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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of New York, 1926 — Continued 

 OPERATING UNITS: By gear— Continued 



Gatch hy gear. — Four types of gear caught 85 per cent of the catch. 

 Listed in order of importance, they were otter trawls and flounder 

 drags, which accounted for 41 per cent of the catch; purse seines, 

 19 per cent; dredges, 14 per cent; and pound nets, trap nets, and 

 weirs, 11 per cent. 



