PRODUCTS. 



25 



1 Less than 1 per cent. 



Statistics are shown separately for over a hundred 

 species of fish proper, and in addition for about 50 

 species of crustaceans, mollusks, aquatic mammals, 

 and other products. Many of the products are brought 

 in from the fishing grounds in a salted condition or are 

 smoked by the fishermen and are so reported. 



The quantity and value of the catch taken by each 

 class of apparatus of capture is shown in Table 3, on 

 page 29, for the United States and for each of the 

 main geographic divisions into which it is divided. 

 The table also shows the catch taken by each class of 

 apparatus in the vessel fisheries and in the shore and 

 boat fisheries. 



Table 4, on page 30, shows the products by species 

 and by apparatus of capture. 



Ranked in order of value, the catch with dredges, 

 tongs, rakes, etc., is first in importance, representing 

 35 per cent of the total value of products. Lines 

 ranked next, 17 per cent of the total value of products 

 being taken by this form of apparatus, followed by gill 



nets with 14 per cent, seines with 11 per cent, and 

 pound and trap nets and weirs with 10 per cent of the 

 total. Wheels and slides are of course used only in 

 the shore and boat fisheries and whaling apparatus 

 only in the vessel fisheries. With these exceptions 

 all classes of apparatus were employed in both classes 

 of fisheries, although fyke and hoop nets, pound and 

 trap nets, pots and traps, and gill nets pertain more 

 particularly to the shore and boat fisheries. On the 

 other hand, the catch by lines in vessel fisheries was 

 nearly three times in value that of the shore and boat 

 fisheries. 



Since the bulk of the oyster product comes from 

 the Atlantic coast, a greater proportion of the total 

 product, 45 per cent, was taken by dredges, tongs, 

 etc., in that division than in any other. The line catch 

 represents 18 per cent of the total value of products 

 for the Atlantic coast fisheries. For both these classes 

 of apparatus the catch of the vessel fisheries exceeded 

 that of the shore and boat fisheries, although the total 

 value of products was larger for the latter class of 

 fisheries. 



In the Gulf of Mexico division dredges and tongs, 

 lines, seines, gill nets, and sponge apparatus were the 

 leading forms of apparatus of capture. In the Pacific 

 coast fisheries gill nets were the most important, con- 

 tributing 34 per cent of the total value of products. 

 Nearly all the catch with this apparatus was reported 

 for the shore and boat fisheries. 



In the Great Lakes division 54 per cent of the total 

 value of products was taken with gill nets and 29 per 

 cent with pound and trap nets. Nearly three-fourths 

 of the gill-net catch was taken in the vessel fisheries, 

 while the pound and trap net catch was taken mainly 

 in the shore and boat fisheries. 



For the fisheries of the Mississippi River and its 

 tributaries, the catch with seines represented 29 per 

 cent of the value of all products, that with fyke and 

 hoop nets 23 per cent, and that with dredges, tongs, 

 etc., comprising chiefly crowfoot dredges employed in 

 mussel fisheries, 22 per cent. 



Table 5, on page 34, is a detailed presentation of the 

 products by states and by species. The quantity of 

 each species marketed by the fishermen in a salted or 

 smoked condition is shown with the understanding 

 that, except when otherwise stated, the product is 

 fresh. Table 6, on page 44, gives the quantity and 

 value of the catch, by apparatus of capture and by 

 states. 



