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decreased perceptibly as compared with 1929. The packaged-fish 

 trade also decreased, as did the trade in frozen fish. The production 

 of menhaden decreased as compared with that in 1929. The catch 

 of shad in the Hudson River increased somewhat over the previous 

 year. The production of cured fish showed a marked increase over 

 1926, the most recent previous year for which this industry was 

 surveyed. 



CHESAPEAKE BAY STATES 



The ]nost recent general statistical canvass of this section, which 

 was for 1929, shows the smallest catch of fishery products since the 

 survey for 1888. The decline in the volume of the menhaden catch 

 has been largely responsible for this decrease in the total catch. The 

 catch of shad in the Potomac River during 1930 was much less than 

 that of 1929, but the catch of alewives increased slightly. The 

 production of packaged fish was about the same as in 1929. The 

 production of cured fish in 1929 was less than in 1925, when the pre- 

 vious survey for complete statistics of these products was made. 

 The value of the production of menhaden products in 1930 was 

 approximately the same as that in 1929. 



SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GULF STATES 



Statistics of the fisheries of these States for 1929 show the largest 

 catch on record, although the value of the catch was exceeded in 

 both 1927 and 1928. The production of cured fishery products in 



1929 almost equalled the output in the previous year. 



There were decreases in the production of canned oysters and 

 shrimp as well as menhaden products. The manufacture of each of 

 these products is an important industry in this section. 



PACIFIC COAST STATES 



In the years for which records are available the catch of fishery 

 products in this section has increased constantly. In 1929 there was 

 an increase of 47 per cent in the catch and 22 per cent in the value 

 of the catch as compared with the previous year. The production 

 of frozen fish was greater in 1930 than in 1929. The pack of cured 

 fish decreased in 1929 as compared with the previous year. There 

 was a decrease of 35 per cent in the pack of salmon in 1930 as compared 

 with 1929, due to the smaller pack of humpback or pink salmon, as 



1930 was the "off year" for these species. Compared with the pack 

 in 1928, the previous "off year," there was an increase of 25 per cent 

 in the pack. There was a decrease in the pack of sardines in 1930, 

 but a large increase in the output of canned tuna and tunalike fishes. 

 The landings of the halibut fleet in 1930 decreased somewhat from 

 those in 1929. 



LAKE FISHERIES 



The United States fisheries prosecuted in the Great Lakes and the 

 International Lakes of northern Minnesota show an increase in 1929 

 over the previous year. This increase may be attributed in part to 

 the inclusion of certain products not canvassed in recent surveys 

 and to a change in the methods of collecting statistics in some of 

 the States. The catch of cisco, which was once an important product 

 in the fisheries of Lake Erie, has continued to decrease at an alarming 



