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pounds a^ landed, valued at $9,249,000 — a decrease of 25 percent in 

 quantity and 28 percent in value from 1930. 



Middle Atlantic States. — The fisheries of New York, New Jersey, 

 Pennsylvania, and Delaware in 1931 employed 9,600 fishermen or 5 

 percent less than in 1930. The catch amounted to 164,899,000 pounds, 

 valued at $9,211,000 — a decrease of 15 percent in the catch and 29 

 percent in its value under 1930. Landings of fish at New York 

 City and Groton, Conn., amounted to 51,854,000 pounds or 9 percent 

 less than in 1930. On the Hudson River the shad fishery was carried 

 on by 250 fishermen who' caught 414,000 pounds of shad, valued at 

 $49,800 — a large increase over 1930. 



Chesapeake Bay States. — In the calendar year 1931 the fisheries 

 of Maryland and Virginia employed 20,700 fishermen or 7 percent 

 more than in 1930. The catch amounted to 293,271,000 pounds, valued 

 at $7,428,000 — a decrease of 7 percent in the catch and 35 percent 

 in its value as compared with the previous year. The shad and 

 alewife fisheries of the Potomac River were prosecuted by 680 fisher- 

 men who caught 2,061,000 pounds of shad, valued at $193,000, and 

 7,352,000 pounds of alewives, valued at $55,500 — a large increase over 

 the previous year. 



South Atlantic o.nd Gulf States. — During 1931 the fisheries of 

 North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis- 

 sippi, Louisiana, and Texas, employed 23,700 fishermen or 1 percent 

 more than in 1930. The catch amounted to 289,309,000 pounds, valued 

 at $8,082,000 — a decrease of 31 percent in the catch and 27 percent 

 in its value as compared with the previous year. 



Pacific Coast States. — The fisheries of Washington, Oregon, and 

 California in 1931 employed 19,200 fishermen or 2 percent less than 

 in 1930. The catch amounted to 597,306,000 pounds, valued at 

 $13,512,000, a decrease of 28 percent in the catch and 41 percent in 

 its value as compared with 1930. The total catch of halibut by 

 United States and Canadian vessels amounted to 42,845,000 pounds, 

 valued at $2,842,000, a decrease of 13 percent in quantity and 43 per- 

 cent in value as compared with 1930. 



Lake States. — During the calendar year 1931 the Lake fisheries 

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

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

 Canada) produced 120,832,000 pounds of fish and shellfish. Of the 

 total the United States accounted for 91,927,000 pounds, valued at 

 $6,029,000, a decrease of 3 percent in quantity and less than one half 

 of 1 percent in the value of the United States catch as compared 

 with the previous year. 



Miss^issijjpi River and trihutanes. — During 1931 the fisheries of the 

 Mississippi River and tributaries employed 15,900 fishermen, or 29 

 percent more than in 1922, when the first previous survey was made. 

 The catch amounted to 82,382,000 pounds, valued at $2,897,000, a 

 decrease of 22 percent in the catch and 30 percent in its value as 

 compared with the previous survey. 



MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS IN THE UNIl'ED STATES AND ALASKA, 1931 



The total value of manufactured fishery products of the United 

 States and Alaska in 1931 amounted to about $128,000,000. 



Fresh and frozen packaged products. — The production of fresh 

 and frozen packaged fish and shellfish in 1931 amounted to 139,283,00Q 



