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FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1908. 



Table 1.— PRODUCTS, BY GENERAL CLASSES: 1908 AND 1900 TO 1904. 



CLASS AND SPECIES. 



FISHERY PRODUCTS. 



1908 



Quantity 

 (pounds). 



1900-1904 i 



Quantity 

 (pounds). 



Value. 



Total. 



1,893,454,000 



S54,031.000 



1,919,862,000 



$49,398,000 



Fish. 



1,441,317,000 



30,247,000 



1,538,396,000 



25,758,000 



Food fish.. 

 Menhaden. 



Crustaceans. 



1,046,541,000 

 394,776,000 



96,225,000 



29,354,000 

 893, 000 



:, 466, 000 



989,275,000 

 549,121,000 



77,813,000 



24,332,000 

 1,426,000 



2,764,000 



Crabs 



Crawfish 



Lobster 



Spiny lobster 



Shrimp and prawn. 

 Another 



Mollusks. . 



52,913,000 

 666, 000 



15,279,000 

 573,000 



19,080,000 

 7,713,000 



347,799,000 



912,000 



34, 000 



1,931,000 



69, 000 



494, 000 



2 26, 000 



18,752,000 



Abalone 



Clams 



Mussel shells, pearls and slugs . 



Oysters 



Scallops and scallop rims 



Squid 



All other 



1. 



16, 

 81, 

 233, 

 2, 

 2, 



Sponges 



Whale products . 



005,000 

 717,000 

 869,000 

 309,000 

 432,000 

 562,000 

 905,000 



622,000 



16,000 



1,896,000 



692, 000 



15,713,000 



317,000 



43,000 



4 75,000 



545,000 



497,000 



Oil 



Whalebone - 



Hides, pelts, and skins. 



3,964,000 

 63,000 



602,000 



282,000 

 215,000 



325,000 



Alligator hides. 

 Porpoise hides . 



Mink skins 



Muskrat skins.. 



Otter skins 



Sealskins 



Frogs 



Terrapin and turtles - 

 All other products 



372,000 



48,000 



22,000 



149,000 



7,600 



3,100 



259,000 

 1,457,000 

 1,145,000 



61,000 

 1,000 



89,000 

 136,000 



30,000 

 8,200 



42,000 

 122,000 

 35,000 



40, 154, 000 



503,000 



15,130,000 



1,078,000 

 17,695,000 



3,253,000 



290,891,000 



906,000 



24,000 



1,382,000 



43,000 



395,000 



8 13,000 



19,385,000 



825, 000 

 19,083,000 

 51,856,000 

 204,118,000 

 1,551,000 

 5,922,000 

 7,535,000 



347,000 



5,576,000 



9,200 



1,820,000 



530,000 



16,681,000 



279,000 



43,000 



6 23,000 



364,000 



.816,000 



5,462,000 

 114,000 



311,000 

 505,000 



59,000 



350,000 



41,000 



3,300 



1,409,000 

 5,078,000 



(«) 

 ( 6 ) 



m 



18,000 



m 

 (■) 



114,000 

 136,000 



i Combined statistics tor the New England, South Atlantic, and Gulf states tor 1902; Pacific coaststates for 1904; Mississippi River and its tributaries, Middle Atlantic 

 states, and the Great Lakes for 1903; and minor interior waters tor 1900-1903. 



2 Includes king crabs, valued at 823,000; and spider and stone crabs, valued at 33,700. 



' Includes king crabs, valued at $8,900; and shrimp shells, valued at $4,400. 



* Includes surf clams, valued at $21,000; cockles, winkles, and conchs, valued at $35,000; mussels, valued at $12,000; and other shells, valued at $7 100 



6 Includes mussels, valued at $8,600; oyster and other shells, valued at $6,500; and cockles, winkles, conehs, etc., valued at $7,600. 



6 Not reported separately. 



Table 2.— PRODUCTS, BY SPECIES AND BY GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS: 1908. 



1 Less than $100. 



