FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1929 731 



utilized mainly for the manufacture of pearl buttons and novelties. 

 Other important products in the nonfood group are sponges and whale 



products. 



Fisheries of the United States and Alaska 



SUMMARY OF CATCH 

 [Expressed in thousands of pounds and thousands of dollars; that is, 000 omitted] 



Products 



Fish 



Shellfish, etc. 



Total-. 



New England, 

 1928 



Middle .\tlan- 

 tic, 1926 



Quan- 

 tity 



561, 104 

 42, 494 



603, 598 



Value 

 18,104 



7, 516 



Quan- 

 tity 



119,021 

 48,991 



25,6201 168,012 



Value 



4,648 

 7,808 



Chesapeake, 

 1925 



Quan- 

 tity 

 241,221 

 91, 985 



333, 206 



Value 

 6,092 



7, 856 



South Atlantic, 

 1928 



Quan- 

 tity 

 210, 132 

 48, 308 



258, 440 



Gulf, 1928 



Quan- 

 Va'ue tity 

 3,757 71,375 

 2,270 123,309 



Value 

 3,842 

 6, 193 



6,027 194,684 10,035 



Products 



Fish 



Shellfish, etc 



Whale products 



Total 



Pacific, 1928 



Quan- 

 tity 



686, 525 

 13, 705 



4,881 



705, 111 



Value 

 18, 652 

 1,564 

 296 



Mississippi 

 River and trib- 

 utaries, 1922 



Quan- 

 tity 

 53, 466 

 52, 268 



20,5121 105,734 



Value 

 3,310 

 1, 194 



4,504 



Lakes, 1928 



Quan 

 tity 

 63, 368 

 6,332 



69, 700 



Value 



5,961 



237 



6,198 



Alaska, 1929 



Quan- 

 tity 



640, 490 

 2,008 



8, 925i 



\^alue 

 16, 465 

 117 

 502 



651, 423 17, 084 



Total for the va- 

 rious years 



Quan- 

 tity 

 2, 646, 702 

 429, 400 

 13, 806 



3, 089, 908 



Value 

 80, 831 

 34, 755 

 7t8 



116,384 



• Includes the operating units used in the fisheries of Lake Okeechobee, Fla. 

 ' Includes set nets, dip nets, scap nets, reef nets, and other minor nets. 



' Number not determined. 



* Includes a few pots fished for catfish in Virginia. 



' Includes box traps, periwinkle and cockle pots, harpoons, spears, and other minor apparatus not in- 

 cluded in "Other nets." 



