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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of the United States and Alaska — Continued 

 OPERATING UNITS— By Sections— Continued 



Items 



Fishermen: 



On vessels 



On boats and shore. 



Total 



Vessels: 



Steam 



Net tonnage. 

 Motor 



Net tonnage. 



Sail 



Net tonnage. 



Total vessels 



Total net tonnage. 



Boats: 



Motor 



Other 



Apparatus: 



Haul seines 



Purse seines. 



Lampara nets 



Otter trawls (including all types and sizes) . 



Beam trawls 



Paranzella nets 



Gill nets 



Trammel nets. 



Pound nets, trap nets, and weirs 



Stop nets 



Fyke nets 



Bag nets and pocket nets 



Other nets 8 



Hooks, snoods, or baits.. 



Fish wheels 



Eel pots and traps 



Lobster pots 



Shrimp nets and traps 



Crab and crawfish pots, traps, drags, etc.... 



Clam dredges 



Crab dredges 



Mussel dredges.. 



Oyster dredges 



Scallop dredges and drags 



Crab scrapes 



Tongs, rakes, hoes, forks, etc 



Crowfoot bars (pairs) 



Abalone outfits 



Sponge apparatus 



Other apparatus ' 



Pacific, 

 1928 



Number 

 5,242 

 14, 491 



19, 733 



6 



257 



796 



15, 105 



8 



2,982 



810 

 18, 344 



6,228 

 1,589 



219 

 352 

 262 



60 



18 



5,164 



71 



750 



1,248 



8 



413 



1, 345, 811 



30 



20, 217 



» 3, 281 



Missis- 

 sippi 

 River and 



tributa- 

 ries, 1922 



Lakes," 

 1928 



Number 



12, 310 



12, 310 



4,597 

 10, 941 



708 



459 

 11 



49, 652 



4,360 



1,810 

 3,490 



W 



Number 

 1,531 

 3,907 



5,438 



134 

 2,953 



246 

 2,611 



380 

 5,564 



1,475 

 928 



238 



99, 348 



7,943 

 "2,'455" 



631, 637 



5,255 



244 

 311 



Alaska, 

 1929 



Total for 



the va- 



riousyears 



Number 

 ' 10, 921 



10, 921 



617 



726 



11, 992 



734 

 12,609 



1,861 

 3,559 



176 

 703 



4,225 

 '"'734' 



« 



246 



740 



Nurnber 

 35, 213 

 93, 126 



128, 339 



273 

 19, 910 

 3,623 

 61, 730 



638 

 11, 770 



4,534 

 93,410 



38, 237 

 44, 457 



3,895 



1,407 



262 



3,708 



69 



18 



165, 107 



1,220 



16, 888 



333 



76,610 



190 



15, 335 



(«) 



281 



25, 026 



363, 474 



4,360 



32, 553 



213 



132 



6 



4,046 



6,442 



1,403 



29, 867 



3,801 



18 



299 



' Number not determined. 



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

 cluded in "Other nets." 

 ' The crawfish pots, crowfoot bars, forks, etc., are for 1922. 

 ' Includes persons in shore and boat fisheries. 

 8 Includes set nets, dip nets, reef nets, and other minor nets. 

 ' Includes a few dredges. 



Note. — Whaling apparatus, the number of which was not determined, was used in the Pacific and Alaska 

 sections. 



