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1921, and have been published already in condensed form and dis- 

 tributed to the trade as Statistical Bulletin No. 569. The statistics 

 given for the oyster product are for the oyster season beginning in 

 1921, and those of the shad fishery of the Hudson River are for the 

 calendar years 1921 and 1922 in accordance with the previous practice 

 of making an annual canvass of this fishery. The statistics for New 

 York and Pennsylvania do not include any fisheries of the Great 

 Lakes or other inland waters of those States. 



EARLIER PUBLICATIONS. 



Some of the earlier publications relating to the fisheries of New 

 York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, published in Wash- 

 ington, D. C, follow: 



1887. New York and Its Fisheries. By Fred. Mather. In The Fisheries and 

 Fishery Industries of the United States, Ijv George Brown Goode and 

 associates, 1880 (1887), Section II, Part VI, pp. 341-377. 

 New Jersey and Its Fisheries. By R- Edward Earll. Ihid., part VII, pp. 



379-400. 

 Pennsylvania and Its Fisheries. By R. Edward Earll. Ihid., part VIII, 



pp. 401-405. 

 Delaware and Its Fisheries, By Joseph W. Collins. Ibid., part IX, pp. 

 407-419. 



1890. The Sturgeons and Sturgeon Industries of the Eastern Coast of the United 

 States, with an Account of Experiments Bearing upon Sturgeon Cidture. 

 By John A. Ryder. Bulletin, U. S. Fish Commission, Vol. VIII, for 1888 

 (1890), pp. 231-328. 



1892. IV. Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States [1887 and 1888]. In Statistical 

 Review of the Coast Fisheries of the United States, prepared under the 

 direction of J. W. Collins. Report, U. S. Commission of Fish and Fish- 

 eries, 1888 (1892), pp. 323-351. 



1894. Notes on the Oyster Industry of New Jersey. Bv Ansley Hall. Report of 



the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1892' (1894), "pp. 463-528. 



1895. A Statistical Report on the Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States [1889-1893]. 



By Hugh M. Smith. Bulletin, U. S. Fish Commission, Vol. XIV, 1894 

 (1895), pp. 339-467. 



1898. Shad and Alewife Fisheries [1896-1897]. In Report of the Division of Statis- 



tics and Methods of the Fisheries. By Hugh M. Smith. Report of the 

 Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1897 (1898), pp. cxxv-cxxx. 



1899. Statistics of Certain Fisheries of the New England and Middle Atlantic States 



and the Great Lakes [1897]. In Report of the Division of Statistics and 

 Methods of the Fisheries. By C. H. Townsend. Report of the Commis- 

 sioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1898 (1899), pp. clxvi-clxxv. 

 Notes on the Extent and Condition of the Alewife Fisheries of the United 

 States in 1896. Bv Hugh M. Smith. Appendix to the Report of the Com- 

 missioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1898 (1899), pp. 31-43. 



1899. The Shad Fisheries of the Atlantic Coast of the United States. By Charles 



H. Stevenson. Appendix to the Report of the Commissioner of Fish and 

 Fisheries for 1898 (1899), pp. 101-269. 



1900. The Sturgeon Fishery of Delaware River and Bay [1890-1898]. By John N. 



Cobb. Report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1899 (1900), 

 pp. 369-380. 



1901. Statistics of the Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States [1897]. By C. H. 



Townsend. Appendix to the Report of the Commissioner of Fish and 

 Fisheries for 1900 (1901), pp. 195-310. 



1904. The Lol^ister Fishery [1900]. In Report of the Division of Statistics and 



Methods of the Fisheries. By C. H. Townsend. Report of the Commis- 

 sioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1902 (1904), pp. 156-158. 

 Statistics of the Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States [1901]. By Barton W. 

 Evermann. Report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1902 

 (1904), pp. 433-540. 



1905. Statistics of the Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States for 1904. Report, 



U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries, 1905, 122 pp. Bureau of Fisheries Doc. 

 No. 609. 



