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TABLE 2. Employment and Receipts of Operators With Paid Employees, by Primary Catch and Geographic Division and State: 1963

TABLE 2. Employment and Receipts of Operators With Paid Employees, by Primary Catch and Geographic Division and State: 1963-Continued

Represents zero.

(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies.

1Includes catches of shellfish and miscellaneous marine products such as sponges, frogs, and turtles.

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TABLE 3. Detailed Statistics, by Primary Catch of Fishing Operators With Paid Employees: 1963

Includes catches of shellfish and miscellaneous marine products such as sponges, frogs, and turtles.

2 Gross receipts by legal form of organization are as follows: Individual proprietors, $119,410 thousand; partnerships, $43,333 thousand; corporations, $113,178 thousand; cooperative associations, $661 thousand; and other3, $532 thousand.

Includes joint ventures, estate administrators, and trusteeships.

TABLE 4. Selected Statistics, by Primary Catch and Size Class of Fishing Operators With Paid Employees: 1963

1Includes catches of shellfish and miscellaneous marine products such as sponges, frogs, and turtles.

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TABLE 5. Vessels, by Primary Catch, Length, and Fishing Gear: 1963

1Craft with a gross tonnage of 5 tons or more.

2 Includes vessels primarily catching shellfish and miscellaneous marine products such as sponges, frogs, and turtles.

TABLE 6. Vessels, by Geographic Division and State: 1963