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  20,000 
  or 
  more 
  men 
  who 
  may 
  properly 
  be 
  designated 
  the 
  

   " 
  sailor 
  fishermen 
  " 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  — 
  the 
  crews 
  of 
  the 
  

   trim 
  and 
  swift-sailing 
  vessels 
  of 
  the 
  sea-going 
  fishing 
  fleet 
  

   which 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  chief 
  pride 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  marine, 
  

   and 
  which 
  is 
  of 
  such 
  importance 
  to 
  our 
  country 
  as 
  a 
  training 
  

   school 
  for 
  mariners, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  medium 
  through 
  which 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  most 
  valuable 
  food 
  resources 
  of 
  the 
  continent 
  is 
  made 
  

   available. 
  

  

  Statistics. 
  — 
  By 
  statistics 
  prepared 
  for 
  the 
  tenth 
  census, 
  

   an 
  abstract 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  herewith 
  presented, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  

   shown 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  

   fishery 
  industries 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  was 
  131,426, 
  of 
  

   whom 
  101,684 
  were 
  fishermen, 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  shores- 
  

   men. 
  The 
  fishing 
  fleet 
  consisted 
  of 
  6605 
  vessels 
  (with 
  

   a 
  tonnage 
  of 
  208,297-82) 
  and 
  44,804 
  boats, 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  

   amount 
  of 
  capital 
  invested 
  was 
  $37,955,349, 
  distributed 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  — 
  Vessels, 
  $9,357,282 
  ; 
  boats, 
  §2,465,393 
  ; 
  minor 
  

   apparatus 
  and 
  outfits, 
  $8, 
  145,261 
  ; 
  other 
  capital, 
  including 
  

   shore 
  property, 
  817,987,413. 
  

  

  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  sea, 
  the 
  great 
  rivers 
  and 
  

   the 
  Great 
  Lakes, 
  was 
  placed 
  at 
  §43,046,053, 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  

   those 
  in 
  minor 
  inland 
  waters, 
  at 
  $1,500,000 
  — 
  in 
  all, 
  

   $44,546,053. 
  

  

  The 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  States 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  

   important. 
  They 
  engage 
  37,043 
  men, 
  2066 
  vessels, 
  14,787 
  

   boats, 
  and 
  yield 
  products 
  to 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  $14,270,393. 
  

  

  Next 
  to 
  New 
  England 
  in 
  importance 
  are 
  the 
  South 
  

   Atlantic 
  States, 
  employing 
  52,418 
  men, 
  3014 
  vessels 
  (the 
  

   majority 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  small, 
  and 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  shore 
  and 
  

   bay 
  fisheries), 
  13,331 
  boats, 
  and 
  returning 
  products 
  to 
  the 
  

   value 
  of 
  $9,602,737. 
  

  

  Next 
  are 
  the 
  Middle 
  States, 
  employing 
  in 
  the 
  coast 
  

   fisheries 
  14,981 
  men, 
  12 
  10 
  vessels, 
  8293 
  boats, 
  with 
  pro- 
  

   ducts 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  $8,676,579. 
  

  

  