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TJ. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



The crab product of Maryland and Virginia in 1920, by counties 

 and for various years from 1880 to 1920, are shown in the tables 

 which follow, and the quantities of hard and soft crabs, by States 

 in various years, are shown in graphic form in Figure 7. The total 

 catch in these States in 1920 was 22,700,053 pounds as compared 



MILLIONS 

 OF POUNDS 



YEARS 



COMBINED CA.TCH 

 MD. tVA, 



VA. HARD CRAB 



MD. HARD CRAb 

 MD. SOFT CRAR 



VAS0FTCRA& 



Fig. 7.— Crab product of Maryland and Virginia in millions of pounds, for various years, 1880 to 1920. 



with 50,343,268 pounds in 1915, a decrease of 27,643,215 pounds, or 

 54.90 per cent. The decrease in Maryland in 1920 as compared with 

 1915 was 21,030,908 pounds, or 69.88 per cent, and in Virginia, 

 6,612,307 pounds, or 32.65 per cent. 



