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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES 

 (Area XXII) * 



The yield of the commercial fisheries of the New Eno;land States 

 (Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Con- 

 necticut) during 1933, amounted to 499,936,139 pounds, valued at 

 $13,485,550 to the fishermen, representing an increase of 4 percent 

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

 catch in the previous year. These fisheries gave employment to 

 17,073 fishermen as compared with 16,472, in 1932. 



There were 362 fishery wholesale and manufacturing establish- 

 ments in the 5 States in 1933 as compared with 436 in 1931 when the 

 most recent previous survey of such concerns was made. In 1933 

 these establishments employed 9,177 persons, paid $5,410,072 in 

 salaries and wages, and produced manufactured products (canned, 

 cured, packaged, and byproducts) valued at $14,322,274. In 1931, 

 the wholesale and manufacturing firms employed 10,273 persons, 

 paid $7,113,463 in salaries and wages, and produced manufactured 

 products, valued at $18,616,951. 



Fisheries of the New England States, 19SS 

 SUMMARY OF CATCH 



4 This is the number sjiven this area by the North American Council on Fishery Investigations. It 

 should be explained that there are included under this area craft whose principal fishing ports are in the 

 arei but at times fish elsewhere. Notable examples are the ground fish flsliery in area XXI and the mack- 

 erel and southern trawl fisheries in areas XXIII and XXIV. It should be observed that the persons engaged, 

 gear and craft employed, and catch of the seed oyster fishery are not included among the statistics of the 

 fishery for market oysters and other species but are shown in separate tables in this section. For a clearer 

 understanding of the statistics published in this section, the reader is referred to the section in the latter 

 part of this document entitled "Statistical survey procedure." 



