Fisheries of the United States, 1908 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Fisheries of the United States, 1908Three schedules were used in securing the data one for the shore and boat fisheries, one for the vessel fisheries, and one for the canning and packing houses. The tables relating to the fisheries were prepared from the information secured on the first two schedules mentioned above.In the statistical presentation the entire country is divided into five main divisions, as follows: Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific coast, Great Lakes, and the Mississippi River and its tributaries. In connection with this division, which corresponds, generally speak ing, to the principal bodies of water which bound the greater part of the United States and the large river system which occupies the great central valley, it will be noted that a few states have fisheries in more than one division, as, for example, New York and Pennsyl vania, which have fisheries in both the Atlantic coast and the Great Lakes divisions, Florida, which has fish eries on the Atlantic coast and also on the Gulf of Mexico, and Louisiana, which is represented in the Gulf fisheries as well as in those of the Mississippi. For purposes of comparison with previous statistics, the fisheries of the Atlantic coast are shown in a few tables in three divisions - those of the New England states, the Middle Atlantic states, and the South Atlantic states, respectively. 'the last - named group includes North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and the east coast of Florida, and the Middle Atlantic division, all the Atlantic coast states from New York to Virginia, inclu sive. In most of the states a distribution has been made according to the waters in which fishing was prosecuted, thus in Wisconsin separate Statistics are presented for the fisheries of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and the Mississippi River and its tributaries. In Washington and in Oregon the fisheries of the Co lumbia River and its tributaries have been classed as a separate district, all the other waters in each of these states constituting a single district. In New York there are four divisions or fishing districts - Long Island Sound, all other waters of the Atlantic coast, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. On account of their importance, separate statistics are also given for the fisheries of Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, which include portions of the fisheries of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, and the Susquehanna River fisheries of Pennsylvania and Maryland.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.