STATISTICS OF THE FISHERIES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES 



FOR 1904. 



INTRODUCTION. 



This report is based upon a canvass made by the regular statistical 

 agents of the Bureau in 1905, and in general presents data for the 

 calendar year 1904. The statistics of the oyster industry, however, 

 in all sections except New York, Delaware, Worcester County, Md., 

 and Accomac and Northampton counties, Va., represent the oyster 

 season of* 1904-5. It should be noted that the statistics for 

 New York and Pennsylvania do not include the fisheries of the 

 Great Lakes and the interior waters of those states. The present 

 statistics for the Middle Atlantic States have already been published 

 in condensed form in Statistical Bulletin No. 184, issued August 6, 

 1906. 



Earlier publications of the Bureau dealing with the fisheries of this 

 region are as follows : 



The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States, by G. Brown Goode and 

 associates. Section II, Geographical Review of the Fisheries for 1880, pt. vi to 

 xi, p. 341-173, 1887. Also Section V, History and Methods of the Fisheries, 1887. 



The Sturgeon and Sturgeon Industries of the Eastern Coast of the Jnited States, by 

 John A. Ryder. Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, vol. vm, 1888 (1890), p. 

 231-328. 



The Oyster Industry of Maryland, by Charles H. Stevenson. Bulletin U. S. Fish 

 Commission, vol. xn, 1892 (1894), p. 203-297. 



Notes on the Oyster Industry of New Jersey, by Ansley Hall. Report U. S. Fish 

 Commission, 1892 (1894), p. 463-528. 



A Statistical Report on the Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States, by Hugh M. Smith. 

 Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, vol. xiv, 1894 (1895), p. 339-467. 



The Shad Fisheries of the Atlantic Coast of the United States, by Charles H. Stevenson. 

 Report U. S. Fish Commission, 1898 (1899). p. 101-269. 



Notes on the Extent and Condition of the Alewife Fisheries of the United States in 

 1896, by Hugh M. Smith. Report U. S. Fish Commission, 1898 (1899), p. 31-13. 



The Sturgeon Fishery of Delaware River and Bay, by John N. Cobb. Report U. S. 

 Fish Commission, 1899 (1900), p. 369-380. 



Statistics of the Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States. Report U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission, 1900 (1901), p. 195-310. 



Statistics of the Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States. Report U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission, 1902 (1904), p. 433-540. 



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