BUREAU OP FISHERIES XV 



STATISTICAL SURVEYS '; 



The statistical work of the division cf fishery industries includes 

 the collection and dissemination of biological and trade-fishery sta- 

 tistics. Continued progress was made toward the collection of annual 

 statistics of the entire country by the cooperation of State fishery 

 agencies and by the use of automobiles by agents. As a result, catch 

 statistics for 1929 were obtained for the fisheries of the entire United 

 States Avith the exception of certain fisheries of the Mississippi River 

 and tributaries. 



FISHERIES or THE UNITED STATES AND ALASKA 



New- England States. — In the calendar year 1929 the fisheries of 

 Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode 

 Island employed 17,160 fishermen, or 3 per cent more than in 1928. 

 The catch amounted to 694,286,086 pounds, valued at $29,072,566— an 

 increase of 15 per cent in the catch and 13 per cent in value as 

 compared with 1928. 



In 1930 landings of fish by American vessels at Boston and Glou- 

 cester, Mass., and Portland, Me., amounted to 350,801,470 pounds as 

 landed, valued at $12,785,452 — an increase of 7 per cent in volume 

 over 1929. 



The catch of the mackerel fishery in 1930 amounted to 43,156,885 

 pounds, which is a decrease of 7 per cent as compared with 1929. 



In 1930 the packaged-fish trade in New England decreased 7 per 

 cent in amount and 18 per cent in value as compared with 1929. 



The sardine canners in Maine packed 1,399,212 standard cases, 

 valued at $4,459,071, during 1930 — a decrease of 31 per cent in quan- 

 tity and 35 per cent in value as compared with 1929. 



Middle Atlantic States. — In the calendar year 1929 the fisheries 

 of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware employed 

 10,491 fishermen, or 5 per cent more than in 1926, the most recent 

 year for which statistics are available prior to 1929. The catch 

 amounted to 190,772,611 pounds, valued at $14,137,608 — an increase 

 of 14 per cent in the catch and 13 per cent in the value of the catch as 

 compared with 1926. Landings of fish at New York City and Groton, 

 Conn., amounted to 57,255,000 pounds in 1930, or 24 per cent less than 

 in 1929. 



On the Hudson River the shad fishery was carried on by 243 fisher- 

 men in 1930, who caught 206,504 pounds of shad, valued at $33,372 — 

 a slight increase over 1929. 



Chesapeake Bay States. — In the calendar year 1929 the fisheries of 

 Maryland and Virginia employed 18,470 fishermen, or 26 per cent 

 less than in 1925, the most recent year for which records are available 

 prior to 1929. The catch amounted to 274,673,437 pounds, valued at 

 $11,580,628 — a decrease of 18 per cent in the catch and 17 per cent 

 in the value of the catch as compared with 1925. 



In 1930 the shad and alewife fisheries of the Potomac River were 

 prosecuted by 608 fishermen, who caught 601,193 pounds of shad, 

 valued at $98,041, and 3,114,918 pounds of alewives, valued at $49,315. 



South Atlantic and Gulf States. — In the calendar year 1929 the 

 fisheries of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala- 



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