FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 19386 37 
cured fishery products amounted to 120,516,387 pounds, valued at 
$15,691,380 and fresh and frozen packaged fish and shellfish 191,- 
273,299 pounds, valued at $25,378,622. It is estimated that about 
675,000,000 pounds of fresh fishery products (excluding fresh-packaged 
fish and shellfish), valued at about $53,000,000 were marketed during 
1935. The total marketed value to domestic primary handlers of all 
fishery products in 1935 is estimated at $210,000,000. 
Fishery products imported for consumption were valued at $36,231,- 
959 and domestic exports were valued at $14,374,016. 
New England States—The commercial catch of fishery products in 
these States for 1935 showed an increase in both volume and value as 
compared with 1933 when the first preceding survey of the complete 
catch in these States was made. With the exception of the catches 
for 1929 and 1930 the volume of the catch in 1935 was the largest on 
record. There were large increases in both the volume and value of 
the combined landings of fishery products by vessels at Boston and 
Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Maine, in 1935 as compared with 
1934. There also were important i increases in the production of sar- 
dines and frozen fish in 1935 as compared with the preceding year. 
Middle Atlantic States —The catch of fishery products in the Middle 
Atlantic States showed a large increase in both volume and value as 
compared with the catch in 1933 when the first previous survey was 
made. The volume of the catch in 1935 exceeded that of any previ- 
ous year for which records are available since 1921. There was a 
decrease in the production of frozen fish in 1935 as compared with the 
preceding year, but a large increase in the catch of shad on the Hudson 
River in 1935 as compared with 1934. 
Chesapeake Bay States.—In 1935 the catch of fishery products in the 
Chesapeake Bay States decreased in both volume and value as com- 
pared with the preceding year. The value of the production of men- 
haden products as well as the volume and value of the catch of shad 
in the Potomac River in 1935 increased over the preceding year. 
South Atlantic and Gulf States—No survey was made of the com- 
‘mercial catch of fishery products in the South Atlantic and Gulf States 
during 1935. In 1934 there was a large increase in both the volume 
and value of the catch as compared with 1932 when the first preceding 
survey of the catch was made. There were increased packs of canned 
shrimp and oysters in 1935 as compared with the preceding year. 
Pacific Coast States —The commercial catch of fishery products in 
these States for 1935 was the largest of any year on reeord and the 
value of the catch exceeded that of any previous year except 1929. 
The value of manufactured fishery products produced in the Pacific 
Coast States was 25 percent greater than the value of the production 
for the previous year. 
Lake States —No survey has yet been made for statistics of the 
catch of the fisheries of the Great Lakes and the international lakes 
of northern Minnesota for 1935. In 1934, when the most recent 
survey was made, the catch of fish in this section exceeded any year 
since 1918. 
Mississippi River and tributaries—The most recent complete sta- 
tistics of the catch of the Mississippi River and tributaries are those 
collected for 1931. As compared with 1922, when the most recent 
preceding survey was made, there was a decrease in the catch. This 
decrease was reflected principally in a smaller catch of fresh-water 
mussels. A survey made for Lakes Pepin and Keokuk and the 
