FISHERY STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1970 



Statistics and Market News Division 

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SECTION I. - GENERAL REVIEW 4 



U.S. summaries 11 



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 110 



New Hampshire 113 



Massachusetts 115 



Rhode Islamd 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 



