﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIVISION 
  OF 
  STATISTICS 
  AND 
  METHODS 
  

   OF 
  THE 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  By 
  Barton 
  W. 
  Evermann, 
  As.nstant 
  in 
  Charge. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  statistical 
  agents 
  of 
  the 
  division 
  

   were 
  engaged 
  in 
  canvassing 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Middle 
  Atlantic 
  States. 
  

   This 
  work 
  was 
  completed, 
  and 
  a 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  that 
  region, 
  

   which 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  issued, 
  was 
  prepared 
  for 
  publication. 
  In 
  the 
  

   meantime 
  a 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  statistics 
  embodied 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  was 
  

   published 
  as 
  Statistical 
  Bulletin 
  No, 
  131. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  F. 
  F. 
  Dimick 
  and 
  Capt. 
  S. 
  J. 
  Martin, 
  local 
  statistical 
  agents 
  of 
  

   the 
  Commission 
  at 
  Boston 
  and 
  Gloucester, 
  Mass., 
  respectively, 
  have 
  

   continued 
  to 
  submit 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  their 
  usual 
  monthly 
  returns 
  of 
  

   the 
  quantity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  fishery 
  products 
  landed 
  at 
  those 
  ports 
  by 
  

   American 
  fishing 
  vessels. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  A. 
  B. 
  Alexander, 
  fishery 
  expert 
  of 
  the 
  steamer 
  Albatross, 
  was 
  

   detailed 
  in 
  November, 
  1902, 
  to 
  Boston, 
  Mass., 
  to 
  obtain 
  statistics 
  of 
  

   the 
  quantity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  mackerel 
  landed 
  by 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  fleet 
  

   during 
  that 
  year. 
  In 
  March, 
  1903, 
  Mr. 
  Alexander 
  visited 
  Seattle, 
  

   Wash. 
  , 
  and 
  entered 
  upon 
  a 
  statistical 
  canvass 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  fisheries 
  

   of 
  Alaska 
  for 
  the 
  seasons 
  of 
  1901 
  and 
  1902. 
  He 
  was 
  authorized 
  to 
  

   pursue 
  the 
  inquiry 
  in 
  such 
  places 
  on 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  and 
  the 
  Columbia 
  

   River 
  as 
  might 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  obtain 
  the 
  desired 
  information. 
  In 
  

   June 
  he 
  joined 
  the 
  steamer 
  Alhat7'oss 
  at 
  Seattle 
  and 
  went 
  to 
  Alaska 
  as 
  

   a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Salmon 
  Commission 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  

   Dr. 
  David 
  S. 
  Jordan, 
  where 
  the 
  investigation 
  was 
  continued. 
  

  

  The 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Porto 
  Rico, 
  including 
  the 
  wholesale 
  fisher}^ 
  trade 
  

   and 
  the 
  importation 
  of 
  fishery 
  products, 
  were 
  investigated 
  in 
  January, 
  

   February, 
  and 
  March, 
  1903, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Wilcox, 
  the 
  data 
  being 
  

   chiefly 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1902. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Charles 
  H. 
  Stevenson 
  visited 
  New 
  York 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  in 
  

   March, 
  1903, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  obtaining 
  information 
  concerning 
  the 
  

   utilization 
  of 
  ivory, 
  bones, 
  shells, 
  scales, 
  etc., 
  of 
  aquatic 
  animals. 
  

  

  An 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  and 
  G4ilf 
  

   States 
  was 
  undertaken 
  in 
  February, 
  1903, 
  the 
  data 
  being 
  for 
  the 
  

   calendar 
  year 
  1902, 
  except 
  the 
  oyster 
  fishery, 
  for 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  in 
  some 
  instances 
  to 
  obtain 
  statistics 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  completed 
  oyster 
  

  

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