312 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Following is a summary indicating the years for which statistics 

 were collected on the fisheries and fishery industries in the various 

 sections. Figures for the more recent years are available for free 

 distribution from the Bureau in bulletin form, but figures for the 

 earlier years are available only in the various printed reports of the 

 Bureau. These reports are available for reference in the Bureau's 

 library and at many public libraries. 



In the New England States statistics on the catch of the marine 

 fisheries and those conducted in the coastal rivers and bays of these 

 States were collected for the years 1880, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1898, 1902, 

 1905, 1908, 1919, 1924, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933. For 

 most of these years data on operating units and wholesale and manu- 

 facturing trade also were collected. In addition to the above, a 

 partial statistical survey was made for the entire section in 1892; a 

 partial survey of the fisheries in Maine, New Hampsliire, and Massa- 

 chusetts for the fiscal year 1897; the lobster fishery for 1900 and 1913; 

 the oyster fishery for 1910; the shad and alewife fisheries for 1896; 

 the menhaden industry for 1912; the fisheries of Massachusetts for 

 1879; and the fisheries of Connecticut for 1925 and 1926. 



Statistics on the catch of the marine fisheries and those conducted 

 in the coastal rivers and bays of the Middle Atlantic States were 

 collected for the years 1880, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1897, 

 1898, 1901, 1904, 1908, 1921, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933. 

 Data on operating units and wholesale and manufacturing trade also 

 were collected for most of these years. In addition to these a sta- 

 tistical survey was made of the coastal fisheries of these States in 

 1915; catch in all States except New York, in 1892; the shad and 

 alewife fisheries in 1896; the shad fisheries of the Delaware River in 

 1910; the shad fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries in 

 1909; the menhaden industry in 1912; the lobster fisheries in 1900 and 

 1913; and the oyster fishery in 1911. The years for which statistics 

 are available on the shad fishery of the Hudson River are given in the 

 section entitled "Shad and alewife fisheries". 



In the Chesapeake Bay States statistics on the catch of the marine 

 fisheries and those conducted in coastal rivers and bays of these 

 States were collected for the years 1880, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1891, 1897, 



1901, 1904, 1908, 1920, 1925, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933. Data 

 on operating units and wholesale and manufacturing trade also were 

 collected for most of these years. In addition to the above, a sta- 

 tistical survey was made of the crab fishery for 1915; the oyster 

 fishery and menhaden industry for 1912; and the shad and alewife 

 fisheries for 1896, 1909, and 1915. The 3^ears for which statistics of 

 the shad and alewife fisheries of the Potomac River are available are 

 given in the section entitled "Shad and alewife fisheries". 



In the South Atlantic and Gulf States statistics on the catch of the 

 marine fisheries and those conducted in the coastal rivers and bavs of 

 these States were collected for the vears 1880, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1897, 



1902, 1908, 1918, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, and 1932. 

 Data on operating units and wholesale and manufacturing trade also 

 were collected for most of these years. In addition to the above, a 

 statistical survey was made of the fisheries of these States, excluding 

 Florida and Alabama, for 1887; the shad fishery of the South Atlantic 

 States for 1910; the shad and alewife fisheries of the South Atlantic 

 States for 1896; the sturgeon fishery of Florida for 1900; the menhaden 



