FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 1922 



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Compared with 1904 there was a decrease in the number of f)ersons 

 employed of 4,348, or 37.83 per cent, and an increase in the invest- 

 ment of $3,214,839, or 30.26 per cent. There was a decrease in the 

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

 Sl,243,640, or 19.96 per cent, in value. 



The following table gives the number of persons employed, invest- 

 ment, and products of the fisheries of New York, by counties, in 1921 : 



Persons engaged, investment, and products of the fisheries of New York in 1921, hy 



counties. 



