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Imports of fishery products entered for consumption, 1936 — Continued 



FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES 



(Area XXII) * 



The most recent complete fishery statistics for the New England 

 States (Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and 

 Connecticut) are those collected for the year 1935. In that year the 

 yield of the commercial fisheries amounted to 655,430,400 pounds, 

 valued at $17,983,594 to the fishermen, representing an increase of 31 

 percent in volume, and 33 percent in value as compared with the catch 

 In 1933, the most recent previous year for which statistics are available. 

 Detailed statistics of these fisheries for 1935 appear in "Fishery 

 Industries of the United States, 1936," appendix I to the Report of the 

 United States Commissioner of Fisheries, 1937. A summary of these 

 fisheries as well as statistics of the vessel fisheries at the principal 

 New England ports for 1936 and the mackerel fishery of the Atlantic 

 coast for 1936 appear in the following tables. 



Fisheries of the New England States, 1935 

 OPERATING UNITS: By States 



* This is the number given this area by the North American Council on Fishery Investigations. It 

 should be explained that there are included under this area craft whose principal fishing ports are in the area 

 but at times fish elsewhere. Notable examples are the groundfish fishery in area XXI and the mackerel 

 and southern trawl fisheries in area XXIII. For a clearer understanding of the statistics published in this 

 section, the reader is referred to the section in the latter part of this document entitled "Statistical survey 

 procedure." 



