106 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE 



STATISTICAL INVESTIGATIONS 

 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 19 33 



New England States. — During 1933 the commercial fisheries of 

 Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecti- 

 cut employed 17,073 fishermen. Their catch amounted to 499,936,000 

 pounds, valued at $13,486,000, an increase of 4 percent in volume, 

 but a decrease of 4 percent in value as compared with the catch in 

 1932. Landings of fish by American fishing vessels at Boston and 

 Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Maine, amounted to 267,157,000 

 pounds as landed, valued at $6,851,000 — an increase of 6 percent 

 in volume, and 13 percent in value, as compared with the preceding 

 year. 



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

 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware in 1933 gave employment 

 to 8,574 fishermen. Their catch amounted to 169,754,000 pounds, 

 valued at $4,811,000 — an increase of 20 percent in volume, and 3 

 percent in value as compared with 1932. Landings of fish at New 

 York City during 1933 amounted to 25,455,000 pounds. The shad 

 fishery on the Hudson River was conducted by 317 fishermen, who 

 caught 519,000 pounds of shad, valued at $41,000 — a decrease of 2 

 percent in volume and 20 percent in value as compared with 1931. 



Chesapeake Bay States. — In 1933 the commercial fisheries of 

 Maryland and Virginia employed 20,142 fishermen. Their catch 

 amounted to 272,380,000 pounds, valued at $5,061,000 — a decrease of 

 24 percent in volume and 14 percent in value as compared with the 

 previous year. The shad and alewife fisheries of the Potomac River 

 were prosecuted by 651 fishermen, who caught 1,838,000 pounds of 

 shad, valued at $149,000 and 6,896,000 pounds of alewives, valued at 

 $24,000 — a decrease of 19 percent in the catch of shad, but an in- 

 crease of 1 percent in the catch of alewives. 



South Atlantic and Gulf States. — No survey was made of the fish- 

 eries of this area for the year 1933. 



Lake States. — No survey was made of the Lake fisheries (Lakes 

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

 Rainy Lakes, and Lake of the Woods) for 1933. 



Pacific Coast States. — The commercial fisheries of Washington, 

 Oregon, and California in 1933 employed 18,673 fishermen. Their 

 catch amounted to 860,161,000 pounds, valued at $13,988,000— an 

 increase of 53 percent in volume and 47 percent in value, as com- 

 pared with 1932. The total catch of halibut by United States and 

 Canadian vessels amounted to 45,951,000 pounds, valued at $2,582,- 

 000 — an increase of 6 percent in volume and 48 percent in value, as 

 compared with the preceding year. 



Mississippi River and tributaries. — No survey was made of this 

 area in 1933. 



MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS IN UNITED STATES AND ALASKA, CALENDAR 



TEAR 1933 



Fresh and frozen packaged fishery products. — Based on the most 

 recent data available, the domestic production of fresh and frozen 

 packaged fishery products amounted to 129,608,000 pounds, valued at 



