﻿STATISTICAL 
  SURVEY 
  PROCEDURE 
  

  

  Beginning 
  with 
  19 
  62, 
  only 
  summary 
  data 
  have 
  been 
  shown 
  on 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  fishing 
  gear 
  oper- 
  

   ated 
  in 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  and 
  the 
  International 
  Lakes 
  of 
  northern 
  Minnesota. 
  These 
  data 
  appear 
  in 
  

   the 
  General 
  Review 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  Digest 
  in 
  the 
  table 
  "Summary 
  of 
  Operating 
  Units." 
  In 
  detailed 
  

   operating 
  unit 
  tables 
  for 
  these 
  lakes, 
  the 
  number 
  and 
  size 
  of 
  gear 
  have 
  been 
  replaced 
  by 
  informa- 
  

   tion 
  on 
  the 
  fishing 
  effort 
  expended 
  in 
  the 
  operation 
  of 
  each 
  gear. 
  

  

  Publication 
  of 
  Data 
  — 
  Statistics 
  on 
  employment 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries, 
  craft 
  and 
  gear 
  engaged, 
  

   quantity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  catch, 
  and 
  certain 
  data 
  on 
  industries 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  fisheries 
  are 
  summarized 
  

   according 
  to 
  geographic 
  divisions 
  and 
  published 
  in 
  bulletin 
  form 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  possible 
  after 
  the 
  

   completion 
  of 
  each 
  survey. 
  Later, 
  the 
  figures, 
  in 
  more 
  detail, 
  are 
  included 
  in 
  this 
  statistical 
  

   report 
  . 
  

  

  Data 
  on 
  the 
  operating 
  units 
  (fishermen, 
  fishing 
  craft, 
  and 
  gear) 
  and 
  catch 
  by 
  counties 
  for 
  the 
  

   Atlantic 
  and 
  Gulf 
  States 
  have 
  been 
  included 
  in 
  these 
  annual 
  statistical 
  reports 
  for 
  the 
  years 
  from 
  

   1928 
  to 
  1938 
  except 
  for 
  1932. 
  These 
  data 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  digests 
  for 
  the 
  years 
  

   1945, 
  1950, 
  1955, 
  and 
  1960. 
  County 
  data 
  were 
  collected 
  for 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  which 
  surveys 
  were 
  

   conducted 
  during 
  the 
  years 
  since 
  1938, 
  except 
  for 
  Maryland. 
  Between 
  1942 
  and 
  1959, 
  only 
  oper- 
  

   ating 
  unit 
  data 
  by 
  counties 
  have 
  been 
  obtained 
  for 
  Maryland. 
  Complete 
  data 
  were 
  obtained 
  for 
  

   1960. 
  County 
  data 
  assembled 
  for 
  the 
  years 
  since 
  1938 
  which 
  were 
  not 
  published 
  In 
  the 
  Digest 
  

   are 
  on 
  file 
  in 
  the 
  Washington 
  Office 
  of 
  the 
  Statistics 
  and 
  Market 
  News 
  Division. 
  

  

  LOCAL 
  AND 
  SPECIAL 
  SURVEYS 
  

  

  Landings 
  at 
  Certain 
  Massachusetts 
  Ports 
  — 
  Detailed 
  statistics 
  are 
  collected 
  on 
  

   the 
  landings 
  of 
  aquatic 
  products 
  by 
  individual 
  fishing 
  craft 
  at 
  Boston, 
  Gloucester, 
  New 
  Bedford, 
  

   Plymouth, 
  Provincetown, 
  and 
  other 
  Cape 
  Cod 
  ports. 
  Data 
  on 
  the 
  landings 
  at 
  Boston 
  and 
  Glouces- 
  

   ter 
  have 
  been 
  collected 
  annually 
  since 
  1893. 
  Information 
  on 
  landings 
  at 
  New 
  Bedford 
  has 
  been 
  

   collected 
  annually 
  since 
  1938; 
  and 
  at 
  Plymouth, 
  Provincetown, 
  and 
  other 
  Cape 
  Cod 
  ports 
  since 
  

