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division next, where 11 per cent, of the total number were 

 employed. The Pacific Coast division, and the Great Lakes 

 division follow in the order named. 



Some inland fishermen work for wages, with apparatus 

 and board furnished; others are paid by the bushel, 01 

 according to the weight of their catch. In some coast fisher- 

 ies men are given $25 a month and board while employed, 

 the value of the board calculated at $10 a month. 



Nearly seven-eighths of the value of fishery products of 

 the United States are represented by 30 kinds of products. 

 The products here considered are the following: 



Alewives. Halibut, Pike-perches, 



Bluefish, Herring, Pollack, 



Carp, Lake herring, Salmon, 



Catfish, Lake trout, Shad, 



Clams, Lobster, Shrimp and prawn, 



Cod, Mackerel, Snappers, 



Crabs, Menhaden, Sponges, 



Flounders, Mullets, Squeteague, 



Haddock, Mussels, Sturgeons, 



Hake, Oysters, Whale products, 



Whitefish. 



ALEWIVES One species of this fish is found in waters 

 adjacent to the Atlantic ocean, and never found south of 

 the Neuse River in North Carolina. It is known along 

 the Potomac as "branch herring", on Albemarle Sound as 

 the "big-eyed herring" and the "wall-eyed herring", in New 

 England as "Alewife," and on the Connecticut River as 

 "ellwife" and "ellwhop." It appears in the rivers three or 

 four weeks earlier than the "glut herring" and the shad. 

 The other species of alewife is found from the Carolinas 

 to the Coast of Maine. It is known in Chesapeake Bay 

 and Albemarle Sound as "glut herring," in the Ogeechee 

 River as "English herring", in the St. Johns River as "her- 



