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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES 



(Area XXIII) ^ 



The yield of the commercial fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States 

 (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware) during 1933 

 amounted to 169,753,735 pounds, valued at $4,811,055 to the fisher- 

 men, representing an increase of 20 percent in volume and 3 percent 

 in value as compared with the catch in the previous year. These 

 fisheries gave employment to 8,574 fishermen, as compared with 

 8,370 in 1932. 



There were 398 fishery wholesale and manufacturing establish- 

 ments in the 4 States in 1933 as compared with 418 in 1931 when the 

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

 these establishments employed 5,631 persons, paid $6,085,981 in 

 salaries and wages, and produced manufactured products (canned, 

 cured, packaged, and byproducts), valued at $11,219,966. In 1931 

 the wholesale and manufacturing firms employed 4,989 persons, paid 

 $7,042,586 in salaries and wages, and produced manufactured products 

 valued at $12,451,810. 



Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States, 1933 



SUMMARY OF CATCH 



OPERATING UNITS; By States 



* This is the number given to this area by the North American Council on Fishery Investigations. It 

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

 but at times fish elsewhere. A notable example is the southern trawl fishery which extends into Area 

 XXIV. It should be observed that tlie persons engaged, gear and craft employed, and catcli of tlie seed 

 oyster fishery are not included among the stati.'^tics 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 

 Fection, the reader is referred to the section in the latter part of thi- document entitled "Statistical survey 

 procedure." 



