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  haden 
  are 
  carried 
  on 
  north 
  of 
  Cape 
  Hatteras 
  at 
  distances 
  

   from 
  the 
  shore 
  varying 
  from 
  one 
  mile 
  to 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   fifty 
  miles. 
  The 
  fishing-grounds 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence, 
  

   formerly 
  frequented 
  by 
  many 
  hundreds 
  of 
  American 
  

   vessels, 
  have 
  been 
  entirely 
  abandoned 
  since 
  the 
  introduc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  Purse-seine. 
  The 
  oyster 
  fishery 
  is 
  located 
  for 
  

   the 
  most 
  part 
  between 
  Cape 
  Hatteras 
  and 
  Cape 
  Cod, 
  chiefly 
  

   in 
  the 
  great 
  inland 
  bays. 
  In 
  all 
  the 
  great 
  rivers 
  of 
  the 
  

   Atlantic 
  coast 
  are 
  fisheries 
  for 
  the 
  anadromous 
  shad 
  and 
  

   the 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  alewife. 
  About 
  the 
  Keys 
  of 
  Southern 
  

   Florida 
  is 
  an 
  extensive 
  sponge 
  fishery, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  shoals 
  of 
  

   the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico 
  the 
  red 
  snapper 
  and 
  grouper 
  fisheries 
  

   are 
  yearly 
  increasing 
  in 
  value. 
  The 
  fur-seal 
  fishery 
  is 
  

   chiefly 
  located 
  upon 
  the 
  Pribylov 
  Islands 
  of 
  Alaska. 
  A 
  

   small 
  fleet 
  of 
  vessels 
  yearly 
  penetrates 
  to 
  the 
  ice-bound 
  

   islands 
  of 
  the 
  Antarctic 
  for 
  seal-skins 
  and 
  sea-elephant 
  oil. 
  

   The 
  whaling 
  fleet, 
  with 
  head-quarters 
  at 
  New 
  Bedford 
  and 
  

   San 
  Francisco, 
  in 
  the 
  main 
  frequent 
  the 
  North 
  Pacific, 
  

   though 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  smaller 
  vessels, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  from 
  

   Provincetown, 
  pursue 
  the 
  sperm 
  whale 
  in 
  tropical 
  waters. 
  

   The 
  salmon 
  fishery 
  is 
  seated 
  chiefly 
  upon 
  the 
  Columbia 
  

   River 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries, 
  though 
  other 
  rivers 
  in 
  Oregon 
  

   and 
  California 
  produce 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  salmon, 
  which 
  is 
  

   extensively 
  " 
  canned 
  " 
  and 
  exported. 
  The 
  most 
  valuable 
  

   product 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Lake 
  fisheries 
  is 
  the 
  whitefish. 
  

  

  Fishing 
  Towns 
  and 
  FisJiermen. 
  — 
  The 
  principal 
  fishing 
  

   ports 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  coast 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  entrance 
  to 
  

   Chesapeake 
  Bay 
  : 
  San 
  Francisco 
  has 
  a 
  large 
  interest 
  in 
  

   the 
  seal 
  and 
  whale 
  fisheries 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  mercantile 
  centre 
  of 
  

   the 
  salmon 
  canning 
  interest, 
  while 
  Pensacola 
  and 
  New 
  

   Orleans 
  and 
  Key 
  West 
  are 
  local 
  centres 
  for 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  

   the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico. 
  Baltimore 
  and 
  Norfolk 
  control 
  the 
  

   oyster 
  fishery 
  ; 
  Greenport, 
  Tiverton, 
  and 
  New 
  London, 
  the 
  

  

  