Fisheries, 1888 (1892), pp. 323-351. 



1894. Notes on the oj'ster industry of New Jersey. By Ansley Hall. Report of 



the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1892 (1894), pp. 463-528. 



1895. A statistical report on the fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States (1889- 



1893). Bv Hugh M. Smith. Bulletin, U. S. Fish Commission, Vol. 

 XIV, 1894 (1895), pp. 339-467. 



1898. Shad and alewife fisheries (1896-1897). In Report of the Division of 



Statistics and Methods of the Fisheries. By Hugh M. Smith. Report of 

 the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1897 (1898), pp. cxxv-cxxx. 



1899. Statistics of certain fisheries of the New England and Middle Atlantic 



States and the Great Lakes (1897). In Report of the Division of Sta- 

 tistics and Methods of the Fisheries. By C. H. Townsend. Report of 

 the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1898 (1899), pp. clxvi-clxxv. 

 Notes on the extent and condition of the alewife fisheries of the United 

 States in 1896. Bv Hugh M. Smith. Appendix to the Report of the 

 Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1898 (1899), pp. 31-43. 



1899. The shad fisheries of the Atlantic Coast of the United States. By Charles 



H. Stevenson. Appendix to the Report of the Commissioner of Fish 

 and Fisheries for 1898 (1899), pp. 101-269. 



1900. The sturgeon fishery of Delaware River and Bay (1890-1898) . By John N. 



Cobb. Report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1899 

 (1900), pp. 369-380. 



1901. Statistics of the fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States (1897). By C. H. 



Townsend. Appendix to the Report of the Commissioner of Fish and 

 Fisheries for 1900 (1901), pp. 195-310. 

 1904. The lobster fishery (1900). In Report of the Division of Statistics and 



Methods of the Fisheries. Bv C. H. Townsend. Report of the Commis- 

 sioner of Fish and Fisheries" for 1902 (1904), pp. 156-158. 



Statistics of the Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States (1901). By 

 Barton W. Evermann. Report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fish- 

 eries for 1902 (1904), pp. 433-540. 