   1945. 
  NMFS 
  representatives 
  are 
  stationed 
  at 
  the 
  principal 
  ports. 
  They 
  obtain 
  figures 
  on 
  the 
  

   quantity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  fish 
  landed 
  daily 
  by 
  fishing 
  craft, 
  the 
  dates 
  of 
  departure 
  and 
  arrival 
  of 
  the 
  

   craft, 
  the 
  gear 
  used 
  in 
  their 
  capture, 
  the 
  grounds 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  taken, 
  and 
  other 
  re- 
  

   lated 
  information. 
  The 
  Service's 
  Office 
  of 
  Resource 
  Research 
  cooperates 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  

   these 
  data 
  . 
  

  

  Statistics 
  on 
  landings 
  at 
  the 
  above 
  ports 
  are 
  released 
  monthly 
  and 
  annually 
  in 
  bulletin 
  form, 
  

   and 
  summary 
  data 
  are 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  annual 
  Statistical 
  Digest. 
  

  

  Shad 
  and 
  Alewife 
  Fisheries 
  — 
  Surveys 
  for 
  statistics 
  on 
  the 
  catch, 
  value 
  of 
  catch, 
  

   and 
  operating 
  units 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  and 
  Potomac 
  River 
  shad 
  fisheries 
  are 
  made 
  annually. 
  On 
  the 
  

   Potomac 
  River, 
  similar 
  statistics 
  are 
  also 
  obtained 
  for 
  the 
  alewife 
  fishery. 
  Much 
  of 
  the 
  data 
  re- 
  

   quired 
  for 
  these 
  surveys 
  is 
  available 
  from 
  the 
  States' 
  fishery 
  agencies. 
  

  

  Annual 
  data 
  on 
  the 
  shad 
  and 
  alewife 
  fisheries 
  are 
  not 
  published 
  separately 
  in 
  bulletin 
  form. 
  

   However, 
  a 
  summary 
  is 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  Digest. 
  

  

  Statistics 
  on 
  the 
  Hudson 
  River 
  shad 
  fishery 
  are 
  available 
  for 
  1896, 
  1897, 
  1898, 
  1901, 
  1904, 
  

   1910, 
  and 
  continuously 
  since 
  1915. 
  Data 
  for 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River 
  shad 
  fisheryare 
  available 
  for 
  

   1896, 
  1901, 
  1904, 
  1909, 
  1915, 
  from 
  1919 
  to 
  1942, 
  inclusive, 
  and 
  continuously 
  since 
  1944. 
  Sta- 
  

   tistics 
  on 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River 
  alewife 
  fishery 
  are 
  available 
  for 
  1896, 
  1909, 
  1915, 
  from 
  1919 
  to 
  

   1942, 
  inclusive, 
  and 
  continuously 
  since 
  1944. 
  

  

  Pacific 
  Halibut 
  Fishery 
  — 
  Statistics 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  halibut 
  fishery 
  are 
  obtained 
  pri- 
  

   marily 
  from 
  the 
  International 
  Pacific 
  Halibut 
  Commission. 
  Beginning 
  with 
  data 
  for 
  1956, 
  the 
  fleet 
  

   classification 
  of 
  halibut 
  craft 
  was 
  revised 
  and 
  vessels 
  were 
  credited 
  in 
  operating 
  unit 
  tables 
  to 
  

   each 
  district 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  landed 
  fish; 
  the 
  only 
  exception 
  being 
  the 
  U.S. 
  vessels 
  landing 
  at 
  Prince 
  

   Rupert, 
  British 
  Columbia, 
  are 
  credited 
  to 
  Southeastern 
  Alaska. 
  Duplication 
  of 
  halibut 
  craft 
  which 
  

  

  