Our country and its resources; . CHAPTEE FISH WE EAT By RALSTON MOORE THE last report of the UnitedStates Census dealing with thefishing industries of the UnitedStates is that of 190S. The nextreport will he in 1918. The 190Sfigures, given below, are thereforeonly authoritative in giving a com-parison between the various pisca-torial products of our waters andcannot be accepted too literallyeven there, as the past eight yearshave seen many changes in some ofthe industries. ture, but detailed figures of certainother fish industries are availablethrough the work of the Bureau ofFisheries.
Our country and its resources; . CHAPTEE FISH WE EAT By RALSTON MOORE THE last report of the UnitedStates Census dealing with thefishing industries of the UnitedStates is that of 190S. The nextreport will he in 1918. The 190Sfigures, given below, are thereforeonly authoritative in giving a com-parison between the various pisca-torial products of our waters andcannot be accepted too literallyeven there, as the past eight yearshave seen many changes in some ofthe industries. ture, but detailed figures of certainother fish industries are availablethrough the work of the Bureau ofFisheries. The greatest fishing industry ofthe Atlantic Coast is conducted bythe fleets centering at Boston andGloucester. Three hundred andninety-three vessels were in thesefleets in 1914, including sail, gaso-line and steam vessels. There were 7,598 trips made bythese vessels, landing at both ports. FROZEN HALIBUT IN STOKE ATSEATTLE CLEANING THE FISH ON A STEAMHALIBUT FISHERMAN The most imi>ortant sea food in-dustry in the United States is un-questionably the oyster product of the water has agreater nutritive value and none ismore readily caught and sold thanthis shell fish. No statistics, how-ever, later than those of the censusof 190S are available for oyster cul- 162,589,220 pounds of fish, valued al$4,395,030. This shows a decreasein the number of trips from the pre-vious year of an increase inthe catch of 37l\434 pounds, but adecrease in the value of $587,987. In 1914. pounds of bud- Copyright by Muim & Co., Inc. 68 OUR C(il \ | |;v AND ITS RESOURCES PRODUCTS OF THE FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES: 1908. Species. Pounds. AJewives 89,978,000 Black bass 3,313,000 Bluefish 7,647,000 Bream or Sunfish 4,738,000 Buffalo fish 16,729,000 Butterfish ,000 Carp, German 42,763,000 Catfish 17,817,000 Cod 109,453,000 Croaker 8,143,000 Cusk 6,
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