FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1934 



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WINTER TRAWL FISHERY OFF NEW JERSEY. MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, AND 



NORTH CAROLINA 



The catch in the winter trawl fishery olT the coasts of southern 

 New Jersey, Maryhmd, Virginia, and North Carolina (excluding the 

 shrimp fishery) in 1933 amounted to 18,789,969 pounds of fishery 

 products, valued at $506,513 to the fishermen. Craft whose home 

 port was in Massachusetts accounted for 57 percent of the total 

 volume and 56 percent of the value, while Virginia craft accounted 

 for 29 percent of the volume and 26 percent of the value. The prin- 

 cipal species contributing to the catch were croaker, sea bass, 

 flounders, and scup. 



Statistics of the winter trawl fishery are included also in the catch 

 data for the various States published elsewhere in this report. 



Winter trawl fishery off New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina, 19SS 



OATCH: By states ' 



« The data as shown for the various States represent the catch of craft whose principal fishing ports are In 

 Bucb States. 



