FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 193 7 



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Fisheries of the United States and Alaska — Continued 

 OPERATING UNITS: By sections— Continued 



Item 



Apparatus— Continued. 



Brush traps 



Lobster pots and traps 



Crab, crawfish, and turtle pots and 



traps 



Clam dredges 



Crab dredges 



Mussel dredges 



Oyster dredges 



Scallop dredges 



Crab scrapes 



Tongs, rakes, shovels, hoes, forks, 



picks, etc 



Diving outfits 



Other apparatus ' 



New Eng- 

 land, 1935 



Number 

 ""289,437 



6,107 

 63 



160 

 3,587 



5,721 



'i.'sos" 



Middle 



Atlantic, 



1935 



Nil mber 



""""i7,'449' 



10 



68 



61 



9 



346 



490 



4,938 



'8,"729' 



Chesa- 

 peake, 

 1936 



N' umber 



275 

 '232" 



655 

 '755" 

 ,387 

 I33" 



South 



Atlantic 



and Gulf, 



1936 



Number 

 25,500 



7,281 



1 



20 



724 



74 



3,484 



59 



4,971 



Pacific, 

 1936 



Number 



6,705 

 33, 457 



4,381 

 22 



74 



Item 



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 



Accessory boats 



Apparatus: 



Haul seines... 



Purse seines 



Lampara nets 



Otter trawls 



Beam trawls 



Paranzella nets 



Gill nets -.. 



Trammel netS--- - - 



Pound nets, trap nets, and weirs- 



Stop nets 



Fyke nets-- --- 



Bag nets -.- 



Other nets 2 -.- - 



Hooks, baits, or snoods 



Fish wheels -- 



Eel pots and traps 



Brush traps - 



Lobster pots and traps--- 



Crab, crawfish, and turtle pots and traps 



Clam dredges 



Crab dredges 



Mussel dredges 



Oyster dredges -.- 



Scallop dredges - 



Crab scrapes 



Tongs, rakes, shovels, hoes, forks, picks, etc- 



Diving outfits -. 



Crowfoot bars -- 



Other apparatus ^ 



Lakes, 

 1936 



Number 

 1,589 

 4,034 



55 



1,317 



420 



4,750 



475 

 6,067 



1,294 



1,327 



18 



207 



119, 586 



78 



8,466 



1,512 

 '59i,"839" 



1,040 



128 



"257" 



Mississippi 



River and 



tributaries, 



1931 



Number 



15, 884 



15, 884 



4,426 

 10, 120 



1,013 



101 

 518 

 374 



32, 541 



191 

 2, 459, 179 



456 



440 



3,994 



4,480 

 3,781 



Alaska, 

 1936 



Number 

 * 11, 722 



11,722 



7 



547 



893 



12, 108 



900 

 12, 655 



1,318 

 3,951 



217 

 803 



4,244 



""m 



(') 



297 



3,354 



Total for 



the various 



years 



Number 

 34, 737 

 94, 470 



129, 207 



147 



12,854 



4,427 



81, 403 



233 



4,757 



4,807 

 99,014 



32, 469 



39,316 



2,056 



3,609 



1,491 



229 



4,387 



39 



12 



158, 433 



1,386 



15,317 



71 



41,628 



159 



14, 256 



11,855,211 



310 



25, 469 



25, 500 



313,591 



51, 980 



132 



313 



449 



1,891 



4,151 



755 



31, 033 



81 



4,737 



19, 193 



5 Includes periwinkle, cockle and fish pots, harpoons, spears, hooks, grabs, coquina scoops, slat traps, and 

 wire baskets. 



* Includes persons in boats and shore fisheries. ' Number not determined. 



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