Pennyslvania, $513,000; chiefly shad.
Texas, $446,000; chiefly oysters.
Alabama, $387,000; chiefly oysters.
South Carolina, $288,000; chiefly oysters. Missouri, $271,000; chiefly German carp. Indiana, $223.000; chiefly mussel products. Iowa, $215,000; chiefly German carp. Arkansas, $207,000: chiefly buffalo fish and catfish.
Minnesota, $192,000; chiefly lake herring.
Tennessee, $112,000; chiefly buffalo fish and catfish.
Kentucky, $110,000; chiefly catfish.
New Hampshire, $53,000; chiefly lobsters.
Kansas, $28,000; chiefly German carp. Nebraska, $22,000; chiefly German carp. South Dakota, $4,200; chiefly buffalo fish. \Vest Virginia, $2,000; chiefly carp and cat fish.
Oklahoma, $300; chiefly drumfish.
With the object of restoring and main taining the commercial fisheries of the country, and the stocking of its interior waters, the Bureau of Fisheries has 50 permanent hatcheries and 76 auxiliaries — subhatcheries and egg col lecting stations. Nearly all the output of these establishments goes to the original sources from which the eggs were obtained. Besides the eggs, which are distributed mainly to State fishery commissions, young fish are widely distributed to all sections. These young fish are graded as "fry" up to the time the yolk sac is absorbed and the fish begins to feed; "advanced fry" from the first classification up to the time they are one inch in length; °fingerlings," from one inch in length up to one year old; °yearlings," from one year old up to two years. In the fiscal year ended 30 June 1915, the number of eggs distributed was 536,260,143, of which 326,350,000 were pike perch; 98,940,000 whitefish; and 34,466, 923 Chinook salmon. The number of fry dis tributed was 3,694,281,699, of which 1,294,156, 000 were flounders; 500,730,000 pollock; 405, 400,000 whitefish; 282,820,000 pike perch; 260, 133,000 cod; 195,267,000 yellow perch; 194,670, 000 lobsters and 161,980,000 white perch. Of yearlings, fingerlings and adults, there were distributed 58,215,962.• The total distribution of fish and eggs was 4,288,757,804, comprising 44 different species. The widest distribution was of brook trout: 5,700,263 fry and 6,965,167 fingerlings, yearlings and adults were sent to over 2,400 different localities.
A characteristic feature of the New Eng land fisheries is the employment of a large fleet of fine, schooner-rigged vessels in the off shore fisheries for cod, haddock, hake, halibut and mackerel. Cod is the principal fish so taken, part of the catch being made on the Grand Banks and other hanks lying off New foundland and Nova Scotia; and part on the very extensive and prolific banks adjacent to the New England shore, the most noted of which is Georges Bank. The most important
of the New England boat and shore fisheries are those for sea-herring (caught chiefly in brush weirs), lobsters (caught in pots made of laths), soft-shell clams and oysters. In the catch of herring, soft-shell clams and lobsters, Maine surpasses all other States.
The oyster industry of the Middle Atlantic States gives to that region the importance which its fisheries have attained. The principal oyster grounds are in Long Island Sound, Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay, a large part of the output now being taken from planted beds. An immense fleet of sailing ves sels and boats is engaged in dredging and tonging oysters and running them to market. Other important salt-water products of this section are bluefish, menhaden, sea bass, squetcague, hard clams and crabs. The anadromous fishes, the shad. the alewives and the strif1ed bass, support valuable fisheries. The South Atlantic region has no noteworthy vessel fisheries, but its pound-net, gill-net and seine fisheries for alewives, shad, sea mullet and squeteague are important, shad being she leading product. The most prominent products of the Gulf States are mullet, red snappers, squeteague, oysters, shrimp and sponges.
The Pacific States have very important ves sel fisheries addressed to cod, halibut and whales, and very extensive shore fisheries for salmon, herring and oysters. The salmon fish ery is the most valuable in the world, immense quantities of quinnat, blue-back, silver and other salmon being caught in the Sacramento and Columbia rivers, in Puget Sound. and in Alaska. Much of the yield is canned. Statistics for the Alaska fisheries for 1914 show the total investment for that year at $37,038,632, of which 80 per cent was in the salmon fishery. There were 21,200 persons en gaged, of 11,178 were white. The product was valued at $21,242,975. The pack of salmon for the season was 4,056,653 cases of 48 pounds each—a total of 294,719,344 pounds. The number of salmon caught was 54,651,915. The other fishery of importance in Alaska is the whale fishery. In 1914, 482 whales were captured by the two shore stations, and about 50 by the 4 whaling vessels in the Arctic. The total value of products was $317,349. From the 5 private salmon hatcheries in Alaska there were liberated in the year ended 30 June 1915, 79,619,500 fry of red varieties of salmon; and from the 2 government hatcheries, 51,163,100 fry. Besides this restocking of the Alaskan waters there are several streams used by sal mon in spawning, which are closed by law against fishing. Waste of fish at the canneries is very severely dealt with by the government under the law of 1906.