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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States, 1880 to 1929 — Continued 



CATCH OF CERTAIN SPECIES: By States— Continued 



[Expressed in thousands of pounds; that is, 000 omitted] 



2 Value $187,500. 

 ' Data not available. 

 < Includes hard and soft clams. 



» From 1880 to 1908, inclusive, oysters taken from Delaware and New Jersey beds by vessels owned in 

 ' Pennsylvania, were credited to the latter State, but since 1908 they have been credited to the States in which 

 the beds are located. 



VESSEL FISHERIES AT NEW YORK CITY AND GROTON, CONN.s 



During 1930 fishing vessels of 5 net tons capacity and over landed 

 57,255,000 pounds of fishery products at New York City and Groton. 

 Conn. This is 24 per cent less than the landings at these ports in 

 1929 and also is less than the landings in 1928. However, the land- 

 ings of 1930 were considerably greater than for any other year since 

 1921. There were decreases in practically every species of import- 

 ance landed at these ports. The landings of haddock amounted to 

 36,540,000 poimds, accounting for 64 per cent of the total; those of 

 flounders amounted to 6,951,000 pounds, or 12 per cent of the total; 

 cod, 3,981,000 pounds, or 7 per cent of the total; mackerel, 3,602,000 

 pounds, or 6 per cent of the total; and tilefish, 2,907,000 pounds, or 5 

 per cent of the total. The total landings of all other species amounted 

 to about 6 per cent of the total. The only important species which 

 showed an increase in landings over 1929 were mackerel and tilefish. 



8 statistics of the landings of fish by vessels of 5 net tons and over at New York City have been collected 

 during the past few years by J. H. Matthews, executive secretary. United States Fisheries Association. 

 These have been forwarded to the bureau, where they have been compiled. Since November, 1927, sta- 

 tistics of the landings of fish by vessels at Groton, Conn., have been included with those for fish landed at 

 New York City, because at that time one of the firms packing fish at New York City moved its plant to 

 Groton, thus requiring its trawlers to unload at Groton. By including the landings at Groton, the figures 

 since November, 1927, are comparable with those for previous years. The statistics at both ports are 

 combined to avoid disclosing individual enterprise. 



