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  Of 
  the 
  twenty-nine 
  states 
  and 
  territories 
  whose 
  citizens 
  

   are 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  fishery 
  industry, 
  sixteen 
  have 
  more 
  

   than 
  a 
  thousand 
  professional 
  fishermen. 
  The 
  most 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  of 
  these 
  states 
  is, 
  of 
  course, 
  Massachusetts, 
  with 
  

   17,000 
  men. 
  

  

  The 
  majority 
  of 
  our 
  fishermen 
  are 
  native-born 
  citizens 
  of 
  

   the 
  United 
  States, 
  although 
  in 
  certain 
  localities 
  there 
  are 
  

   extensive 
  communities 
  of 
  foreigners. 
  Most 
  numerous 
  of 
  

   these 
  are 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  provinces, 
  of 
  whom 
  

   there 
  are 
  at 
  least 
  4000 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  New 
  

   England. 
  There 
  are, 
  probably, 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  2000 
  Portu- 
  

   guese, 
  chiefly 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  the 
  Azores 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Cape 
  

   Verd 
  Islands. 
  Very 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  Portuguese 
  have 
  brought 
  

   their 
  families 
  with 
  them, 
  and 
  have 
  built 
  up 
  extensive 
  com- 
  

   munities 
  in 
  the 
  towns 
  whence 
  they 
  sail 
  upon 
  their 
  fishing 
  

   voyages. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  about 
  1000 
  Scandinavians, 
  1000 
  

   or 
  more 
  of 
  Irish 
  and 
  English 
  birth, 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  

   of 
  French, 
  Italians, 
  Austrians, 
  Minorcans, 
  Slavs, 
  Greeks, 
  

   Spaniards, 
  and 
  Germans. 
  In 
  the 
  whaling 
  fleet 
  may 
  be 
  

   found 
  Lascars, 
  Malays, 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  Kanakas, 
  

   or 
  natives 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  South 
  Sea 
  Islands. 
  In 
  the 
  whale 
  

   fishery 
  of 
  Southern 
  New 
  England 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  

   of 
  men 
  of 
  partial 
  Indian 
  descent 
  may 
  be 
  found, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  — 
  especially 
  those 
  of 
  Lake 
  

   Superior 
  and 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Mackinac 
  — 
  Indians 
  and 
  

   Indian 
  half-breeds 
  are 
  employed. 
  

  

  The 
  salmon 
  and 
  other 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  are 
  

   prosecuted 
  chiefly 
  by 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  Indian 
  fishermen. 
  In 
  

   Alaska, 
  where 
  the 
  population 
  depends 
  almost 
  entirely 
  upon 
  

   the 
  fisheries 
  for 
  support, 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  every 
  family 
  is 
  a 
  pro- 
  

   fessional 
  fisherman, 
  and, 
  upon 
  a 
  very 
  low 
  estimate, 
  one-fourth 
  

   of 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  Alaska 
  should 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  fisher- 
  

   men. 
  Few 
  of 
  them 
  catch 
  fish 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  others 
  than 
  

  

  