120 FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
Extent or FISHERIES OF THE GULF STATES, VARIOUS YEARS, 1880 To 1918—Conid. 
Item. | 1890 | 1897 1902 1908 1918 
| = — 
PERSONS ENGAGED. 
Bilorida (westicoast)aesokese recesses ee 4, 068 5, O11 6, 416 6, 016 5, 161 
(Al abarmatss 08, pene ec *. Soe mee ee | 618 789 1, 098 895 783 
Mississippi ive S3ee sence = oe tee eee 1, 721 2, 565 4, 344 1, 561 2, 867 
Louisiana siete ee eee oe ns ce eins tere sere 4, 068 4, 403 | 5, 027 5, 152 4, 191 
MeKas. A MMAR FON SSS ee 1,277 1, 199 | 1,144 1,780 1, 886 
Pata SPM. oaths 2 Sma SAD ay ON. | vaierse 13,967| 18,029 | 115, 404 14, 888 
INVESTMENT. icy 
MloridaiCwest coast) 2.2 swe aeee oate | $1,369, 294 | $1, 149, 262 | $1,945,320 | $1,884,000 $2, 404, 245 
IATA Dam syne WE Se ei ns SC ret SS CORE 135, 290 165, 189 328, 285 262, 000 334, 741 
MISSISSID DI. 5-225 Nueces aunie dk. Nae | 434, 710 518, 301 | 1,270, 408 461,000 | 1, 453, 585 
TOUISIA TAS eee ce ee me, tee i mlOne76 513, 813 789, 723 841,000 | 1, 475, 188 
MPO SU. icf! 5 parla e aguas a alas Spaces © 319, 122 237, 496 373, 724 454, 000 890, 100 
Total 6-265 eet eae ee ee eS 2, 978, 292 | 2,584,061 | 4, 707,450 | 13, 902, 000 6, 537, 859 
PRODUCTS.2 | | 
Pounds: 
lorida (westicoast) i: eee. aa-- eee | 27, 418, 562 | 28, 255, 219 | 48, 120,019 | 37, 566, 000 54, 753, 639 
PAN AD ANID eye er nee aingee ae .| 4, 776, 968 4, 699, 381 9, 351, 447 9, 915, 450 5, 609, 219 
Mississippnt ech tG0 0. kg as | 8,131,401 | 7,829,685 | 23,426,965 | 17,302,000 | 20,592,089 
POUISISM Ae tees Bea oe ce crn ae ' 20, 789, 203 | 17,401, 788 | 24, 754,135 | 42,302,000 | 24, 953, 876 
MORASE ae ee ieee ree eS: MES NER 7,959, 400 | 7,174,550 8,044, 404 | 10,439,000 | 25,014, 760 
A Qtalee | Ree ee eee ae ee | 69, 075, 534 | 65,360,623 |113, 696, 970 |117, 327, 450 | 130, 923, 583 
= —_-—_'- ! i} 
Value: 2 
Florida (west Coast)ics 2s s2s-n5- sea $1, 064, 139 $944, 793 | $1,462,166 | $2,120,000 | $3, 420, 363 
Alabama es Sa5- 2) Sa estan e Surge 154, 871 134, 438 266, 682 358, 000 230, 567 
IMASSISSIP Dict S22 ate aah t Rie ays ere ee 245, 699 192, 298 553, 220 459, 000 762, 770 
Louisiana tA ack es uae are | 660, 134 713, 587 858, 314 | 1,448,000 | 1, 419, 367 
TOROS. Ses seb che te wince oe eeeeenies 313, 832 286, 610 353, 814 446, 000 677, 243 
otal) jad: Pekar see es 2, 438,675 | 2,271,726 | 3,494,196 | 4,831,000| 6,510,310 
1 Exclusive of persons and investment in canneries, packing houses, and other establishments. 
2 The quantity and value of products given for Florida for 1888 in the report of the Division of Statistics 
and Methods of the Fisheries for 1919, page 137, include both coasts of the State, and those for Alabama 
for 1908 include the Tennessee River district. 
FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES IN 1919. 
The statistics of the coast fisheries of the New England States 
presented in this report are for the calendar year 1919 and have 
been published in summarized form in Statistical Bulletin No. 497.4 
Included in this report are statistics of the sardine industry of 
Maine for 1919 and 1920 and the salmon fishery of the Penobscot 
River and Bay for 1918, 1919, and 1920. 
EARLIER PUBLICATIONS. 
Some of the previous publications containing statistical informa- 
tion on the fisheries of the New England States and published in 
Washington, D. C., follow: 
1873. Report on the Conditions of the Sea Fisheries of the South Coast of New Eng- 
land in 1871 and 1872. By Spencer F. Baird. Report, U. 8S. Commission 
of Fish and Fisheries, 1871 and 1872 (1873), p. i-xh. 
1887. The Coast of Maine and Its Fisheries. By R. Edward Earll. In The Fish- 
eries and Fishery Industries of the United States, by G. Brown Goode et al., 
Sec. II, Pt. I, p. 5-102. 
The Fisheries of New Hampshire. By W. A. Wilcox. Ibid., Sec. II, Pt. II, 
p. 103-112. 
ll The statistical data were collected by Winthrop A. Roberts, Rob Leon Greer, Andrew J. Messner 
Walter H. Rith, Lawrence T. Hopkinson, and Fred F. Johnson, statistical agents of the Bureau. 
