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C hesapeake Bay States. — In the calendar year 1932 the commercial 

 fisheries of Maryland and Viro;inia employed 21,084 fishermen. Their 

 catch amounted to 359,007.000 pounds, valued at $5,905,000— an in- 

 crease of 26 percent in volume, but a decrease of 18 percent in value 

 as compared with the previous year. In addition there was a produc- 

 tion of 1,475,000 bushels of seed oysters, valued at $159,000. The shad 

 and alewife fisheries of the Potomac River were prosecuted by 703 

 fishermen who caught 2,264,000 pounds of shad, valued at $173,000 

 and 6,845,000 pounds of alewives, valued at $24,000, representing an 

 increase of 10 percent in the catch of shad, but a decrease of 7 percent 

 in the catch of alewives. 



South Atlantic and Gulf States. — During the calendar year 1932 

 the commercial fisheries of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia. 

 Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas employed 21.560 

 fishermen. Their catch amounted to 299,917.000 pounds, valued at 

 $6,428.000 — an increase of 4 percent in volume, but a decrease of 20 

 percent in value as compared with the previous year. In addition, 

 there was a production of 40,000 bushels of seed oysters valued at 

 $8,000. 



Pac'cflc Coast States. — The commercial fisheries of Washington. 

 Oregon, and California in the calendar year 1932 employed 17.900 

 fishermen. Their catch amounted to 560,828,000 poimds, valued at 

 $9,484,000 — a decrease of 6 percent in quantity and 30 percent in 

 value as compared with 1931. The total catch of halibut by the 

 United States and Canadian vessels amounted to 43,458,000 pounds, 

 valued at $1,740,000 — an increase of 1 percent in quantity, but a 

 decrease of 39 percent in value as compared with the preceding year. 



Lake States. — During the calendar year 1932 the Lake fisheries 

 (Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior, and Namakan 

 and Rainy Lakes, and Lake of the Woods of the United States and 

 Canada) produced 110,675,000 pounds of fishery products. Of the 

 total, the United States accounted for 83,744,000 pounds, valued at 

 $4,332,000 — a decrease of 9 percent in quantity and 28 percent in 

 value as compared with the United States catch in the previous year. 

 The Lake fisheries in the United States gave employment to 6,900 

 fishermen in 1932. 



Afississippi Rive)' and tributaries. — No survey was made of the 

 fisheries of the Mississippi River and tributaries for the year 1932. 

 In 1931 these fisheries gave employment to 15,900 fishermen, and 

 their catch amounted to 82,382,000 pounds, valued at $2,897,000. 



MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS IX THE UNITED STATES AND AEASKA, 19. 3 2 



Fresh and frozen packaged fish. — The production of fresh and 

 frozen packaged fish in the calendar year 1932 amounted to 51,976,000 

 pounds, valued at $5,741,000. The most important species packaged 

 was haddock, which alone amounted to 33.401,000 pounds, valued 

 at $3,357,000. Statistics of production of fresli and frozen packaged 

 shellfish were not obtained for 1932. 



Frozen products. — The production of frozen fishery products in 

 1932 amounted to 92,472,000 pounds, estimated to be valued at about 

 $7,000,000. The volume of the production was 18 percent less than 

 in 1931. The more important products frozen with respect to volume 

 were mackerel, ground fish, salmon, whiting, and shellfish. 



