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FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES 



During 1929 the value of the catch of fishery products in the Middle 

 Atlantic States (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware) 

 exceeded that in any year for which there are records. This was due 

 mainly to the increased production of oysters. These fisheries gave 

 employment to 10,491 fishermen or 5 per cent more than in 1926, the 

 most recent year for which records are available prior to 1929. Of 

 the total number of fishermen employed during 1929, 4,787 regular fish- 

 ermen were engaged on vessels, and 2,756 regular and 2,948 casual fish- 

 ermen were employed in the shore and boat fisheries. Their catch 

 amounted to 190,772,611 pounds, valued at $14,137,608. This is an 

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

 catch as compared with the quantity and its value for 1926. Of the 

 total catch in 1929, 120,024,529 pounds, valued at $3,732,564, were 

 fish; and 70,748,082 pounds, valued at $10,405,044, were shellfish and 

 miscellaneous products. 



Based on the value to the fishermen, oysters with a production of 

 55,128,765 pounds of meats, valued at $8,089,886, were the most 



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-Yield of principal fishery products in the Middle Atlantic 

 States, 1929 



important product. All varieties of clams were second with 3,420,178 

 pounds of meats, valued at $1 ,140,998. Other products of importance 

 were bay and sea scallops, 2,286,636 pounds of meats, valued at 

 $528,335; squeteagues or *'sea trout," 10,883,804 pounds, valued at 

 $464,800; flounders, 9,954,150 pounds, valued at $441,006; lobsters, 

 1,425,228 pounds, valued at $376,251; butterfish, 5,619,956 pounds, 

 valued at $373,959; and bluefish, 3,828,911 pounds, valued at 

 $354,370. Other products were valued individually at less than 

 $300,000. 



The industries related to the fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States 

 gave employment to 4,846 persons, of whom 284 were engaged in 

 transporting fishery products, 3,747 were in the wholesale trade and 

 received $5,347,875 in salaries and wages, and 815 were in the manu- 

 facturing industry and received $891,225 in salaries and wages. There 

 were 345 establishments in the wholesale trade handling primary 

 products and 56 were in the manufacturing industry. The latter 

 manufactured products, valued at $8,174,922, consisting principally 

 of marine-shell products from imported shell, mussel-shell products 

 from fresh-water shell, canned sturgeon caviar, and canned clams. 

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