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so complete that the industry and the various governmental organiza- 
tions may turn to it for reliable fishery statistics. 
SURVEYS CONDUCTED 
The statistical surveys during 1936 were conducted under the 
immediate supervision of Edward A. Power, assistant statistician, and 
the general direction of Fred F. Johnson, Assistant Chief of the Divi- 
sion. These surveys included the collection and dissemination of 
statistics of the commercial catch and its value, operating units, and 
employment in the fisheries. In addition, data were collected on 
employment and compensation of those engaged in the fisheries as well 
as products of fishery wholesale and manufacturing establishments. 
As previously mentioned, limited funds made it impossible to cover 
all the fishing areas of the country during the past year for 1935. 
However, the following areas were surveyed: New England States, 
Middle Atlantic States, Chesapeake States, and Pacific Coast States. 
Statistics of the fisheries of Alaska also were collected by the Alaska 
Division of the Bureau. Summaries of the production in those 
sections which were not surveyed during the year are included for the 
most recent years available in part 2 of this report. 
In addition to the above, statistics were collected on the following 
special phases: The landings of fish by American fishing vessels at the 
ports of Boston and Gloucester, Mass., Portland, Maine, and Seattle, 
Wash. (published monthly); catch of mackerel in the North Atlantic 
fishery ; cold-storage holdings of frozen and cured fish and amount of 
fish frozen, which are furnished by the Bureau of Agricultural Econom- 
ics (published monthly); production, consumption, and holdings of 
marine-animal oils of the United States and Alaska (published quart- 
erly by the Bureau of the Census); production of canned fishery 
products and by-products of the United States and Alaska; trans- 
actions on the sponge exchange at Tarpon Springs, Fla.; volume of 
fishery products handled at the Municipal Fish Wharf and Market, 
Washington, D. C.; and the volume of the United States foreign trade 
in fishery products, furnished by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic 
Commerce. 
The following statistical and marketing agents assisted in the collec- 
tion and compilation of the statistical data: H. F. Brown (deceased), 
F. F. Dimick, W. H. Dumont, R. L. Greer, V. E. Heffelfinger, H. J. 
Kumin, B. KE. Lindgren, W. H. Rich (retired), C. J. Robbins, V. J. 
Samson, and C. B. Tendick. 
The reader is especially referred to the section in the latter part of 
this report entitled ‘Statistical survey procedure”, which elves in 
detail the methods employed in the collection of fishery statistics and 
other pertinent information. 
COLLECTING STATISTICS OF THE ANGLERS’ CATCH 
The need for the collection of statistics of the anglers’ catch was 
stressed in a paper prepared during the year by Fred F. Johnson, 
Assistant Chief of the Division, and read over the Rod and Stream 
Program of Radio Station WMAL in Washington, D.C. The paper 
brought out the importance of closely observing the various fisheries on 
which both sport and commercial fishermen depend, not only in order 
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