CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



INTRODUCTION. . 



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Scope and method 7 



Common names ' 9 



Comparison with statistics of previous canvasses 10 



CHAPTER II. 



SUMMARY OP STATISTICS. 



Fisheries of the United States, by states: 1908 13 



CHAPTER III. 



PERSONS EMPLOYED, SALARIES, AND WAGES. 



Persons employed 14 



Proprietors and independent fishermen 1 16 



Wage-earners and wages 17 



Comparison with prior censuses 18 



CHAPTER IV. 



CAPITAL AND EQUIPMENT. 



Vessels and boats 19 



Vessels and boats, by divisions 20 



Apparatus of capture 21 



Shore and accessory property and cash 21 



Table 1. Equipment and other capital: 1908 22 



Table 2. Apparatus of capture: 1908 22 



Table 3. Number, tonnage, and value of vessels and boats: 1908 28 



CHAPTER V. 

 PRODUCTS. 



Table 1. Products, by general classes: 1908 and 1900 to 1904 26 



Table 2. Products, by species and by geographic divisions: 1908 26 



Table 3. Products, by class of fisheries, apparatus-of capture, and geographic divisions: 1908 29 



Table 4. Products, by species and by apparatus of capture: 1908 30 



Table 5. Products Detail summary, by states and by species: 1908 34 



Table 6. Products, by apparatus of capture and by states: 1908 44 



CHAPTER VI. 



PRODUCTS OP THE PRINCIPAL FISHERIES IN DETAIL. 

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Alewives 47 Mackerel 62 



Bluefish 48 Menhaden 63 



Buffalo fish 48 Mullets 64 



Carp 49 Mussels 65 



Catfishes 51 Oyster 66 



Clams 52 Pike perches 68 



Cod 52 Pollack 69 



Crabs 54 Salmon 69 



Flounders 56 Shad 71 



Haddock 56 Shrimp and prawn 72 



Hake 57 Skins 73 



Halibut 57 Snappers 74 



Herring 58 Sponge 74 



Lake herring 59 Squeteague 74 



Lake trout . 60 Sturgeons 75 



Lobster 61 Whale products 76 



Lobster, spiny 62 Whitefish 77 



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