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168,969,733 pounds, compared with 127,728,623 pounds the previous 

 year, an increase of 41,241,110 pounds, or 32.28 per cent. The spe- 

 cies taken in largest quantities were pilchards, 93,399,900 pounds; 

 albacore and tuna, 17,920,019 pounds; flounders, 11,341,262 pounds; 

 bonito, or skipjack, 10,998,855 pounds; salmon, 7,235,124 pounds; 

 barracuda, 4,710,753 pounds; rockfishes, 4,238,480 pounds; yellowtail, 

 3,111,198 pounds; mackerel, 2,466,762 pounds; white sea bass, or 

 squeteague, 2,195,932 pounds; abalones, 1,523,394 pounds; and shad, 

 1,109,445 pounds. 



The imports of fish from Mexico in 1922 amounted to 12,146,066 

 pounds, as compared with 6,699,817 pounds the previous year. The 

 principal species imported were albacore and tuna, 6,179,754 pounds ; 

 barracuda, 1,528,770 pounds; bonito, or skipjack, 1,792,592 pounds; 

 floundei-s, 817,304 pounds; white sea bass or squeteague, 736,220 

 pounds ; sea crawfish or spiny lobster, 640,466 pounds ; and yellowtail, 

 303,292 pounds. 



FISHERIES OF NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA, AND DELAWARE. 



A canvass of the fisheries of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 

 and Delaware was made for the calendar year 1921, and the results 

 were published in condensed form as Statistical Bulletin No. 569. 



The number of persons engaged in the fisheries of New York was 

 7.145, the investment was $13,836,455, and the products amounted to 

 210,377,152 pounds, valued at $4,986,918. The principal species 

 taken, in the order of their value, were oysters, 9,500,295 pounds, or 

 1,357,185 bushels, valued at $1,785,913; menhaden, 179,447,799 pounds 

 valued at $1,117,235; flounders, 4,471,161 pounds, valued at $283,412 

 clams, 1,006,538 pounds, or 121,113 bushels, valued at $260,773 

 squeteagues, " sea trout," or weakfish, 1,921,036 pounds, valued at 

 $228,524; scallops, 1,235,760, or 205,960 bushels, valued at $217,108; 

 lobster, 1,037,395 pounds, valued at $196,762; and bluefish, 1,082,917 

 pounds, valued at $176,726. Compared with 1904, there was a de- 

 crease of 4,348, or 37.83 per cent, in the number of persons employed ; 

 an increase of $3,214,839, or 30.26 per cent, in the investment ; and a 

 decrease of 67,272,595 pounds, or 24.23 per cent, in the quantity and 

 $1,243,640, or 19.96 per cent, in the value of the products. 



The number of persons engaged in the fisheries of New Jersey was 

 5,771, the investment was $4,701,704, and the products amounted to 

 96,936,784 pounds, valued at $5,983,406. The principal species taken, 

 in the order of their value, were oysters, 22,997,555 pounds, or 3,285,- 

 365 bushels, valued at $2,759,930; squeteagues, " sea trout," or weak- 

 fish, 11,651,735 pounds, valued at $902,439 ; bluefish, 2,243,425 pounds, 

 valued at $390,947 ; clams, 925,588 pounds, or 112,111 bushels, valued 

 at $385,198; scup or porgv, 4,115,552 pounds, valued at $200,046; 

 butterfish, 2,862,491 pounds, valued at $159,286; flounders, 1,985,340 

 pounds, valued at $140,586; croaker, 3,815,554 pounds, valued at 

 $126,700 ; menhaden, 30,405,093 pounds, valued at $121,451 ; and mack- 

 erel, 584,386 pounds, valued at $100,556. Compared with 1904, there 

 was a decrease of 3,323, or 36.54 per cent, in the number of persons 

 employed, but an increase of $2,015,908 in the investment, and of 

 6,828,716 pounds, or 7.57 per cent, in the quantity and $2,597,991, or 

 76.74 per cent, in the value of the products. 



