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catch of the fisheries of the Lakes States were collected for 1933. 
Complete general surveys also were made of the Chesapeake, South 
Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific, and Lakes States for 1934. 
Following is a summary indicating the years for which statistics 
were collected on the fisheries and fishery industries in the various 
sections. Figures for the more recent years are available for free 
distribution from the Bureau in bulletin form, but figures for the 
earlier years are available only in the various printed reports of the 
Bureau. These reports are available for reference in the Bureau’s 
library and at many public libraries. 
In the New England States statistics on the catch of the*marine 
fisheries and those conducted in the coastal rivers and bays of these 
States were collected for the years 1880, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1898, 1902, 
1905, 1908, 1919, 1924, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, and 1935. 
For most of these years data on operating units and wholesale and 
manufacturing trade also were collected. In addition to the above, a 
partial statistical survey was made for the entire section in 1892; a 
partial survey of the fisheries in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massa- 
chusetts for the fiscal year 1897; the lobster fishery for 1900 and 1913; 
the oyster fishery for 1910; the shad and alewife fisheries for 1896; 
the menhaden industry for 1912; the fisheries of Massachusetts for 
1879; and the fisheries of Connecticut for 1925 and 1926. 
Statistics on the catch of the marine fisheries and those conducted 
in the coastal rivers and bays of the Middle Atlantic States were 
collected for the years 1880, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1897, 
1898, 1901, 1904, 1908, 1921, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, and 
1935. Data on operating units and wholesale and manufacturing 
trade also were collected for most of these years. In addition to these 
a statistical survey was made of the coastal fisheries of these States in 
1915; catch in all States except New York, in 1892; the shad’ and 
alewife fisheries in 1896; the shad fisheries of the Delaware River in 
1910; the shad fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries in 
1909; the menhaden industry in 1912; the lobster fisheries in 1900 and 
1913; and the oyster fishery in 1911. The years for which statistics 
are available on the shad fishery of the Hudson River are given in the 
section entitled ‘“‘Shad and alewife fisheries.”’ 
In the Chesapeake Bay States statistics on the catch of the marine 
fisheries and those conducted in coastal rivers and bays of these 
States were collected for the years 1880, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1891, 1897, - 
1901, 1904, 1908, 1920, 1925, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, and 
1935. Data on operating units and wholesale and manufacturing 
trade also were collected for most of these years. In addition to the 
above, a statistical survey was made of the crab fishery for 1915; the 
oyster fishery and menhaden industry for 1912; and the shad and 
alewife fisheries for 1896, 1909, and 1915. The years for which sta- 
tistics of the shad and alewife fisheries of the Potomac River are avail- 
able are given in the section entitled “Shad and alewife fisheries.” 
In the South Atlantic and Gulf States statistics on the catch of the 
marine fisheries and those conducted in the coastal rivers and bays of 
these States were collected for the years 1880, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1897, 
1902, 1908, 1918, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1934. 
Data on operating units and wholesale and manufacturing trade also 
were collected for most of these years. In addition to the above, a 
statistical survey was made of the fisheries of these States, excluding 
