﻿FISHERY 
  STATISTICS 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES, 
  1970 
  

  

  Statistics 
  and 
  Market 
  News 
  Division 
  

   CONTENTS 
  

  

  Page 
  

  

  SECTION 
  1. 
  - 
  GENERAL 
  REVIEW 
  4 
  

  

  U.S. 
  summaries 
  H 
  

  

  U.S. 
  landings 
  off 
  foreign 
  coasts 
  33 
  

  

  U.S. 
  landings 
  for 
  human 
  and 
  industrial 
  use 
  34 
  

  

  Relative 
  volume 
  of 
  the 
  landings, 
  by 
  species 
  39 
  

  

  Relative 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  landings, 
  by 
  species 
  40 
  

  

  Seed 
  oyster 
  fishery 
  41 
  

  

  U.S. 
  landings, 
  live 
  weight 
  basis 
  42 
  

  

  World 
  landings 
  of 
  fish, 
  crustaceans, 
  mollusks, 
  etc., 
  by 
  countries 
  43 
  

  

  Processed 
  fishery 
  products 
  44 
  

  

  Canned 
  fishery 
  products 
  57 
  

  

  Industrial 
  fishery 
  products 
  69 
  

  

  Packaged 
  fishery 
  products 
  74 
  

  

  Fish 
  sticks 
  and 
  portions 
  77 
  

  

  Frozen 
  fishery 
  trade 
  78 
  

  

  Foreign 
  fishery 
  trade 
  87 
  

  

  SECTION 
  2. 
  - 
  NEW 
  ENGLAND 
  FISHERIES 
  94 
  

  

  Sectional 
  summaries 
  ,. 
  . 
  99 
  

  

  Maine 
  HO 
  

  

  New 
  Hampshire 
  113 
  

  

  Massachusetts 
  115 
  

  

  Rhode 
  Island 
  121 
  

  

  Connecticut 
  125 
  

  

  SECTION 
  3. 
  - 
  MIDDLE 
  ATLANTIC 
  FISHERIES 
  128 
  

  

  Sectional 
  summaries 
  132 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  140 
  

  

  New 
  Jersey 
  144 
  

  

  Delaware 
  148 
  

  

  Supplementary 
  survey 
  - 
  Hudson 
  River 
  shad 
  fishery 
  150 
  

  

  SECTION 
  4. 
  - 
  CHESAPEAKE 
  FISHERIES 
  151 
  

  

  Sectional 
  summaries 
  155 
  

  

  Maryland 
  161 
  

  

  Virginia 
  165 
  

  

  Landings 
  by 
  waters 
  171 
  

  

  Supplementary 
  survey 
  - 
  Potomac 
  River 
  shad 
  and 
  alewife 
  fishery 
  174 
  

  

  SECTION 
  5. 
  - 
  SOUTH 
  ATLANTIC 
  FISHERIES 
  175 
  

  

  Sectional 
  summaries 
  179 
  

  

  North 
  Carolina 
  188 
  

  

  South 
  Carolina 
  193 
  

  

  Georgia 
  195 
  

  

  Florida, 
  east 
  coast 
  197 
  

  

  Supplementary 
  surveys: 
  

  

  Florida, 
  operating 
  units 
  by 
  districts 
  202 
  

  

  Florida, 
  landings 
  by 
  districts 
  203 
  

  

  South 
  Atlantic 
  shrimp 
  fishery 
  205 
  

  

  SECTION 
  6. 
  - 
  GULF 
  FISHERIES 
  207 
  

  

  Sectional 
  summaries 
  211 
  

  

  Florida, 
  west 
  coast 
  221 
  

  

  Alabama 
  226 
  

  

  Mississippi 
  228 
  

  

  Louisiana 
  231 
  

  

  Texas 
  235 
  

  

  Supplementary 
  survey 
  - 
  Gulf 
  shrimp 
  fishery 
  237 
  

  

  