STATISTICS OF THE FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES, 



INTRODUCTION. 



The infomiation 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 jMethods of the 



Fisheries. 

 Report on the Fisheries of tlie New England States, by J. W. Collins and Hugh M. 



Smith. Bulletin U. S. 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 Fislieries of Eastern Nortii America, by Spencer F. Baird. Report U. S. 



Fish Commission-, 1886, pp. 3-224. 

 Statistical Review of the Coast Fisheries of the United States, by J. W. Collins. 



Report U. S. Fish Commission, 1888, pp. 271-378. 

 The Herring Industry of the Passamaquoddy Region, Maine, by Ansley Hall. 



Report U. S. Fish Commission, 1896, pp. 443-489. 

 Notes on the Oyster Fishery of Connecticut, by J. W. Collins. Bulletin U. S. 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. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion, 1900, pp. 311-386. 



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 shore fisheries, and 15,219 

 connected with tlie wholesale 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 3,019 in the numl>er of persons employed. 

 This represents an increase of 2,878 in Maine, 7 in New Hampshire, 



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