856 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 

 Landings of mackerel 1905-1929 



Year 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916 

 1917 



Pounds ' 



15, 398, 070 

 8, 106, 960 

 16, 902, 270 



Year 



1918 

 1919 

 1920 

 1921 

 1922 

 1923 

 1924 

 1925 

 1926 

 1927 

 1928 

 1929 



Pounds ' 



915, 200 

 990, 690 

 292, 040 

 923. 790 

 797, 680 

 390, 580 

 237,120 

 953, 490 

 126, 100 

 998, 600 

 983, 880 

 166, 345 



' Represents the weight of mackerel landed in the round plus the weight of mackerel landed salted 

 which has been converted to the equivalent of fresh mackerel in the round . 



YEARS 



Figure 18. — Catch of mackerel in the North Atlantic fishery, 1905 to 1929 



FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES 



The latest statistical canvass of the fisheries and fishery industries 

 of the Middle Atlantic States (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 

 and Delaware), was for the calendar year 1926. The complete statis- 

 tics for this canvass are published in the report of the division of 

 fishery industries for 1927 and in condensed form in Statistical Bulle- 

 tin No. 786. 



During 1926 the fisheries and fishery industries of the Middle 

 Atlantic States gave employment to 14,335 persons, of whom 9,953 

 were fishermen, 107 were engaged in the transporting trade, 3,412 

 were in the wholesale trade, and 843 in the canning and by-products 

 industries. The catch of the fisheries of these States amounted to 

 168,012,495 pounds, valued at $12,456,256. The products of the 

 canning, salting, smoking, and by-products industries had a value of 

 $4,018,488. 



