STATISTICS OF THE HSHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES 



FOR 1905, 



INTRODUCTION. 



This report relates to the coast fisheries of the New England States 

 in the calendar year 1905, and is based upon inquiries made by the 

 statistical agents of the Bureau in 1906. The statistics have already 

 been published in condensed form in Statistical Bulletin No. 198. 



Earlier publications of the Bureau on the fisheries of the New 

 England States are as follows: 



The Fishery Industries of the United States. Section II, Geographical Review of 



the Fisheries for 1880, parts i to v. 

 The Fishery Industries of the United States. Section V, History and Methods of the 



Fisheries. 

 Report on the Conditions of the Sea Fisheries of the South Coast of New England in 



1871 and 1872. By Spencer F. Baird. Report U. S. Fish Commission 1871-72, 



p. i-xli. 

 The Sea Fisheries of Eastern North America. By Spencer F. Baird. Report U. S. 



Fish Commission 1886, p. 3-224. 

 Statistical Review of the Coast Fisheries of the United States. By J. W. Collins. 



Report U. S. Fish Commission 1888, p. 271-378. 

 Notes on the Oyster Fishery of Connecticut. By J. W. Collins. Bulletin U. S. Fish 



Commission, vol. ix, 1889, p. 461^97. 

 The Herring Industry of the Passamaquoddy Region, Maine. By Ansley Hall. 



Report U. S. Fish Commission 1896, p. 443-489. 

 Report on the Fisheries of the New England States. By J. W. Collins and Hugh M. 



Smith. Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, vol. x, 1890, p. 73-176. 

 The Lobster Fishery of Maine. By John N. Cobb. Bulletin U. S. Fish Commission, 



vol. XIX, 1899, p. 241-265. 

 Statistics of the Fisheries of the New England States. Report U. S. Fish Commission 



1900, p. 311-386. 

 Statistics of the Fisheries of the New England States, 1902. Report Bureau of Fish- 

 eries 1904, p. 245-325. 



7 



