, 1881-07-01
FISHERMEN OF AMERICA.

slon. md special agent uf Tho census III
charge or fishery statistics, real all Interest,"
ing papcr last evening Vi, !" The FIsl,er1ncl Nf
Tho United states," lnrorc tho Ailthropolug
icnl Soclety OF Washington. rrof. Goode
said: Every ,un,,. engaged IN Tic fisl,-
cries llas at least o1iH 9iher mots @ WM0
liz feSeff iaos 81 tha es'Ssfp Pst fSr sSt sS
c1ass ut stlnren,en .l,elonE ~ tho cnpitMllsts
who furnish supplies and nfparat1'hs ~ Tor tl!o
tIst: OF tho aetlyu i'ser,n.lli Go ao isl1tna.
and ctoti.lng. nil (il tlio skilled la0orers
wlln n.niufilctnre for them nrtIclcs OF
ppn,fe s ,1ac shYto ro M !, e t,a Rafia!ss n2oiesso
ltnyu been called ".se,nl-profcsstonal", ttsher.
1neli,-,nc,l wlio derive from tlLe tislnrtGs
iess than II l,ulf Of their entire 'ncunlc. Tux
HE a9 ~ ~ tqfs f9sfs far aeg
or smaller portion of, tho year, those VIII nre
dependent upon iisllartl,en til a coilltereinl
way for support, niM the members OF tlleie
tnr fHeS IeSa q eaSs eae st6y 6e r ot f to Way
IL estlu,ate tho tntnl number OF persons tle-
pendent OIL tho fisheries ut IRON 6ooo00 to
Tils total value OF tho product to tho pro-
Aucurs Of the fisheries ot the United States
llNs not yet been .letinttly, determined; but 1t
will doubtless pr!we to be somewhere te.
tvcel,, forty and fifty niliinns 9f dollars; "
cllizelis ire erenged III tho fishery industry,
seventeen laye ilIure tlinn LOCO professional
shsrugn Ae most iportnlmt ot t,,GsG ,n';
Statns y, OF course, Massacehalselis' M @ VIII
SecU,lh stands Mainc, will tels to twelve
Thousand, unless, inAeeti. tho SIXTEEN t!Io'i-
sntitl oya!ot.inell Ut Virginia and tha iltteeit
Thousand nf Marylanl nre allowed 70 swell
stands second SO far 1s TUG f!Slierles prope,r
ure concerned. Third comes New York With
nbout cog !el. thsn Ngw JefspY . wltl. t, T
e N2rt y GaTona Ml. HFefSn % nI!!. M.
Der, Florida Will, i00. Connecticut md GaI-
lfHrnin with about !. 0oO each. Aiichicnn with
s WiScnnsa a t,a VIII sos GeGrka nn ,s1d, WtI, 'av
l9 wil ,4 ana nsnfe ,yf, Me ahn,,4 lstSo c nv
llnmpsllire. Alabaina, h.,.'lsia!la, G1la IoxaS a
with nDout 100 each, and Mississippi with
on!Sy 20: L. 49,. ,.,,x,,,.,, 49,, ,..,,a
born e eitzs!ts i tI,e III Wnitet stases although
In certnl localities thore are extensive com,
munitics Of Foreigners. Most numerous of
these nre thu natives OF the. British Prov
pieosys'i III the dshorlcs Of SaW ENGLAND.
'rllGrt aro probably not less than 5000 Fortl--
sl,rse, chiefiy .natiyes IT The AZORES md Of
the Cape DO Vcrd Islands. AloSa OF tng tGrt.i-
ind ind I,avu bnit Up extensive Communities
| III tho tuwlls whence they sntt upon
their fishing voyages. Thorn are a'so ABOUT
LOCO Sc1ndlnavlai's, 1000 Or niore OF lrlsi!
French, Italians, .A,!strlans,< Aftnorcans,
Slays, Greeks. Spanfards ind Germans. LII
tho whuIinE fleet may .be found Lascars,
asyss ays vi s va1ss a5Ssu ssSs'E sos SIS q is II
the whale fishery of Southern New Englai,I ~ Il
considerable nunbero ot men Of Gnrtinl lndtan
descent lhay bo 1ollllt. ntll ~ me llsnef!es Or
spssrof H srt a9 fehsSfsy the yeay s0fS u e e
lnaians and 1ndtan l.alf-brseds nre clnpl1ysA::
Tie. salmon and other tlshories nf l9Ket
Sound ARG prosecuted chioily by ttto Ald o. 2t
t ptapaiaton 'ispensls utmost entif'ely iron tis
fisheries for SUPPORT tl,u Head ol every la'll.
ily Is professional tlsherlnall, and nnol. % a
very low estimate o,'e;tourtlt Of tile lnllab.
llslermrh., Few of them catcl fish ior the
liso Ut 0tlierx' than their own Immediate
; dependents. Only one Chinnillall has
ssrp yss Srs Sf s 4tanS lse Gops a%Dnf Dt Il ca af
furnin mil Oregon there arc nbout, 1000 q q
tf,csa men. MI Of whom, except:nE AlkI!lt :'oo
nro employed ~ factory halstls Ia t,e saltllo
f1esies gass RI. t tS VIZ aYs ts Ga rFat e e.
e!nsscd arnng tis actual tls'.ermGli live fol
tho llipst part in California Antf tho product
! | ut their Industry IL to q very great extent ex
ported to China; although tl!ey supply t! tilt
Oil lilo Iilcltie Coast. - -,
The neEr0 element III t1o lts!!ing popu!a
| li0n Is 60nGWtlAt eXletlslVc+ we Hnfo III
1,seulIs Of nsceriniMtnH how llal'y Of tlis rae!
ure Included nlnong the uatty1-burll Alneri
,:nls returned by tho celislts reporters. Till
AAtl fisheries Ut tho South are pr0secutes
ci,Iglly BY the nse OF negro muscle. and prob
ubiy iiot less tim I,00 or 6,000 nf these tlIel
1,ru employed during tho sflntt alltt lerrt1lr
! SEASON Iii setting nlld hauling tho selncs
i TGU uuiy locality wt,ero llegtoea par
r ticlpato 10 Il largo extent In tho sllo5
u tfsl,ercs ta Key West, Flu, where tho III
tlves ut tie l3aflnl,I,ts- Megts mil wilt
t are considered among tho most skltlful O
= the sponge nilti ntnrliat fishermen. NeKroe
y arc i1trely found, however. upon tho Sci,
:, gulug ilsling-vussel OF tho North. rheru
t ot Il single negro NlTllt,g thu h0V0 tistlurc
il 0( i;olcGster, and tjlelr absut,ce On tle 0tie
i, fishing vessels OF Nuw EnRlund IL 10 Ics
9 noteworthy. Tlero Is, however, Il c0llyltlel
q nlit0 stlriWElng Of negroes ;ltllD,ig the crew
: ot the wjniile.yesses Vt TrovlIlccto1. ull
!. Now Bedford, New Uetlfoul ulnllU rop0rtiti
" uypr 40. Vl,csU men nrU for tito ,,0st p,.l
!. natives Of tho West Imiiu lsiaipi!
j. such MS ,tu,nacu anu st, CrNtx, where II,
It American wl,nlvrs engaging III the AtlAlit
10 fisilrry ilra accilxton,eIl 10 ii,nku lINrDOr Il
It recruiting U1lI ellrpllIng their croWS As
y cointnruirt Of tho solitary Chinn,nlll ul
y f,n r,,l IL fhn tntlr Iai,nrtou ,v,. i,or ri