reo FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
Baume? sssnhs S82 i ed eres eo. DERN SS Anvmodytes americanus. 
Mackerel sical. cee Cts Saie <a eee e ee Scomber scombrus. 
Menhadeniae tel ll eee ae eee ioe sey ee are Pe Brevoortia tyrannus. 
Monk fishes; :2sc:s uo ceeee sos 2 2c pe eae as petal ee Lophius piscatorius. 
META OWS esc t i Wc cee AEG |. onsen OR ep ees Various species small fishes. 
Perel. (whitest s2 = ee ee ee ee MORO IOUT CHICONIOs 
Perch, syellow sis tataes = oe a Ree e crpayeeine teers Perca flavescens. 
Pickerel!- a5. Gege (ae See ds a eet sepe tas Esox reticulatus. 
Rollo eke 2 rie? : PRN ote ies 5 SO ue pas ee rare Pollachius virens. 
Pom panoss 4 S-8P ee as ene Pee ee ew eee ne Trachinotus (species). 
TROBE LS xe eg eRe oes 5565. SPN Fe OS ne Sais ee Pipe Sebastes marinus. 
Round thernimoe i222). Vgae Jae Cae ee eae 2 Hirwmeus teres. 
SalmonwAtlambie:s 4y. (sic Maa FU. peste pase cetyl Say Salmo salar. 
Salmon} humpback. 2ss35.8 2 GaAs Sa Re etal Oncorhynchus gorbuscha. 
SK} ard 01s ( Se ee paee eee some ec eereee pera es, Vins ee Let Cottidze (species). 
SSUES ath NAME Sac a ee eT te Stenotomus chrysops. 
Deas. 22/4. wake U esi data arent Henk ri, Mi area, 8 ec Centropristes striatus. 
Oe en NR eon Wai safe | f sal carolinus. 
LErionotus strigatus. 
Pe 2 1 ch Ec ee vate So Pe Bde Re VR Lat Pa gee fais Alosa sapidissima. 
Siharksin!, fink Uo ced sy, che oe RUT yal, SAN ee eae All Selachii except Batoidei. 
Ska tesiand! raivseite8 road anes leie Mars enero Batoidei (species). 
Sy COKE) Ge Sawer ee Lge Rar ee MERE 4 eas ae rs) *_..Osmerus mordac. 
Sqietengue: sicu eee PUG TA ae Fee ake ee pen seer Cynoscion regalis. 
Stripedsbaiss 1 27. ke tel ey eee aa Reg Roccus lineatus. 
Sturgeon. 2. ty.d}2& J iets ee ae eA er pensen sii» 
PSC) <Co) f= a eon Rt erties CMTE Tickle ser ete gph ike 1b RAVES: arte Catostomidee (species). 
Simifish: 352. eH Se at te a et ae Centrarchidee (species). 
Swordtish 2. Vue AE Sh leas 4 ee es 2 kop ana elerdinens: 
Mawthope he! ser See son AE Sep Rel Ney Ye eee ce Tautoga onitis. 
UI BILE Ute § LO et, ed Aa rn NM OB ET PL Ti BE 9 Lopholatilus chameveonticeps. 
PomGod shod See See Sa ee ee eee ee Microgadus tomcod. 
PURITY = fetes ie = ate se Se Re See em nes eee Thunnus thynnus. 
ean inn EE Ek, Sede See OU bar st’ Tas ane tise aan cement Merluccius bilinearis. 
4,90) beat =) 0 goa Srey MRE MAD ee ee Mgr hn. mt Anarhichas lupus. 
GENERAL STATISTICS. 
The fisheries of the New England States in 1919 gave employ- 
mentto 30,767 persons, of whom 6,346 were on vessels fishing, 
533 on vessels transporting fishery products, 10,968 in the shore or 
boat fisheries, and 12,920 shoresmen in the wholesale fishery trade, 
canneries, smokehouses, oysterhouses, and other shore industries 
connected with the fisheries. The number of persons engaged in 
the fisheries of the different States follows: Mame, 14,386; Massa- 
chusetts, 12,346; Connecticut, 2,289; Rhode Island, 1,646; and New 
Hampshire, 100. Compared with the returns for 1905, the year for 
which the last canvass was made by the Bureau, there has been a 
decrease in the number of persons employed in all of the States of 
6,572 persons, or 17.60 per cent. The decrease by States follows: 
Massachusetts, 3,348 persons, or 21.33 per cent; Maine, 1,495 per- 
sons, or 9.41 per cent; Connecticut, 1,118 persons, or 32.81 per cent; 
Rhode Island, 566 persons, or 25.59 per cent; and New Hampshire, 
45 persons, or 31.03 per cent. 
The total amount of capital invested in the fisheries and fishery 
industries of these States in 1919 was $40,597,097. There has been 
an increase of $18,066,377, or 80.18 per cent, in money invested in 
the fisheries and fishery industries of the region since 1905. In 
Maine the investment amounted to $17,544,969, an increase of 
$8 572,920, or 95.55 per cent, as compared with 1905. In Massa- 
chusetts the investment was $19,111,269, an increase of $8,300,827, 
