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salted, taken mostly in Xorth Carolina. 15.185.585 pounds, valued at 

 $412,067; mullet. fre?h and salted, 11.757,318 pounds, valued at 

 $508,044; oysters. 5,871,376 pounds, or 838.768 bushels, valued at 

 $260,863; squeteafrues or sea trouts, 5.105.249 pounds, valued at 

 $360,527; Spanish mackerel, taken mostly in Florida, 3.211,405 

 pounds, valued at $232,355; cero and kin»xfish, credited mostly to 

 Florida, 2.483,647 pounds, valued at $161,562, and spot, 1,692,775 

 pounds, valued at $72,795. As compared with the Bureau's returns 

 for 1902, there was increase in the catch ag^rregating 226,168,051 

 pounds, valued at $2,508,983. The large advance over previous 

 years was mostly due to the greatly increased output of menhaden, 

 the 1902 catch amounting to only 18.862,000 ]iounds. as against 

 257,757,799 pounds in 1918. The yield of all other species in 1902 

 was 87,584.072 pounds and in 1918, 74,S56,324 pounds. Other lW)d- 

 ucts which have shown a noteworthy increase are cero and kingnsli, 

 drums, Spanish mackerel, and shrimp. 



FISIIF.IMKS OF Tin: XKW ENOLAXl) STATKS. 



A canvass of the fisheries of the Xew England States for the cal- 

 endar year 1919 was completed early in 1921. The number of per- 

 sons ascertained to be engaged in the fisheries was 30.767, credited to 

 the diiferent States as follows: >raine. 14,3S6; Massacliusetts. 12,346; 

 Connecticut, 2.289; lihode Island. 1.646: and Xew Ilnmpshire, 100. 

 Compared witli tiie returns for 1905, there has been a decrease in the 

 number of persons employed of 6,572, or 17.60 per cent. The invest- 

 ment in the fisheries of tlie different States arranged in the order of 

 importance was as follows: Massachusetts $19,111,269: Maine, $17,- 

 544.969: Khode Island, $2,249,536: C\)nnecticut. $1,645,793; Xew 

 Uamj)shire, $45,530; total, $40,597,097. This represents an increase 

 of $18,066,377. or 80.18 per Cent, as compared with 1905. 



The yield for the region amounted to 4()7.331>,S70 ])oun(ls, a alued at 

 $19,838,657, distributed as follows: Mas.sachusetts, 246.951,241 

 pounds, valued at $10,S59,746; Maine, 147,956,369 pounds, valued at 

 $3,889,035; lihode Island, 48,250,883 pounds, valued at $3,296,578; 

 Connecticut, 23,652,647 pounds, valued at $1,700,638; and New 

 Hampshire, 528.730 pounds, valued at $92,660. The most important 

 products were: Cf)d. 84.917,535 j)ounds, Aalued at $3,597,891; oysters, 

 19.337,374 ])oimds, or 2,702,4.S2 bushels, valued at $2,617,020; lobsters, 

 10,666,706 i)Ounds, valued at $2,55().9S0; haddock, 89,405,609 pounds, 

 valued at $2,544,617; and mackerel, 15,785,012 pounds, valued at 

 $1,562,088. Compared with 1905, there was a net decrease amounting 

 to 12,943,734 pounds, but a net increase of $5,654,452 in the first value 

 of the products. 



SARDINE INDUSTRY OF MAINE. 



A complete enumeration of the sardine industry of the State of 

 Maine was made by the Bureau for tiie calendar years 1919 and 1920. 

 In 1919 the plants engaged in canning sardines numbered 53. The 

 herring utilized amounted to 125.309,415 pounds, valued at $852,450, 

 and the pack of canned fish was 2,450,268 cases, valued at $11,933,986, 

 of which 1,902.430 cases, valued at $9,327,665, were quarter oils. In 

 1920 the plants numbered 50 and the herring consumed aggregated 



