STATISTICS OF THE FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 
INTRODUCTION. 
The information contained in the present report relates to the coast 
fisheries, not including those of interior waters, of the New England 
States, and covers the calendar year 1902. The inquiries, which were 
made by the regular statistical agents of the Bureau, were begun early 
in July and completed in November, 1903. The statistics obtained 
have already been published in condensed form in Statistical Bulletin 
No. 151. 
Earlier publications of the Bureau relating to the fisheries of the 
New England States are the following: 
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 oi the 
Fisheries. 
Report on the Fisheries of the New England States, by J. W. Collins and Hugh M. 
Smith. Bulletin U. 8. Fish Commission, 1890, pp. 73-176. 
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, 
pp. i-xli. 
The Sea Fisheries of Eastern North America, by Spencer F. Baird. Report U. § 
Fish Commission, 1886, pp. 3-224. 
Statistical Review of the Coast Fisheries of the United States, by J. W. Collins. 
Report U. 8. Fish Commission, 1888, pp. 271-378 
The Herring Industry of the Passamaquoddy Region, Maine, by Ansley Hall. 
Report U. 8. Fish Commission, 1896, pp. 448-489. 
Notes on the Oyster Fishery of Connecticut, by J. W. Collins. Bulletin U. 8. Fish 
Commission, 1889, pp. 461-497. 
The Lobster Fishery of Maine, by John N. Cobb. Bulletin U.S. Fish Commission, 
1899, pp. 241-265. 
Statistics of the Fisheries of the New England States. Report U. 8. Fish Commis- 
sion, 1900, pp. 311-3886. 
The number of persons employed in the fisheries of the New Eng- 
land States in 1902 was 39,250, including 10,731 on fishing vessels, 
409 on transporting vessels, 12,891 in the alone fisheries, and 15,219 
connected with the w isles fishery trade, sardine canneries, and 
other shore industries. Maine employed in the various branches of 
its fisheries 19,832 persons; New Hampshire, 161; Massachusetts, 
14,300; Rhode Island, 2,117, and Connecticut, 2,840. Since 1898, the 
year for which the fisheries of these states were last canvassed, there 
has been an increase of 3,619 in the number of persons pation ed. 
This represents an increase of 2,878 in Maine, 7 in New Hampshire, 
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