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sive, the New England and Middle Atlantic States for 1933 and 1935, 

 and the South Atlantic, Gulf, and Lake States for 1934 and 1936. 

 Complete data on the catch of the fisheries of the Lake States were 

 also collected for 1933 and 1935. 



Following is a summary indicating the years for which statistics 

 were collected on the fisheries and fishery industries in the various 

 sections. Figures for the more recent years are available for free 

 distribution from the Bureau in bulletin form, but figures for the 

 earlier years are available only in the various printed reports of the 

 Bureau. These reports are available for reference in the Bureau's 

 hbrary and at many public libraries. 



In the New England States statistics on the catch of the marine 

 fisheries, and those conducted in the coastal rivers and bays of these 

 States, were collected for the years 1880, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1898, 1902, 

 1905, 1908, 1919, 1924, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, and 1935. 

 For most of these years data on operating units and wholesale and 

 manufacturing trade also were collected. In addition to the above, a 

 partial statistical survey was made for the entire section in 1892; a 

 partial survey of the fisheries in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massa- 

 chusetts for the fiscal year 1897; the lobster fishery for 1900 and 1913; 

 the oyster fishery for 1910; the shad and alewife fisheries for 1896; 

 the menhaden industry for 1912; the fisheries of Massachusetts for 

 1879; and the fisheries of Connecticut for 1925 and 1926. 



Statistics on the catch of the marine fisheries ard those conducted 

 in the coastal rivers and bavs of the Middle Atlantic States were 

 collected for the vears 1880, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1897, 

 1898, 1901, 1904, 1908, 1921, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, and 



1935. Data on operating units and wholesale and manufacturing 

 trade also were collected for most of these years. In addition to these 

 a statistical survey was made of the coastal fisheries of these States in 

 1915; catch in all States except New York, in 1892; the shad and 

 alewife fisheries in 1896; the shad fisheries of the Delaware River in 

 1910; the shad fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries in 

 1909; the menhaden industry in 1912; the lobster fisheries in 1900 and 

 1913; and the oyster fishery in 1911. The years for which statistics 

 are available on the shad fishery of the Hudson River are given in the 

 section entitled "Shad and alewife fisheries." 



In the Chesapeake Bay States statistics op the catch of the marine 

 fisheries and those conducted in coastal rivers and bavs of these 

 States were collected for the vears 1880, 1887, 1888. 1890,^1891, 1897, 



1901, 1904, 1908, 1920, 1925, and for all the years from 1929 to 1936, 

 inclusive. Data on operating units and wholesale and manufacturing 

 trade also were collected for most of these years. In addition to the 

 above, a statistical survey was made of the crab fishery for 1915; the 

 oyster fishery and menhaden industry for 1912; and the shad and 

 alewife fisheries for 1896, 1909, and 1915. The years for which sta- 

 tistics of the shad and alewife fisheries of the Potomac River are avail- 

 able are given in the section entitled "Shad and alewife fisheries." 



In the South Atlantic and Gulf States statistics on the catch of the 

 marine fisheries and those conducted in the coastal rivers and bavs of 

 these States were collected for the years 1880, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1897 



1902, 1908, 1918, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, and 



1936. Data on operating units and wholesale and manufacturing trade 

 also were collected for most of these years. In addition to the above, a 



